UK TV news reports before the first race of the 1982 season, focussing on the mounting tensions between the drivers and the sport’s governing body, over a proposed ‘super-licence’.

Also an interview with Niki Lauda, as he prepares to make his comeback after two years out of the sport, after his first retirement.

MP4

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1982 South African Grand Prix.

From Kyalami - The first race of a tumultuous, dramatic and tragic season, with tension between the drivers and the governing body, hanging in the air.