Long Beach · 4 April 1982
Niki Lauda won the 1982 United States Grand Prix West for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 14.66s ahead of Keke Rosberg. Riccardo Patrese gained the most places, from 18th on the grid to 3rd.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Lauda 9 + Watson 1 | Lauda 9 + Watson 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | Williams Rosberg 6 + Andretti 0 | Rosberg 6 + Andretti 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Brabham Patrese 4 + Piquet 0 | Patrese 4 + Piquet 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Alboreto 3 + Borgudd 0 | Alboreto 3 + Borgudd 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus de Angelis 2 + Mansell 0 | de Angelis 2 + Mansell 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | March Mass 0 + Boesel 0 | Mass 0 + Boesel 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Villeneuve 0 + Pironi 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Cheever 0 + Laffite 0 | Cheever 0 + Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo de Cesaris 0 + Giacomelli 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Henton 0 | Henton 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ensign Guerrero 0 | Guerrero 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Theodore Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Renault Prost 0 + Arnoux 0 | Prost 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | ATS Salazar 0 + Winkelhock 0 | Salazar 0 + Winkelhock 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda McLaren | McLaren | 1:58:25.318 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Keke Rosberg Williams | Williams | +14.660s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +1:19.143 | 75 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:20.947 | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 74 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass March | March | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 9 | Raul Boesel March | March | +5 Laps | 70 | — | — | |
| 10 | Slim Borgudd Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +7 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 75 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Ligier | Ligier | DNF Gearbox | 59 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Spun off | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Brian Henton Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Roberto Guerrero Ensign | Ensign | DNF Spun off | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Spun off | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | DNF Spun off | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Daly Theodore | Theodore | DNF Spun off | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | DNF Spun off | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Collision | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Collision | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eliseo Salazar ATS | ATS | DNF Collision | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Manfred Winkelhock ATS | ATS | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — |