Long Beach · 4 April 1982
| 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 Angelis 2 + Mansell 0 | 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 Cesaris 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 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 | — | — | |
| 11 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 75 | — | — | |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever Ligier | Ligier | DNF Gearbox | 59 | — | — | |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Spun off | 33 | — | — | |
| 14 | Brian Henton Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 32 | — | — | |
| 15 | Roberto Guerrero Ensign | Ensign | DNF Spun off | 27 | — | — | |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Spun off | 26 | — | — | |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 26 | — | — | |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | DNF Spun off | 25 | — | — | |
| 19 | Derek Daly Theodore | Theodore | DNF Spun off | 23 | — | — | |
| 20 | Mario Andretti Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 19 | — | — | |
| 21 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | DNF Spun off | 10 | — | — | |
| 22 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 6 | — | — | |
| 23 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Collision | 5 | — | — | |
| 24 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Collision | 5 | — | — | |
| 25 | Eliseo Salazar ATS | ATS | DNF Collision | 3 | — | — | |
| 26 | Manfred Winkelhock ATS | ATS | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — |