The 1982 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 25 July 1982.

The 54-lap race was won from pole position by René Arnoux, driving a Renault.

Pironi's third place enabled him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to nine points, although this would turn out to be his last finish before his career-ending accident at the next race in Germany.

The eleventh lap of this race saw a big accident when Jochen Mass's March and Mauro Baldi's Arrows collided at Signes.

Mass's car went through the catch fencing into the tyre walls, then catapulted into a spectator area and caught fire.