1981 Argentine Grand Prix

 1981 Argentine Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Date:	April 12, 1981
Place:	Buenos Aires
Course:	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Length:	316.304 km in 53 laps of 5.968 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 130,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 42.665 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 45.287 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Second:	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
Third:	Alain Prost	Renault

The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix took place on April 12 at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires and was the third race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The attempt by the Lotus team to circumvent the new rule, which required a ground clearance of at least six centimeters for racing cars, failed again because the new Lotus 88 with double chassis was not approved. In protest, team boss Colin Chapman left the race track before the first training session began. The Brabham BT49C , in which a hydraulic system had been installed, with which the car could be lowered while driving, was classified as compliant with the rules, since the required distance was always maintained during the measurements in the Parc Fermé .

Carlos Reutemann's decision to ignore the stall order at the previous Brazilian Grand Prix led to conflicts within the Williams team. The reigning world champion Alan Jones insisted on his contractually guaranteed number one status.

McLaren driver John Watson completed the first Grand Prix outing of a McLaren racing car with the designation MP4 this weekend . This is due to the merger of McLaren International with Project 4 of the new team boss Ron Dennis and has since been used in all of the team's Formula 1 racing cars.

training

Nelson Piquet qualified for pole position from Alain Prost . The two Williams drivers Jones and Reutemann formed the second row in front of René Arnoux in the second Renault and Héctor Rebaque in the second Brabham.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille intended to contest a race for the first time since his serious accident at the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix , but failed to qualify.

run

Although Jones was initially able to take the lead, he was overtaken by Piquet on the first lap, who from then on did not give up the top position.

On the second lap, Jones was overtaken by his team-mate Reutemann and a little later fell behind Prost and Rebaque. In the eleventh lap, Rebaque managed to complete Piquet's top position to a Brabham double lead by overtaking Prost and previously against Reutemann. However, on lap 33 he retired due to a technical defect.

Behind Piquet and Reutemann, Alain Prost achieved his first podium in Formula 1. Jones took fourth place ahead of René Arnoux. Elio de Angelis reached the goal after a duel with Riccardo Patrese in sixth.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Albilad-Williams Racing Team	1	Alan Jones	Williams FW07C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	M.
	2	Carlos Reutemann
Tyrrell Racing Team	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell 010		M.
	4th	Ricardo Zunino
Parmalat Racing Team	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49C		M.
	6th	Hector Rebaque
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1		M.
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren M29F
Team ATS	9	Jan Lammers	ATS D4		M.
Team Essex Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 81B		M.
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Marc Surer	Ensign N180B		M.
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE20B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
March Grand Prix Team	17th	Eliseo Salazar	March 811	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	M.
	18th	Derek Daly
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi F8C		M.
	21st	Chico Serra
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo 179C	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	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	M.
	30th	Siegfried Stohr
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella FA1B		M.
	32	Beppe Gabbiani
Theodore Racing Team	33	Patrick Tambay	Theodore TY01		M.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 42.665	209.271 km / h	1: 44.364	205.864 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 42.981	208.629 km / h	1: 43.748	207.086 km / h	02
03	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 44.662	205.278 km / h	1: 43.638	207.306 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 43.935	206.714 km / h	1: 44.094	206.398 km / h	04th
05	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 43.997	206.591 km / h	1: 44.080	206.426 km / h	05
06th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1: 44.712	205.180 km / h	1: 44,100	206.386 km / h	06th
07th	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 44.236	206.117 km / h	1: 44.132	206.323 km / h	07th
08th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 45.273	204.087 km / h	1: 44.191	206.206 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 45.008	204.602 km / h	1: 45.357	203.924 km / h	09
10	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 45.252	204.127 km / h	1: 45.065	204.491 km / h	10
11	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 45.073	204.475 km / h	1: 45.202	204.224 km / h	11
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 45.108	204.407 km / h	1: 45.599	203.456 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 45.117	204.389 km / h	1: 45.357	203.924 km / h	13
14th	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Ford	1: 46.872	201.033 km / h	1: 45.297	204.040 km / h	14th
15th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 45.369	203.901 km / h	1: 45.790	203.089 km / h	15th
16	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	1: 45.734	203.197 km / h	1: 46.188	202.328 km / h	16
17th	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1: 46.329	202.060 km / h	1: 46.059	202.574 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	1: 46.387	201.949 km / h	1: 46.663	201.427 km / h	18th
19th	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	1: 47.342	200.153 km / h	1: 46.444	201.841 km / h	19th
20th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 46.743	201.276 km / h	1: 46.706	201.346 km / h	20th
21st	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 46.854	201.067 km / h	1: 47.594	199.684 km / h	21st
22nd	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 47.109	200.588 km / h	1: 46.918	200.947 km / h	22nd
23	Jan Lammers	ATS Ford	1: 47.174	200.467 km / h	1: 47.576	199.717 km / h	23
24	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 47.464	199.926 km / h	1: 48.143	198.670 km / h	24
DNQ	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella-Ford	1: 47.609	199.656 km / h	1: 48.571	197.887 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1: 48.121	198.711 km / h	1: 48.203	198.560 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 48.191	198.582 km / h	1: 49.571	196.081 km / h	-
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra	1: 49.581	196.063 km / h	1: 50.226	194.916 km / h	-
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford	no time	-	1: 51.086	193.407 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	53	0	1: 34: 32.74	01	1: 45.287
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	53	0	+ 26.61	04th	1: 46.26
03	Alain Prost	Renault	53	0	+ 49.98	02	1: 46.57
04th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	53	0	+1: 07.88	03	1: 47.01
05	René Arnoux	Renault	53	0	+1: 31.85	05	1: 47.18
06th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	52	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 47.65
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	52	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 48.30
08th	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	52	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 48.49
09	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	52	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 48.83
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	51	0	DNF	22nd	1: 48.32	Lack of fuel
11	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	51	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 49.85
12	Jan Lammers	ATS Ford	51	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 49.14
13	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford	51	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 49.01
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	40	0	DNF	07th	1: 48.83	broken PTO shaft
-	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Ford	36	0	DNF	14th	1: 47.86	Oil loss
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	36	0	DNF	11	1: 47.34	Gearbox damage
-	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	32	0	DNF	06th	1: 46.35	defective ignition
-	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	28	0	DNF	20th	1: 49.95	Gearbox damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	19th	0	DNF	21st	1: 50.06	Handling problems
-	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	14th	0	DNF	16	1: 48.77	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	04th	0	DNF	08th	1: 48.92	defective fuel pump
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	03	0	DNF	15th	1: 50.88	Engine failure
-	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	03	0	DNF	12	1: 49.22	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	01	0	DNF	13	3: 05.30	Clutch damage

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 21st 02  Alan Jones Williams 18th 03  Nelson Piquet Brabham 13 04th  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4th 05  Alain Prost Renault 4th 06th  Marc Surer Ensign 3

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Elio de Angelis lotus 3 08th  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 09  René Arnoux Renault 2 10  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 2 11  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1 12  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 39 02  Brabham 13 03  Renault 6th 04th  Arrows 4th 05  Ensign 3

Item constructor Points 06th  lotus 3 07th  Alfa Romeo 3 08th  Tyrrell 2 09  Theodore 1 10  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 14, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 14, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from August 4, 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 14, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website