1981 Argentine Grand Prix
| 1981 Argentine Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Race 3 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 12 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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 316.304 km (196.542 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, Hot, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
| Brabham-Ford | |
| Time | 1:42.665 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | |
| Time | 1:45.287 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
| Brabham-Ford | |
| Second |
| Williams-Ford | |
| Third |
| Renault | |
The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the third motor race of the 1981 Formula One season 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.[1]
Contents
1 Classification
1.1 Qualifying
1.2 Race
2 Notes
3 Championship standings after the race
4 References
5 Further reading
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 1:42.665 | 1:44.364 | — |
| 2 | 15 |  Alain Prost | Renault | 1:42.981 | 1:43.748 | +0.316 |
| 3 | 1 |  Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1:44.662 | 1:43.638 | +0.973 |
| 4 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 1:43.935 | 1:44.094 | +1.270 |
| 5 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:43.997 | 1:44.080 | +1.332 |
| 6 | 6 |  Héctor Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 1:44.712 | 1:44.100 | +1.435 |
| 7 | 27 |  Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:44.236 | 1:44.132 | +1.467 |
| 8 | 20 |  Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:45.273 | 1:44.191 | +1.526 |
| 9 | 29 |  Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:45.008 | 1:45.357 | +2.343 |
| 10 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 1:45.252 | 1:45.065 | +2.400 |
| 11 | 7 |  John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:45.073 | 1:45.202 | +2.408 |
| 12 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:45.108 | 1:45.599 | +2.443 |
| 13 | 3 |  Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:45.117 | 1:45.357 | +2.452 |
| 14 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore-Ford | 1:46.872 | 1:45.297 | +2.632 |
| 15 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 1:45.369 | 1:45.790 | +2.704 |
| 16 | 14 |  Marc Surer | Ensign-Ford | 1:45.734 | 1:46.188 | +3.069 |
| 17 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:46.329 | 1:46.059 | +3.394 |
| 18 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford | 1:46.387 | 1:46.663 | +3.722 |
| 19 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford | 1:47.342 | 1:46.444 | +3.779 |
| 20 | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:46.743 | 1:46.706 | +4.041 |
| 21 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1:46.854 | 1:47.594 | +4.189 |
| 22 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:47.109 | 1:46.918 | +4.253 |
| 23 | 9 |  Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford | 1:47.174 | 1:47.576 | +4.509 |
| 24 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:47.464 | 1:48.143 | +4.799 |
| 25 | 31 | Miguel Angel Guerra | Osella-Ford | 1:47.609 | 1:48.571 | +4.944 |
| 26 | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella-Ford | 1:48.121 | 1:48.203 | +5.456 |
| 27 | 17 |  Derek Daly | March-Ford | 1:48.191 | 1:49.571 | +5.526 |
| 28 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier-Matra | 1:49.581 | 1:50.226 | +6.916 |
| 29 | 18 |  Eliseo Salazar | March-Ford | no time | 1:51.086 | +8.421 |
Source:[2] | ||||||
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 53 | 1:34:32.74 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 53 | + 26.61 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 53 | + 49.98 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 53 | + 1:07.88 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 53 | + 1:31.85 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 52 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 52 | + 1 Lap | 9 | |
| 8 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 52 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 9 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford | 52 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
| 10 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 51 | Out of Fuel | 22 | |
| 11 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford | 51 | + 2 Laps | 18 | |
| 12 | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford | 51 | + 2 Laps | 23 | |
| 13 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell-Ford | 51 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| Ret | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | Transmission | 7 | |
| Ret | 33 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore-Ford | 36 | Oil Leak | 14 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 36 | Transmission | 11 | |
| Ret | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 32 | Electrical | 6 | |
| Ret | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford | 28 | Gearbox | 20 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 19 | Handling | 21 | |
| Ret | 14 | Marc Surer | Ensign-Ford | 14 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 4 | Fuel System | 8 | |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 3 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 3 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford | 1 | Clutch | 13 | |
| DNQ | 31 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | Osella-Ford | | | ||
| DNQ | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella-Ford | | | ||
| DNQ | 17 | Derek Daly | March-Ford | | | ||
| DNQ | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier-Matra | | | ||
| DNQ | 18 | Eliseo Salazar | March-Ford | | | | |
Source:[3] | |||||||
Notes
- 250th race entry for Michelin.
- This was the first race for an F1 car with a chassis made from carbon fibre composites, John Watson's McLaren MP4.
- During the podium ceremony, "Happy Birthday" was played through the PA for Carlos Reutemann, as it was Reutemann's 39th birthday.
First podium: Alain Prost
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
^ "1981 FIA Review Argentina". YouTube. 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2012-06-16..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1981). AUTOCOURSE 1981–82. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 108. ISBN 0-905138-17-1.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
^ "1981 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
Further reading
Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 26–28. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.
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