Grand Prix of Austria 1981
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11th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
Surname: | XIX Grand Prix of Austria | |
Date: | August 16, 1981 | |
Place: | Spielberg | |
Course: | Österreichring | |
Length: | 314.926 km in 53 laps of 5.942 km
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Weather: | cloudy and humid | |
Spectator: | ~ 65,000 | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | René Arnoux | Renault |
Time: | 1: 32.018 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
Time: | 1: 37.62 min | |
Podium | ||
First: | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
Second: | René Arnoux | Renault |
Third: | Nelson Piquet | Brabham |
The 1981 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 16 at the Österreichring near Zeltweg and was the eleventh race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
With the exception of the financially troubled Fittipaldi team, which did not have a sufficient number of engines available, the field of participants for the eleventh World Championship round of the season remained unchanged compared to the German Grand Prix .
training
Like two weeks earlier at Hockenheim , the two Renault drivers occupied the front row, but in reverse order with René Arnoux on pole position in front of Alain Prost . The Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve , also equipped with a turbo engine, followed in third place ahead of Jacques Laffite on Ligier . The Williams -Teamkollegen Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones were the third row.
run
At the start, Villeneuve overtook the two Renaults and took the lead in front of them and his team-mate Didier Pironi, who also started well from eighth . However, due to a driving mistake from Villeneuves, which threw him back to sixth place, the two Renault drivers got back to their starting positions during the second lap and were able to break away from the rest of the field. Among other things, this was helped by the fact that Pironi, who was now third in his non-competitive car, clearly seemed to hold back the other pursuers. When Laffite was the first to find the way past his compatriot in the ninth lap, Prost and Arnoux had already gained a lead of around 20 seconds.
In the course of the further laps, Laffite was able to gradually reduce the lead of the leaders, followed by Piquet and the two Williams drivers Jones and Reutemann, who had also overtaken Pironi in the meantime. On the 39th lap he overtook Arnoux and took the lead, as Prost had previously retired due to a suspension damage.
Behind Laffite, Arnoux and Piquet, Jones and Reutemann took fifth and sixth. John Watson received the last championship point of the day in sixth place.
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | Qualification training 1 | Qualification training 2 | begin | ||
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time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1: 32.682 | 230.802 km / h | 1: 32.018 | 232.468 km / h | 1 |
2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1: 32.978 | 230.067 km / h | 1: 32.321 | 231.705 km / h | 2 |
3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1: 33.334 | 229.190 km / h | 1: 35.150 | 224.816 km / h | 3 |
4th | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1: 35.002 | 225.166 km / h | 1: 34.398 | 226.606 km / h | 4th |
5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 1: 34.531 | 226.288 km / h | 1: 35.633 | 223.680 km / h | 5 |
6th | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1: 34.654 | 225.994 km / h | 1: 34.999 | 225.173 km / h | 6th |
7th | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 1: 34.871 | 225.477 km / h | 1: 35.519 | 223.947 km / h | 7th |
8th | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1: 35.346 | 224.353 km / h | 1: 35.037 | 225.083 km / h | 8th |
9 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus Ford | 1: 35.294 | 224.476 km / h | 1: 35.858 | 223.155 km / h | 9 |
10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 1: 35.912 | 223.029 km / h | 1: 35.442 | 224.128 km / h | 10 |
11 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus Ford | 1: 36.688 | 221.239 km / h | 1: 35.569 | 223.830 km / h | 11 |
12 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1: 36.007 | 222.809 km / h | 1: 35.977 | 222.878 km / h | 12 |
13 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1: 36.560 | 221.533 km / h | 1: 36.079 | 222.642 km / h | 13 |
14th | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford | 1: 38.004 | 218.269 km / h | 1: 36.117 | 222.554 km / h | 14th |
15th | Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 1: 36.511 | 221.645 km / h | 1: 36.150 | 222.477 km / h | 15th |
16 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1: 37.637 | 219.089 km / h | 1: 36.216 | 222.325 km / h | 16 |
17th | Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra | 1: 36.233 | 222.285 km / h | 1: 36.443 | 221.801 km / h | 17th |
18th | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford | 1: 36.657 | 221.310 km / h | no time | - | 18th |
19th | Derek Daly | March-Ford | 1: 37.777 | 218.775 km / h | 1: 37.230 | 220.006 km / h | 19th |
20th | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford | 1: 38.273 | 217.671 km / h | 1: 37.631 | 219.103 km / h | 20th |
21st | Slim Borgudd | ATS Ford | 1: 38.529 | 217.106 km / h | 1: 37.709 | 218.928 km / h | 21st |
22nd | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 39.374 | 215.260 km / h | 1: 38.084 | 218.091 km / h | 22nd |
23 | Marc Surer | Theodore Ford | 1: 38.522 | 217.121 km / h | 1: 44.262 | 205.168 km / h | 23 |
24 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows Ford | 1: 38.616 | 216.914 km / h | 1: 38.546 | 217.068 km / h | 24 |
DNQ | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 38.583 | 216.987 km / h | 1: 39.351 | 215.309 km / h | - |
DNQ | Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 1: 40.391 | 213.079 km / h | 1: 38.593 | 216.965 km / h | - |
DNQ | Brian Henton | Toleman-Hart | 1: 39.987 | 213.940 km / h | 1: 38.691 | 216.749 km / h | - |
DNQ | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella-Ford | 1: 41.198 | 211.380 km / h | 1: 46.079 | 201.653 km / h | - |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 53 | 0 | 1: 27: 36.47 | 4th | 1: 37.62 | |
2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 53 | 0 | + 5.17 | 1 | 1: 38.24 | |
3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 53 | 0 | + 7.34 | 7th | 1: 38.00 | |
4th | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 53 | 0 | + 12.04 | 6th | 1: 37.66 | |
5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 53 | 0 | + 31.85 | 5 | 1: 38.69 | |
6th | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 53 | 0 | +1: 31.14 | 12 | 1: 38.65 | |
7th | Elio de Angelis | Lotus Ford | 52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 39.37 | |
8th | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford | 52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 39.71 | |
9 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 40.66 | |
10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford | 51 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 14th | 1: 42.46 | |
11 | Derek Daly | March-Ford | 47 | 3 | + 6 rounds | 19th | 1: 40.18 | |
- | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 46 | 1 | DNF | 13 | 1: 41.32 | Engine failure |
- | Slim Borgudd | ATS Ford | 44 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 40.88 | Wheel bearing damage |
- | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford | 43 | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 40.42 | Engine failure |
- | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 43 | 1 | DNF | 10 | 1: 38.85 | Engine failure |
- | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 41.32 | Engine failure |
- | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 34 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 41.36 | Engine fire |
- | Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 32 | 1 | DNF | 15th | 1: 40.47 | Engine failure |
- | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows Ford | 27 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 42.80 | accident |
- | Alain Prost | Renault | 26th | 0 | DNF | 2 | 1: 38.41 | Suspension damage |
- | Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra | 26th | 1 | DNF | 17th | 1: 40.82 | Engine failure |
- | Nigel Mansell | Lotus Ford | 23 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 39.36 | Engine failure |
- | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | 0 | DNF | 3 | 1: 41.05 | accident |
- | Marc Surer | Theodore Ford | 0 | 0 | DNF | 23 | - | defective ignition |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on October 23, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)