1981 Canadian Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 Canada Canadian 27 September 1981 Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg 14 15 XX Grand Prix du Canada Circuit Île Notre-DameMontreal, Quebec, Canada Temporary street circuit 2.740 4.410 63 172.636 277.830 70 191.817 308.700 Wet and cold with temperatures up to 20 C F; wind speeds up to 15 km/h mphhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1981-09-27 Weather information for the "1981 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 8 September 2014 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:29.211 Brazil 1968 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:49.475 43 UK Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra France John Watson McLaren-Ford UK Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Canada CAN The 1981 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal on 27 September 1981. It was the fourteenth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship. The race was run in wet conditions, and ended after 63 of the scheduled 70 laps due to the two-hour time limit.Jenkinson Denis Denis Jenkinson November 1981 The Canadian Grand Prix: Heroes all https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1981/72/canadian-grand-prix Motor Sport 72 17 February 2018 Frenchman Jacques Laffite won in a Talbot Ligier-Matra, with Northern Ireland's John Watson second in a McLaren-Ford and local hero Gilles Villeneuve third in a Ferrari. Brazilian Nelson Piquet finished fifth in his Brabham-Ford, having started from pole position, while Drivers' Championship rival, Argentine Carlos Reutemann, could only manage tenth in his Williams-Ford. Piquet thus moved within one point of Reutemann with one race to go, while the win gave Laffite an outside chance of the title. Despite both Reutemann and Australian teammate Alan Jones failing to score, Williams clinched the Constructors' Championship. This would turn out to be Laffite's final F1 victory, as well as the last for the Ligier team for fifteen years, until the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix. It was also the last time the Canadian Grand Prix was held in the fall, as the race would move to June the following year. Pre-race Prior to the race, Alan Jones announced that he was retiring from the sport after clinching the title the previous year. Rumors were also spreading around in paddock that Niki Lauda had tested for McLaren at Donington Park and that he was planning a comeback. Qualifying Nelson Piquet clinched pole with a time of 1:29.221, with rival Carlos Reutemann alongside him on the front row. The top ten were completed by: Jones, Prost, Mansell, Rebaque, de Angelis, Arnoux, Watson and Laffite respectively. Race The race start was marred with bad weather. Immediately after the start, Jones took the lead after a minor collision with Reutemann which left Reutemann behind. Toward the middle of the pack, Arnoux and Pironi had a collision which resulted in Arnoux spinning out of the race. On lap 7, Jones spun and Piquet had to take evasive action, resulting in both drivers dropping down the pecking order. Prost took the lead with Laffite, who had climbed from tenth, second. Prost's lead did not last long, as Laffite overtook him on lap 13, and kept the lead to the end of the race. Villeneuve had a minor accident that damaged his front wing. The wing flew up only to be stuck up in the air, blocking Villeneuve's race-line vision. With his forward vision impaired, he used his peripheral vision to navigate using the yellow track markers as reference. After racing this way for minutes he used vibration on the ribbed curbing, to the point it flew off the car. This way he managed to keep control until the end of the race, without a front wing and under the rain.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVzsvnK9MQ tJ13_TV presents 1981 Canadian GP - Gilles driving blind YouTube Mansell pitted for slicks, convinced the weather would turn. It did not. Within minutes he spun, heavily damaging his rear wing, and was pushed by marshals back onto the circuit. Driving slowly toward the L'Epingle at the northern end, he placed his JPS Lotus in the middle of the track but slowly edging to his left onto the racing line, at the braking area. Prost, on the racing line and much faster, tried unsuccessfully to avoid colliding but could not, resulting in both drivers retiring from the race.Grand Prix! 4 Mike Lang 1992 0-85429-733-2 Haynes 67 Watson was able to catch and pass Villeneuve a few laps later and the two finished second and third respectively, with Villeneuve clinching his third and last podium of the year on home soil. Bruno Giacomelli of Alfa Romeo, who had started fifteenth, came home fourth, with pole-man Piquet coming in behind him. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:29.211 1:29.537 — 2 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:29.601 1:29.359 +0.148 3 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:29.728 1:29.781 +0.517 4 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:31.629 1:29.908 +0.697 5 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:32.233 1:29.997 +0.786 6 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:31.545 1:30.182 +0.971 7 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:31.212 1:30.231 +1.020 8 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:34.151 1:30.232 +1.021 9 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:31.617 1:30.566 +1.355 10 26 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra 1:31.593 1:30.705 +1.494 11 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:32.077 1:31.115 +1.904 12 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:31.976 1:31.350 +2.139 13 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:32.281 1:31.507 +2.296 14 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.652 1:31.547 +2.336 15 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:34.995 1:31.600 +2.389 16 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:32.648 1:31.740 +2.529 17 25 France Patrick Tambay Talbot Ligier-Matra 1:31.747 1:31.817 +2.536 18 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:31.969 1:32.277 +2.758 19 33 Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford 1:34.424 1:32.253 +3.042 20 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford 1:35.552 1:32.305 +3.094 21 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford 1:34.002 1:32.652 +3.441 22 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.245 1:32.709 +3.498 23 32 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:33.432 1:33.643 +4.221 24 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford 1:36.016 1:33.848 +4.637 DNQ Did not qualify 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:34.634 1:34.310 +5.099 DNQ Did not qualify 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:36.937 1:36.546 +7.335 DNQ Did not qualify 35 UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart 1:40.505 1:36.648 +7.437 DNQ Did not qualify 30 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Arrows-Ford 1:36.720 1:38.308 +7.509 DNQ Did not qualify 36 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:36.999 1:37.256 +7.788 DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 1:37.493 1:55.307 +8.282Source:Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1981–82 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1981 214 0-905138-17-1 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra Michelin 63 2:01:25.20 10 9 2 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 63 + 6.23 9 6 3 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 63 + 1:50.27 11 4 4 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 62 + 1 Lap 15 3 5 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 62 + 1 Lap 1 2 6 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 62 + 1 Lap 7 1 7 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo Michelin 62 + 1 Lap 16   8 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford Avon 61 + 2 Laps 20   9 33 Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford Avon 61 + 2 Laps 19   10 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 60 + 3 Laps 2   11 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Avon 59 + 4 Laps 22   12 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 56 Engine 14   Ret Retired 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford Michelin 51 Spun Off 13   Ret Retired 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 48 Collision 4   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 45 Collision 5   Ret Retired 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford Avon 40 Spun Off 21   Ret Retired 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford Goodyear 35 Spun Off 6   Ret Retired 32 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Michelin 26 Collision 23   Ret Retired 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 24 Handling 3   Ret Retired 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari Michelin 24 Ignition 12   Ret Retired 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford Avon 8 Spun Off 24   Ret Retired 25 France Patrick Tambay Talbot Ligier-Matra Michelin 6 Spun Off 17   Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Pirelli 6 Spun Off 18   Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 0 Collision 8   DNQ Did not qualify 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 35 UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 30 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Arrows-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 36 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford Michelin        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/371/ 1981 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612140730/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/371/ 12 June 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1981-canadian-grand-prix/ 1981 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 27 September 1981 7 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve, sr. This was the 300th Grand Prix in which a Frenchman participated. In those 300 races, French driver had won 20 Grands Prix, achieved 115 podium finishes, 30 pole positions, 32 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams. This was also the 100th Grand Prix in which a Mexican driver participated. In those 100 races, Mexican driver had won 2 Grands Prix, achieved 7 podium finishes, and 1 fastest lap. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ARG Carlos Reutemann 49 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 48 3 FRA Jacques Laffite 43 4 FRA Alain Prost 37 5 AUS Alan Jones 37Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1981/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1981 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Ford 86 2 UK Brabham-Ford 59 3 FRA Renault 48 4 FRA Talbot Ligier-Matra 43 5 ITA Ferrari 34Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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