1981 Argentine Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 12 April 1981
Winner:	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Buenos Aires, 53 laps
Round:	3 of 15

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	53	1hr 34m 32.740s	9
2	+2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	53	+26.610s	6
3	-1	Alain Prost	Renault	53	+49.980s	4
4	-1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	53	+1m 07.880s	3
5		Rene Arnoux	Renault	53	+1m 31.850s	2
6	+4	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap	1
7	+2	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
8	+9	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	52	+1 lap
9	+10	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
10	+12	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	51	DNF
11	+7	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	51	+2 laps
12	+11	Jan Lammers	ATS-Ford Cosworth	51	+2 laps
13	+11	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	51	+2 laps (1 lap)
R		Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	40	DNF
R		Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	28	DNF
R		Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	19	DNF
R		Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	14	DNF
R		Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	DNF
R		Didier Pironi	Ferrari	3	DNF
R		Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:42.665
2	Alain Prost	Renault
3	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth
4	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth
5	Rene Arnoux	Renault
6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
8	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
10	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
13	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth
15	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
16	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
17	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo
18	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
19	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
21	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
22	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo
23	Jan Lammers	ATS-Ford Cosworth
24	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Miguel Angel Guerra	Osella-Ford Cosworth
Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford Cosworth
Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra
Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford Cosworth

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	21
2	Alan Jones	18
3	Nelson Piquet	13
4	Riccardo Patrese	4
=	Alain Prost	4
6	Mario Andretti	3
=	Marc Surer	3
8	Elio de Angelis	3
9	Eddie Cheever	2
=	Rene Arnoux	2
11	Patrick Tambay	1
=	Jacques Laffite	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford Cosworth	39
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	13
3	Renault	6
4	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4
5	Alfa Romeo	3
=	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	3
7	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3
8	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2
9	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Ligier-Matra	1

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Ricardo Zunino

Wins

Driver: 4th for Nelson Piquet

Constructor: 24th for Brabham

Podiums

Driver: 40th for Carlos Reutemann, 8th for Nelson Piquet, 1st for Alain Prost (137th different podium finisher, 15th French driver)

Constructor: 94th for Brabham, 35th for Williams, 9th for Renault

Poles

Driver: 4th for Nelson Piquet

Constructor: 24th for Brabham

Fastest laps

Driver: 3rd for Nelson Piquet

Constructor: 29th for Brabham

Front row starts

Driver: 6th for Nelson Piquet, 1st for Alain Prost (101st different front row starter, 13th French driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 2nd for Nelson Piquet

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 2nd for Nelson Piquet

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 2nd for Nelson Piquet

See also

• Argentine Grand Prix
• Buenos Aires Circuit
• 1981 World Championship season