1981 Rome Grand Prix

Italy Rome 10 May 1981 Autodromo Vallelunga Vecchio.svg 23rd Gran Premio di Roma Campagnano di Roma, Lazio, Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit 2.002 3.222 65 130.130 209.430 Eje Elgh SWE Maurer-BMW 1:07.79 Corrado Fabi ITA March-BMW 1:09.06 Eje Elgh SWE Maurer-BMW Stefan Johansson SWE Lola-Hart Thierry Boutsen BEL March-BMW The 23rd Gran Premio di Roma (Rome Grand Prix), was Round Five of the 1981 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, to the north of Rome, on 10 May.http://www.formula2.net/F281_6.htm XXIII Gran Premio di Roma 1981 formula2.net dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170330130936/http://formula2.net/F281_6.htm 30 March 2017 11 January 2021 Report Entry A total of 32 F2 cars were entered for the event, of which 27 took part in qualifying. Qualifying Eje Elgh took pole position for the Maurer Motorsport, in their Maurer-BMW MM81, averaging a speed of 105.59 mph. Race The race was held over 65 laps of the Vallelunga circuit. Eje Elgh took the winner spoils for Maurer Motorsport outfit, driving their Maurer-BMW MM81. Elgh won in a time of 1 h 16 min 1.14 s, averaging a speed of 102.01 mph. Second place went to another Swede, Stefan Johansson in the Docking Spitzley Team Toleman’s Lola-Hart T850. The podium was completed by the work March driver, Thierry Boutsen, in his March-BMW 812. Classification Race result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 16 SWE Eje Elgh Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 1hr 16:01.14 2nd 1 SWE Stefan Johansson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 1hr 16:04.42 3rd 4 BEL Thierry Boutsen Marlboro Racing for Zolder/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 1hr 16:07.74 4th 3 ITA Corrado Fabi Roloil Marlboro Racing/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 1hr 16:13.19 5th 14 GBR Geoff Lees Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/81 1hr 16:24.13 6th 7 ITA Riccardo Paletti March Onyx Racing Team March-BMW 812 1hr 16:53.09 7th 11 ITA Guido Pardini Sanremo Racing SrlLola-BMW T850 1hr 17:00.76 8th 12 ITA Carlo Rossi Sanremo Racing Srl Toleman-Hart TG280 64 9th 77 GBR Jim Crawford Plygrange Racing Ltd Toleman-Hart TG280 63 10th 2 GBR Kenny Acheson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 63 11th 27 AUT Sewi Hopfer Sewi Hopfer Racing Toleman-Hart TG280 63 12th 28 ITA Guido Daccò DAC Sport Racing Team Minardi-BMW GM75 62 DNF 40 GBR Paul Smith BMTR March-Hart 802 52 Out of fuel/Gearbox DNF 18 CHE Freddy Schnarwiler Formel Rennsport Club Lola- BMW T850 39 Fuel Pump DNF 17 COL Roberto Guerrero Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 38 Gearbox DNF 9 VEN 1954 Johnny Cecotto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 21 Fuel Blockage DNF 19 ITA Piero Necchi Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812 10 Collision DNF 10 ITA Michele Alboreto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 10 Collision DNF 8 FRA Richard Dallest Team AGS Motul GPA AGS-BMW JH18 7 Engine DNF 38 FRG Harald Brutschin Weigel Renntecknik WRT March-BMW 802 2 Collision DNF 24 CHE Jürg Lienhard Lista Racing Team March-BMW 802 2 Collision DNF 5 FRG Christian Danner March Racing Team March-BMW 812 0 Suspension / Spin DNQ 20 ITA "Gianfranco" Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812 DNQ 21 ITA Marco Brand Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812 DNQ 34 ITA Oscar Pedersoli Bertram Schäfer Racing Ralt-BMW RT2 DNQ 39 FRG Bernd Brutschin Weigel Renntecknik WRT March-BMW 802 DNQ 56 ITA Piero Nappi Scuderia Vesuvio Flammini Ralt-Hart RT2 Fastest lap: Corrado Fabi, 1 min 9.06 s. (103.651 mph) Tristan Wood, “Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing” (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984) References 30em Rome Grand Prix Category:European Formula Two Championship Category:Rome Grand Prix