Thanks to his first-lap bravery and no fewer than 11 non-finishers, ice-cool Keke Rosberg took a shock win for the little Theodore team and kick-started a career that would culminate in the 1982 F1 title. From the archive:
Patrick Depailler said he thought he remembered passing quite a lot of people, and James Hunt said the conditions were as bad as Fuji, and Hans Stuck said rubbish, and Derek Daly said he wished he had known how many laps the race was supposed to be, because when he went off, he was trying hard but couldn’t see his pit board.”
Yes, Britain’s delightful weather made what would be the last running of this prestigious event as a non-championship Formula 1 round quite the watch . Thanks to his first-lap bravery and no fewer than 11 non-finishers, ice-cool Rosberg took a shock win for the little Theodore team and kick-started a career that would culminate in the 1982 F1 title.