Grand Prix of Austria 1981

 Grand Prix of Austria 1981

Racing data
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
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

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
TAG Williams team	1	Alan Jones	Williams FW07C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Carlos Reutemann
Tyrrell Racing Team	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell 011		A.
	4th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 010
Parmalat Racing Team	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49C		G
	6th	Hector Rebaque
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1		M.
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
Team ATS	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS D5		A.
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 87		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign N180B		A.
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
March Grand Prix Team	17th	Derek Daly	March 811	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Patrick Tambay	Ligier JS17	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	M.
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 126CK	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	M.
	28	Didier Pironi
Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	30th	Siegfried Stohr
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella FA1B		M.
	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Theodore Racing Team	33	Marc Surer	Theodore TY01		A.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Brian Henton	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Derek Warwick

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 32.682	230.802 km / h	1: 32.018	232.468 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 32.978	230.067 km / h	1: 32.321	231.705 km / h	02
03	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 33.334	229.190 km / h	1: 35.150	224.816 km / h	03
04th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 35.002	225.166 km / h	1: 34.398	226.606 km / h	04th
05	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 34.531	226.288 km / h	1: 35.633	223.680 km / h	05
06th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 34.654	225.994 km / h	1: 34.999	225.173 km / h	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 34.871	225.477 km / h	1: 35.519	223.947 km / h	07th
08th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 35.346	224.353 km / h	1: 35.037	225.083 km / h	08th
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 35.294	224.476 km / h	1: 35.858	223.155 km / h	09
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
01	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	53	0	1: 27: 36.47	04th	1: 37.62
02	René Arnoux	Renault	53	0	+ 5.17	01	1: 38.24
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	53	0	+ 7.34	07th	1: 38.00
04th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	53	0	+ 12.04	06th	1: 37.66
05	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	53	0	+ 31.85	05	1: 38.69
06th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	53	0	+1: 31.14	12	1: 38.65
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	52	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 39.37
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	52	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 39.71
09	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	52	0	+ 1 lap	08th	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	02	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	03	1: 41.05	accident
-	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	00	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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Carlos Reutemann Williams 45 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 39 03  Jacques Laffite Ligier 34 04th  Alan Jones Williams 27 05  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 21st 06th  John Watson McLaren 21st 07th  Alain Prost Renault 19th 08th  René Arnoux Renault 11 09  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 10  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10

Item driver constructor Points 11  Elio de Angelis lotus 8th 12  Hector Rebaque Brabham 8th 13  Didier Pironi Ferrari 7th 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 5 15th  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 16  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 18th  Slim Borgudd ATS 1 19th  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 72 02  Brabham 47 03  Ligier 34 04th  Renault 30th 05  Ferrari 28 06th  McLaren 22nd 07th  lotus 13

Item constructor Points 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 10 10  Ensign 4th 11  Alfa Romeo 3 12  Theodore 1 13  ATS 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 23, 2012)
3. ↑ "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)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website