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1981 San Marino Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitImola, 60 laps
Round4 of 15
Race numbers

The 1981 San Marino Grand Prix was the:

  • 346th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Imola
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth601hr 51m 23.970s9
2+7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth60+4.580s6
3-1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth60+6.340s4
4+9(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth60+22.890s3
5+1(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari60+25.870s2
6+8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth60+1m 06.610s1
7-6(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari60+1m 41.970s 
8-5(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault59+1 lap 
9+12(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap 
10-3(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
11+5(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
12-4(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
13+11(SWE) Slim BorguddATS-Ford Cosworth57+3 laps 
NC (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleLigier-Matra45+15 laps 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarMarch-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo28DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo26DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra7DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstRenault3DNF 
R (ARG) Miguel Angel GuerraOsella-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.523

PosDriverConstructor
1(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
3(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
4(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
7(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
11(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
12(USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo
13(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleLigier-Matra
19(USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth
21(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth
22(ARG) Miguel Angel GuerraOsella-Ford Cosworth
23(CHL) Eliseo SalazarMarch-Ford Cosworth
24(SWE) Slim BorguddATS-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
(GBR) Brian HentonToleman-Hart

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Carlos Reutemann25
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet22
3(AUS) Alan Jones18
4(ITA) Riccardo Patrese10
5(FRA) Alain Prost4
6(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(CHE) Marc Surer3
=(MEX) Hector Rebaque3
9(ITA) Elio de Angelis3
10(USA) Eddie Cheever2
=(FRA) Rene Arnoux2
=(FRA) Didier Pironi2
13(FRA) Patrick Tambay1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth43
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth25
3Arrows-Ford Cosworth10
4Renault6
5Alfa Romeo3
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth3
7Lotus-Ford Cosworth3
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
=Ferrari2
10Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Ligier-Matra1
=McLaren-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Michele Alboreto
Slim Borgudd (first Swedish driver to start a race since 1978)
Miguel Angel Guerra (only start)
Eliseo Salazar (first Chilean driver to start a race)
Milestone race start
50th for Renault (18th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
5th for Nelson Piquet
25th for Brabham
Podiums
41st for Carlos Reutemann
9th for Nelson Piquet
4th for Riccardo Patrese (last for Arrows)
95th for Brabham
36th for Williams
4th for Arrows (last until 1985)
Poles
2nd and last for Gilles Villeneuve (first since 1979; last Canadian polesitter until 1996)
90th for Ferrari (1st constructor to take 90 pole positions)
Fastest laps
8th and last for Gilles Villeneuve (first since 1979; last Canadian driver to set a fastest lap until 1996)
90th for Ferrari (1st constructor to set 90 fastest laps)
Front row starts
17th for Carlos Reutemann
6th for Gilles Villeneuve (first since 1979)
Points finishes
1st for Andrea de Cesaris (205th different point scorer, 29th Italian driver)