What the records say
- When
- 8 May 1982
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 50.99° N, 5.26° E
- Description
- French-Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
1982 Belgian Grand Prix
Motor car race
The 1982 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 9 May 1982. It was the fifth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “décès du pilote de Formule 1 Gilles Villeneuve, lors des qualifications au Grand Prix de Belgique, sur le circuit de Zolder”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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