1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

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1981 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date March 29, 1981
Official name X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Jacarepaguá Circuit
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.031 km (3.126 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 311.922 km (193.819 miles)
Scheduled distance 63 laps, 316.953 km (196.945 miles)
Weather Overcast, Fresh, Rain
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:35.079
Fastest lap
Driver Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford
Time 1:54.302 on lap 26
Podium
First Williams-Ford
Second Williams-Ford
Third Arrows-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix was the second race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship and was held on 29 March 1981 at Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formula One moved to the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro from the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo, after safety concerns with the long Interlagos circuit and the growing slums of São Paulo being at odds with the glamorous image of Formula One.

The Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann won the race in contentious circumstances; he ignored his pit signals to give up the lead to his teammate and team leader Alan Jones. Jones, who finished second, did not show up on the podium afterwards.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:35.786 1:35.079  —
2 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:35.390 1:36.000 +0.311
3 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:36.337 1:36.690 +1.258
4 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:37.231 1:36.667 +1.588
5 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:37.147 1:36.670 +1.591
6 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:38.682 1:37.283 +2.204
7 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:37.975 1:37.497 +2.418
8 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:38.985 1:37.561 +2.482
9 22 United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:37.933 1:37.597 +2.518
10 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:38.352 1:37.734 +2.655
11 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:38.225 1:37.777 +2.698
12 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:37.981 1:39.371 +2.902
13 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:38.861 1:38.003 +2.924
14 3 United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:38.160 1:38.521 +3.081
15 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:40.057 1:38.263 +3.184
16 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:38.273 1:38.713 +3.194
17 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:39.229 1:38.565 +3.486
18 14 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 1:39.296 1:38.570 +3.491
19 33 France Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 1:38.726 1:39.668 +3.647
20 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:39.409 1:38.780 +3.701
21 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 1:40.297 1:39.190 +4.111
22 21 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:39.326 1:39.396 +4.247
23 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Matra  — 1:39.398 +4.319
24 4 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.036 1:39.798 +4.719
25 9 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:40.339 1:39.844 +4.765
26 25 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier-Matra 1:40.306 withdrew +5.227
27 32 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 1:41.954 1:40.709 +5.630
28 31 Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford 1:40.984 1:44.482 +5.905
29 18 Chile Eliseo Salazar March-Ford 1:44.730 1:43.267 +8.188
30 17 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford no time no time  —
Source:[1]

Race

Carlos Reutemann, winner
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 62 2:00:23.66 2 9
2 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 62 + 4.44 3 6
3 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 62 + 1:03.08 4 4
4 14 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 62 + 1:17.03 18 3
5 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 62 + 1:26.42 10 2
6 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:26.83 16 1
7 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:30.25 23  
8 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 15  
9 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 12  
10 33 France Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 19  
11 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 13  
12 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 60 + 2 Laps 1  
13 4 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 57 + 5 Laps 24  
NC 3 United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 49 Not Classified 14  
NC 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 40 Not Classified 6  
Ret 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 25 Turbo 7  
Ret 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 22 Spun Off 11  
Ret 15 France Alain Prost Renault 20 Collision 5  
Ret 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 20 Accident 21  
Ret 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 19 Collision 17  
Ret 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 9 Engine 20  
Ret 16 France René Arnoux Renault 0 Collision 8  
Ret 22 United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 9  
Ret 21 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 0 Collision 22  
DNQ 9 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford    
DNQ 32 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford    
DNQ 31 Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford    
DNQ 18 Chile Eliseo Salazar March-Ford    
DNQ 17 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford        
DNP 14 Colombia Ricardo Londoño Ensign-Ford   Car raced by Surer  
Source:[2]

Colombian driver Ricardo Londoño was denied a superlicense, was not allowed to participate in official practice, and unable to race.

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Colombian driver Ricardo Londoño - the first Colombian to drive in Formula One.
  • This was the 10th pole position for a Brazilian driver.
  • This was the 3rd Brazilian Grand Prix win for Carlos Reutemann, breaking the previous record set by Emerson Fittipaldi at the 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix.
  • This race marked the 1st fastest lap set by Ensign.
  • This was the 200th Grand Prix start for a Ford-powered car. In those 200 races, Ford-powered cars had won 138 Grands Prix, achieved 399 podium finishes, 124 pole positions, 122 fastest laps, 19 Grand Slams and had won 10 Driver's and 9 Constructor's Championships.
  • This was the 5th Brazilian Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1981). AUTOCOURSE 1981–82. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-905138-17-1.
  2. ^ "1981 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Brazil 1981 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

Further reading

  • Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 23–25. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.


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