1981 Austrian Grand Prix

F1 Austria Austrian 16 August 1981 Österreichring 1977-1987.svg The Österreichring Circuit (1977-1987) 11 15 XIX Großer Preis von Osterreich ÖsterreichringSpielberg, Styria, Austria Permanent racing facility 3.692 5.942 53 195.686 314.926 Mild, Dry René Arnoux Renault 1:32.018 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra 1:37.62 47 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra France René Arnoux Renault France Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Brazil 1968 AUT The 1981 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 16 August 1981. It was the eleventh race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1981-08-16e.jpg 1981 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list The 53-lap race was won by Frenchman Jacques Laffite, driving a Talbot Ligier-Matra. Compatriot René Arnoux finished second in a Renault, having started from pole position, with Brazilian Nelson Piquet third in a Brabham-Ford. Piquet moved to within six points of Drivers' Championship leader, Argentine Carlos Reutemann, who finished fifth in his Williams-Ford. Report Qualifying In qualifying, just like the previous year, it was an all-French front row; René Arnoux planted his turbocharged Renault on pole, alongside his teammate Alain Prost. Next was Gilles Villeneuve in his turbocharged Ferrari, Jacques Laffite in the Talbot Ligier, Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones in the Williams cars were 5th and 6th, then Nelson Piquet in a Brabham and then Didier Pironi in the other turbocharged Ferrari. The Fittipaldi team was not present because they did not have enough engines.https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr353.html Grand Prix Results: Austrian GP, 1981 GrandPrix.com 2 September 2011 Race At the start, Villeneuve got the jump on the two Renaults and led into the Hella-Licht chicane. On the next lap, Prost passed Villeneuve into the Hella-Licht; Villeneuve tried to outbrake Prost but he locked up solid and went into some runoff area; as did Reutemann. Both the Canadian and Argentine drivers were able to rejoin, but with time lost. At the high-speed Österreichring, a power advantage paid dividends. Prost and Arnoux were able to pull away from the rest of the field. Around lap 4, Pironi (who had made a lightning start from 8th on the grid) was running 3rd, and Laffite, Piquet, Jones and eventually Reutemann had caught up to Pironi. None of them could find a way past, and were held up by Pironi for a number of laps. In a similar situation to the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year, the Ferrari had more power than any of the cars behind it did, but its handling was way worse; so they were able to stay with the Ferrari. The 5 drivers battled it out, with Piquet, Laffite, Jones and Reutemann keeping with and desperately trying to find a way past Pironi, but not being able to because of the Ferrari's power pulling away on the straights; made more difficult by the fact that the scenic Österreichring was made up almost entirely of long corners and straights. Villeneuve crashed heavily at the Bosch-Kurve on lap 12, and finally, Laffite, having already passed Piquet, managed to outbrake Pironi into the first of the Texaco bends, and then the rest of the three drivers got by as well. Prost retired from the lead with damaged suspension, and Laffite then charged after Arnoux, passing him at the second of the 2 Texaco Bends. Laffite was to hold the lead until the end, and the poor performance of the Ferrari in relation to other cars meant that Pironi managed to hold up more cars. Laffite crossed the line, followed by Arnoux, Piquet, Jones, Reutemann (who coasted over the finish line with a dead engine) and John Watson in the carbon-fibre McLaren. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:32.682 1:32.018 — 2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:32.798 1:32.321 +0.303 3 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:33.334 1:35.150 +1.316 4 26 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra 1:35.002 1:34.398 +2.380 5 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:34.531 1:35.633 +2.513 6 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:34.654 1:34.999 +2.636 7 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:34.871 1:35.519 +2.853 8 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:35.346 1:35.037 +3.019 9 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:35.294 1:35.858 +3.276 10 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:35.912 1:35.442 +3.424 11 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:36.688 1:35.569 +3.551 12 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:36.007 1:35.977 +3.959 13 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:36.560 1:36.079 +4.061 14 32 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:38.004 1:36.117 +4.099 15 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:36.511 1:36.150 +4.132 16 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:37.637 1:36.216 +4.198 17 25 France Patrick Tambay Talbot Ligier-Matra 1:36.233 1:36.443 +4.215 18 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:36.657 no time +4.639 19 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford 1:37.777 1:37.230 +5.212 20 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford 1:38.273 1:37.631 +5.613 21 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford 1:38.529 1:37.709 +5.691 22 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.674 1:38.084 +6.066 23 33 SWI Marc Surer Theodore-Ford 1:38.522 1:44.262 +6.504 24 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 1:38.616 1:38.546 +6.528 25 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:38.583 1:39.351 +6.565 26 36 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:40.391 1:38.593 +6.575 27 35 UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart 1:39.987 1:38.691 +6.673 28 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 1:41.198 1:46.079 +9.180 WD Withdrawn 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford — — — WD Withdrawn 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford — — — Source:Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1981–82 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1981 186 0-905138-17-1 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 France Jacques Laffite Talbot Ligier-Matra Michelin 53 1:27:36.47 4 9 2 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 53 + 5.17 1 6 3 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 53 + 7.34 7 4 4 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 53 + 12.04 6 3 5 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 53 + 31.85 5 2 6 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 53 + 1:31.14 12 1 7 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 52 + 1 Lap 9   8 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford Michelin 52 + 1 Lap 18   9 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari Michelin 52 + 1 Lap 8   10 32 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Michelin 51 + 2 Laps 14   11 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford Avon 47 + 6 Laps 19   Ret Retired 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo Michelin 46 Engine 13   Ret Retired 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford Avon 44 Brakes 21   Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Pirelli 43 Engine 10   Ret Retired 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford Avon 43 Oil Pressure 20   Ret Retired 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Avon 40 Gearbox 22   Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 35 Fire 16   Ret Retired 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford Goodyear 32 Clutch 15   Ret Retired 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford Pirelli 27 Overheating 24   Ret Retired 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 26 Suspension 2   Ret Retired 25 France Patrick Tambay Talbot Ligier-Matra Michelin 26 Engine 17   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 23 Engine 11   Ret Retired 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 11 Accident 3   Ret Retired 33 Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford Michelin 0 Distributor 23   DNQ Did not qualify 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear         DNQ Did not qualify 36 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli         DNQ Did not qualify 35 UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart Pirelli         DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford Michelin        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/368/ 1981 Austrian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140516114122/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/368/ 16 May 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1981-austrian-grand-prix/ 1981 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 16 August 1981 7 November 2021 Notes This was the 5th Grand Prix start for a Chilean driver. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ARG Carlos Reutemann 45 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 39 3 FRA Jacques Laffite 34 4 AUS Alan Jones 27 5 CAN Gilles Villeneuve 21Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1981/autriche/championnat.aspx Austria 1981 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Ford 72 2 UK Brabham-Ford 47 3 FRA Talbot Ligier-Matra 34 4 FRA Renault 30 5 ITA Ferrari 28Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Austrian Grand Prix 1981 1981 German Grand Prix 1981 Dutch Grand Prix 1980 Austrian Grand Prix 1982 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Austrian Grand Prix Austrian Grand Prix