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1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJacarepagua, 62 laps
Round2 of 15
Race numbers

The 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 344th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Jacarepagua (first since 1978)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth622hr 00m 23.660s9
2+1(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth62+4.440s6
3+1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth62+1m 03.080s4
4+14(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth62+1m 17.030s3
5+5(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth62+1m 26.420s2
6+10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra62+1m 26.830s1
7+16(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra62+1m 30.250s 
8+7(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
9+3(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
10+9(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
11+2(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
12-11(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
13+11(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57+5 laps 
NC (USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth49+13 laps 
NC (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo40+22 laps 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari25DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstRenault20DNF 
R (ITA) Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiFerrari19DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault0DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.079

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth
(ARG) Miguel Angel GuerraOsella-Ford Cosworth
(CHL) Eliseo SalazarMarch-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Carlos Reutemann15
=(AUS) Alan Jones15
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet4
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese4
5(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(CHE) Marc Surer3
7(USA) Eddie Cheever2
=(ITA) Elio de Angelis2
9(FRA) Patrick Tambay1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth30
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
4Alfa Romeo3
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth3
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth2
8Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Ligier-Matra1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Siegfried Stohr
Milestone race start
50th for Gilles Villeneuve (45th driver to start 50 races, 1st Canadian driver)
Wins
11th for Carlos Reutemann
13th for Williams
Race 1-2
5th for Williams
Podiums
39th for Carlos Reutemann
20th for Alan Jones (18th driver to score 20 podiums, 2nd Australian driver)
3rd for Riccardo Patrese
33rd & 34th for Williams
3rd for Arrows
Poles
3rd for Nelson Piquet
23rd for Brabham
Fastest laps
1st and only for Marc Surer (71st different fastest lap setter, 3rd Swiss driver)
1st and only for Ensign (30th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
16th for Carlos Reutemann
5th for Nelson Piquet
Points finishes
1st for Marc Surer (204th different point scorer, 6th Swiss driver)