1981 Argentine Grand Prix

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1981 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 3 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez Circuito Ndeg 15.svg
Race details
Date12 April 1981
Official name XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.968 km (3.708 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 316.304 km (196.542 miles)
Weather Sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:42.665
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford
Time 1:45.287 on lap 6
Podium
First Brabham-Ford
Second Williams-Ford
Third Renault
Lap leaders
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Hector Rebaque in front, retired in lap 32, and Carlos Reutemann, who finished 2nd, in front of his home crowd. 1981 Argentine Grand Prix, Piquet (3).jpg
Héctor Rebaque in front, retired in lap 32, and Carlos Reutemann, who finished 2nd, in front of his home crowd.
Rene Arnoux finished 5th for Renault. 1981 Argentine Grand Prix, Arnoux.jpg
René Arnoux finished 5th for Renault.

The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the third race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship and was held at the Buenos Aires circuit in Argentina on 12 April 1981. This was the last Argentine Grand Prix until 1995. Thanks to designer Gordon Murray's alternative solution to flexible side skirts, the Brabham cars of Nelson Piquet and Héctor Rebaque were dominant in this race, with Piquet (who took pole at an average speed of 130.029 mph (209.261 km/h)) taking the lead immediately from Alan Jones on the back straight and Rebaque climbing up from 5th to 2nd over 23 laps.

Contents

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:42.6651:44.364 
215 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Renault 1:42.9811:43.748+0.316
31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:44.6621:43.638+0.973
42 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:43.9351:44.094+1.270
516 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault 1:43.9971:44.080+1.332
66 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:44.7121:44.100+1.435
727 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:44.2361:44.132+1.467
820 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:45.2731:44.191+1.526
929 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:45.0081:45.357+2.343
1011 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:45.2521:45.065+2.400
117 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:45.0731:45.202+2.408
1228 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:45.1081:45.599+2.443
133 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:45.1171:45.357+2.452
1433 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 1:46.8721:45.297+2.632
1512 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:45.3691:45.790+2.704
1614 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 1:45.7341:46.188+3.069
1722 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:46.3291:46.059+3.394
188 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:46.3871:46.663+3.722
1930 Flag of Italy.svg Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 1:47.3421:46.444+3.779
2021 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:46.7431:46.706+4.041
2126 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:46.8541:47.594+4.189
2223 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:47.1091:46.918+4.253
239 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:47.1741:47.576+4.509
244 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 1:47.4641:48.143+4.799
2531 Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford 1:47.6091:48.571+4.944
2632 Flag of Italy.svg Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 1:48.1211:48.203+5.456
2717 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly March-Ford 1:48.1911:49.571+5.526
2825 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier-Matra 1:49.5811:50.226+6.916
2918 Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar March-Ford no time1:51.086+8.421
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 531:34:32.7419
22 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 53+ 26.6146
315 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Renault 53+ 49.9824
41 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford 53+ 1:07.8833
516 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault 53+ 1:31.8552
611 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 52+ 1 Lap101
729 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 52+ 1 Lap9 
822 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 52+ 1 Lap17 
930 Flag of Italy.svg Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 52+ 1 Lap19 
1023 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 51Out of Fuel22 
118 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 51+ 2 Laps18 
129 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 51+ 2 Laps23 
134 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 51+ 2 Laps24 
Ret27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 40Transmission7 
Ret33 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 36Oil Leak14 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford 36Transmission11 
Ret6 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 32Electrical6 
Ret21 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 28Gearbox20 
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 19Handling21 
Ret14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 14Engine16 
Ret20 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 4Fuel System8 
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 3Engine15 
Ret28 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi Ferrari 3Engine12 
Ret3 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1Clutch13 
DNQ31 Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella-Ford   
DNQ32 Flag of Italy.svg Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford   
DNQ17 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly March-Ford   
DNQ25 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier-Matra   
DNQ18 Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar March-Ford     
Source: [2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1981). AUTOCOURSE 1981–82. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 108. ISBN   0-905138-17-1.
  2. "1981 Argentine Grand Prix". Formula One. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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