Race Result
| GP n. 364 - 06/06/1982 - Grand Prix of the United States Detroit |
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| Winner: | John Watson / McLaren-Ford - 1:58'41.043 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Alain Prost / Renault - 1:48.537 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alain Prost / Renault - 1:50.438 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 62 | 1:58'41.043 | 17 | 9 |
| 2 | 25 |  Eddie Cheever |
Ligier-Matra | 62 | +15.726 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 28 |  Didier Pironi |
Ferrari | 62 | +28.077 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |  Keke Rosberg |
Williams-Ford | 62 | + 1'11.976 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Derek Daly |
Williams-Ford | 62 | + 1'23.757 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 61 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 |  Jochen Mass |
March-Ford | 61 | + 1 lap | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | 29 |  Marc Surer |
Arrows-Ford | 61 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Brian Henton |
Tyrrell-Ford | 60 | + 2 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 59 | + 3 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 |  Chico Serra |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 59 | + 3 laps | 26 | 0 |
| Nc | 15 | Alain Prost |
Renault | 54 | not classified | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell |
Lotus-Ford | 44 | engine | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 |  Niki Lauda |
McLaren-Ford | 40 | collision | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 |  Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | spun off | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 30 | collision | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Ford | 17 | gear box | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 |  Eliseo Salazar |
ATS-Ford | 13 | spun off | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-Ford | 6 | collision | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 |  Roberto Guerrero |
Ensign-Ford | 6 | collision | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Alfa Romeo | 2 | transmission | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Osella-Ford | 2 | ignition | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock |
ATS-Ford | 1 | spun off | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 | Mauro Baldi |
Arrows-Ford | 0 | collision | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Raul Boesel |
March-Ford | 0 | collision | 21 | 0 |
| Dnq | 1 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-BMW | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 19 |  Emilio de Villota |
March-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 33 |  Jan Lammers |
Theodore-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dns | 32 | Riccardo Paletti |
Osella-Ford | did not start | 23 | 0 | |