1981 Argentine Grand Prix

May 2022 F1 Argentina Argentine Grand Prix XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina 12 April Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 15.svg 1981 3 15 Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, Argentina Permanent racing facility 3.708 5.968 53 196.542 316.304 Sunny, dry Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:42.665 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:45.287 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford France Alain Prost Renault ARG thumb|275x275px|Héctor Rebaque in front, retired in lap 32, and Carlos Reutemann, who finished 2nd, in front of his home crowd. thumb|275x275px|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. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:42.665 1:44.364 — 2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:42.981 1:43.748 +0.316 3 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:44.662 1:43.638 +0.973 4 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:43.935 1:44.094 +1.270 5 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:43.997 1:44.080 +1.332 6 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:44.712 1:44.100 +1.435 7 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:44.236 1:44.132 +1.467 8 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:45.273 1:44.191 +1.526 9 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:45.008 1:45.357 +2.343 10 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:45.252 1:45.065 +2.400 11 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:45.073 1:45.202 +2.408 12 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:45.108 1:45.599 +2.443 13 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:45.117 1:45.357 +2.452 14 33 France Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 1:46.872 1:45.297 +2.632 15 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:45.369 1:45.790 +2.704 16 14 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 1:45.734 1:46.188 +3.069 17 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:46.329 1:46.059 +3.394 18 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:46.387 1:46.663 +3.722 19 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 1:47.342 1:46.444 +3.779 20 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:46.743 1:46.706 +4.041 21 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:46.854 1:47.594 +4.189 22 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:47.109 1:46.918 +4.253 23 9 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:47.174 1:47.576 +4.509 24 4 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 1:47.464 1:48.143 +4.799 25 31 Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford 1:47.609 1:48.571 +4.944 26 32 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 1:48.121 1:48.203 +5.456 27 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford 1:48.191 1:49.571 +5.526 28 25 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier-Matra 1:49.581 1:50.226 +6.916 29 18 Chile Eliseo Salazar March-Ford no time 1:51.086 +8.421 Source:Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1981–82 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1981 108 0-905138-17-1 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 53 1:34:32.74 1 9 2 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 53 + 26.61 4 6 3 15 France Alain Prost Renault 53 + 49.98 2 4 4 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 53 + 1:07.88 3 3 5 16 France René Arnoux Renault 53 + 1:31.85 5 2 6 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 52 + 1 Lap 10 1 7 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 52 + 1 Lap 9   8 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 52 + 1 Lap 17   9 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 52 + 1 Lap 19   10 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 51 Out of Fuel 22   11 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 51 + 2 Laps 18   12 9 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 51 + 2 Laps 23   13 4 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 51 + 2 Laps 24   Ret Retired 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 40 Transmission 7   Ret Retired 33 France Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 36 Oil Leak 14   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 36 Transmission 11   Ret Retired 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 32 Electrical 6   Ret Retired 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 28 Gearbox 20   Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 19 Handling 21   Ret Retired 14 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 14 Engine 16   Ret Retired 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 4 Fuel System 8   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 3 Engine 15   Ret Retired 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 3 Engine 12   Ret Retired 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1 Clutch 13   DNQ Did not qualify 31 Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 32 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 25 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier-Matra     DNQ Did not qualify 18 Chile Eliseo Salazar March-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/360/ 1981 Argentine Grand Prix Formula One 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140516112919/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/360/ 16 May 2014 Notes This was the 5th Grand Slam for Brabham. This was the 400th and 401st podium finish for a Ford-powered car. This was Alain Prost's first ever podium finish. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ARG Carlos Reutemann 21 2 AUS Alan Jones 18 3 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 13 4 ITA Riccardo Patrese 4 5 FRA Alain Prost 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1981/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1981 – Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Ford 39 2 UK Brabham-Ford 13 3 FRA Renault 6 4 UK Arrows-Ford 4 5 ITA Alfa Romeo 3Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! 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