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1981 Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBuenos Aires, 53 laps
Round3 of 15
Race numbers

The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 345th World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix (last until 1995)
  • 16th World Championship race at Buenos Aires (last until 1995)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth531hr 34m 32.740s9
2+2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth53+26.610s6
3-1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault53+49.980s4
4-1(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth53+1m 07.880s3
5 (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault53+1m 31.850s2
6+4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap1
7+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
8+9(USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo52+1 lap 
9+10(ITA) Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
10+12(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo51DNF 
11+7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth51+2 laps 
12+11(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth51+2 laps 
13+11(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth51+2 laps (1 lap) 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari40DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra19DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiFerrari3DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1DNF 

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

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
3(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
5(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
6(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
7(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
8(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
10(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
13(USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
16(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth
17(USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth
20(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
22(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
23(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth
24(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ARG) Miguel Angel GuerraOsella-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth
(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleLigier-Matra
(CHL) Eliseo SalazarMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Carlos Reutemann21
2(AUS) Alan Jones18
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet13
4(ITA) Riccardo Patrese4
=(FRA) Alain Prost4
6(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(CHE) Marc Surer3
8(ITA) Elio de Angelis3
9(USA) Eddie Cheever2
=(FRA) Rene Arnoux2
11(FRA) Patrick Tambay1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth39
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth13
3Renault6
4Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
5Alfa Romeo3
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth3
7Lotus-Ford Cosworth3
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
9Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Ligier-Matra1

Statistics & 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)