March 822

In 1982, Corrado Fabi became European Formula 2 Champion on a March 822, and Satoru Nakajima won the Japanese championship in the same year.

For the 1982 season, Arturo Merzario's racing team went over to revising the March 822 chassis taken over from the factory and improving them according to their own ideas.

[citation needed] In the 1982 European Championship, the March 822 was the most widely used new Formula Two car.

It sat with Corrado Fabi, Johnny Cecotto, and Christian Danner three drivers who took part in all championship runs.

Fabi's car was looked after by Ralph Bellamy, Cecotto's 822 by Adrian Newey.

Fabi won five races, and Cecotto three; both took several second places and achieved further results in the points rankings.

In the factory team, the 822 was considered a reliable car: Fabi retired four times, Cecotto only once due to technical reasons.

Hansen's best result was ninth place at the Mantorp Park Trofén in Sweden.

Satoru Nakajima, who won the 1981 championship in a March 812, contested the first race of the 1982 season in the 812 before switching to an 822 in April 1982.

Nakajima won the Japanese championship by a clear margin over Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who also used an 822 – albeit with a BMW engine – in the second half of the season.

They mostly used locally tuned BMW engines; Hitoshi Ogawa drove a Toyota-engined 822 alongside.