1981 Argentine Grand Prix
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Circuit | Buenos Aires, 53 laps |
Round | 3 of 15 |
Race numbers | The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 53 | 1hr 34m 32.740s | 9 | |
2 | +2 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 53 | +26.610s | 6 |
3 | -1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 53 | +49.980s | 4 |
4 | -1 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 53 | +1m 07.880s | 3 |
5 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | 53 | +1m 31.850s | 2 | |
6 | +4 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +2 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +1 lap | |
8 | +9 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 52 | +1 lap | |
9 | +10 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +1 lap | |
10 | +12 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 51 | DNF | |
11 | +7 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 51 | +2 laps | |
12 | +11 | (NLD) Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford Cosworth | 51 | +2 laps | |
13 | +11 | (ARG) Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 51 | +2 laps (1 lap) | |
R | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Theodore-Ford Cosworth | 36 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 36 | DNF | ||
R | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 32 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 28 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Marc Surer | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF | ||
R | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 3 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 3 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF |
Notes
- Bruno Giacomelli ended lap 51 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
- Ricardo Zunino was penalised one lap for taking a shortcut. He originally finished P10.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:42.665
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
2 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault |
3 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
4 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
5 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault |
6 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
7 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
8 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
9 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
11 | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
12 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari |
13 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
14 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Theodore-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (CHE) Marc Surer | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
17 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo |
18 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
19 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford Cosworth |
20 | (BRA) Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
21 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
22 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo |
23 | (NLD) Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford Cosworth |
24 | (ARG) Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 21 |
2 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 18 |
3 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 13 |
4 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 4 |
= | (FRA) Alain Prost | 4 |
6 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 3 |
= | (CHE) Marc Surer | 3 |
8 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | 3 |
9 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | 2 |
= | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | 2 |
11 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 1 |
= | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Last start
- Ricardo Zunino
- Milestone race start
- 150th for Tyrrell (6th constructor to start 150 races)
- Wins
- 4th for Nelson Piquet
- 24th for Brabham
- Podiums
- 40th for Carlos Reutemann (2nd driver to score 40 podiums, 1st Argentine driver)
- 8th for Nelson Piquet
- 1st for Alain Prost (137th different podium finisher, 15th French driver)
- 94th for Brabham
- 35th for Williams
- 9th for Renault
- Poles
- 4th for Nelson Piquet
- 24th for Brabham
- Fastest laps
- 3rd for Nelson Piquet
- 29th for Brabham
- Front row starts
- 6th for Nelson Piquet
- 1st for Alain Prost (101st different front row starter, 13th French driver)
- Pole & win
- 2nd for Nelson Piquet (last until 1984; last Brazilian driver to win from pole until 1984)
- Win & fastest lap
- 2nd for Nelson Piquet (last until 1983)
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 2nd for Nelson Piquet (last until 1984; last Brazilian driver to complete a hat-trick until 1984)