1981 Italian Grand Prix

 1981 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LII Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 13, 1981
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	301.6 km in 52 laps of 5.8 km
Weather:	cloudy, occasional rain
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	René Arnoux	Renault
Time:	1: 33.467 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
Time:	1: 37.528 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Alan Jones	Williams
Third:	Carlos Reutemann	Williams

The 1981 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 13th at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and was the 13th race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann started as leaders in the World Championship drivers' standings for the 13th round of the World Championship, which was held again on the traditional Monza circuit after a year of interruption in which the Italian Grand Prix was held in Imola . Alain Prost was also given realistic chances for the world title.

There have been no changes in the field of drivers since the Dutch Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

training

René Arnoux gave his Renault team the sixth pole position in a row. For himself it was the fourth of the year. Carlos Reutemann prevented the fact that both Renault drivers did not occupy the front row for the fifth time in a row by displacing Alain Prost to third place on the grid. It was followed by Jacques Laffite , Alan Jones and Nelson Piquet.

Brian Henton succeeded in tenth attempt as the first driver to qualify for a Grand Prix with a Toleman .

run

With a sensational start Didier Pironi reached the first chicane in fourth behind Prost, Reutemann and Arnoux. During the first lap he fought his way up to second place, but was ousted from this position again on the fifth lap by Arnoux and shortly afterwards fell behind Laffite, who had previously overtaken Jones, Piquet and Reutemann. Meanwhile, Gilles Villeneuve had caught up with the leading group, but retired on lap seven with damage to the turbocharger . Due to a puncture, Laffite initially fell behind. When it started to rain shortly afterwards, he was eliminated, as were four other opponents who were surprised by the onset of the shower.

The two Renaults were clearly ahead of the two Williams when Arnoux briefly went off the track in the Parabolica and left Prost alone in the lead.

A serious accident occurred on lap 20 when John Watson lost control of his McLaren MP4 / 1 in the Lesmo corners and hit the guardrails so hard that the engine was ripped out of the car. While Watson escaped unharmed, Tyrrell driver Michele Alboreto , who was three laps back, had an accident while trying to avoid the engine that was lying on the track.

Bruno Giacomelli , who was in third place, retired on lap 16 with a gearbox failure and had to let Piquet finish on the podium. However, its engine failed on the last lap. Due to the distance covered, he was classified sixth behind Prost, Jones, Reutemann, de Angelis and Pironi. Reutemann gained three points lead in the World Cup table.

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
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.
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi F8C		P
	21st	Chico Serra
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo 179C
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	Osella FA1C
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: 34.042	222.028 km / h	1: 33.467	223.394 km / h	01
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 35.153	219.436 km / h	1: 34.140	221.797 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 34.492	220.971 km / h	1: 34.374	221.247 km / h	03
04th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 36.529	216.308 km / h	1: 35.062	219.646 km / h	04th
05	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 35.983	217.539 km / h	1: 35.358	218.964 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 35.449	218.756 km / h	1: 35.484	218.675 km / h	06th
07th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.795	217.965 km / h	1: 35.557	218.508 km / h	07th
08th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 35.977	217.552 km / h	1: 35.596	218.419 km / h	08th
09	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 35.627	218.348 km / h	1: 55.012	181.546 km / h	09
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 38.617	211.728 km / h	1: 35.946	217.622 km / h	10
11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 36.158	217.143 km / h	1: 36.309	216.802 km / h	11
12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 38,100	212.844 km / h	1: 36.210	217.025 km / h	12
13	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1: 37.166	214.890 km / h	1: 36.296	216.831 km / h	13
14th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.131	214.967 km / h	1: 36.472	216.436 km / h	14th
15th	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1: 36.515	216.339 km / h	1: 36.545	216.272 km / h	15th
16	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	no time	-	1: 37.019	215.216 km / h	16
17th	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 38.736	211.473 km / h	1: 37.160	214.903 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 38.167	212.699 km / h	1: 37.264	214.673 km / h	18th
19th	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 38.852	211.225 km / h	1: 37.309	214.574 km / h	19th
20th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 37.355	214.473 km / h	1: 37.522	214.106 km / h	20th
21st	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	1: 39.106	210.684 km / h	1: 37.807	213.482 km / h	21st
22nd	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 38.411	212.171 km / h	1: 37.912	213.253 km / h	22nd
23	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1: 41.369	205.980 km / h	1: 38.012	213.035 km / h	23
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	1: 39.033	210.839 km / h	1: 38.053	212.946 km / h	24
DNQ	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	1: 38.778	211.383 km / h	1: 38.114	212.814 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1: 40.930	206.876 km / h	1: 38.474	212.036 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 39.936	208.934 km / h	1: 39.279	210.316 km / h	-
DNQ	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	1: 39.713	209.401 km / h	1: 39.776	209.269 km / h	-
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 42.229	204.247 km / h	1: 40.345	208.082 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 41.185	206.355 km / h	1: 40.437	207.892 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	52	0	1: 26: 33.90	03	1: 37.702
02	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	52	0	+ 22.18	05	1: 37.536
03	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	52	0	+ 50.59	02	1: 37.528
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	52	0	+ 1: 32.90	11	1: 38.496
05	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	52	0	+1: 34.52	08th	1: 39.652
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	51	0	DNF	06th	1: 37.590	Engine failure
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	51	0	DNF	16	1: 39.481	Tire damage
08th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	50	2	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 37.893
09	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	50	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 41.835
10	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	49	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 43.825
-	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	41	0	DNF	13	1: 39.585	Engine failure
-	Derek Daly	March-Ford	37	0	DNF	19th	1: 39.139	Gearbox damage
-	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	22nd	0	DNF	15th	1: 38.575	accident
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	21st	0	DNF	12	1: 40.257	Suspension damage
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	19th	0	DNF	07th	1: 39.386	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	19th	0	DNF	20th	1: 40.045	Gearbox damage
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	16	0	DNF	22nd	1: 40.628	accident
-	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	13	0	DNF	24	1: 40.131	Tire damage
-	René Arnoux	Renault	12	0	DNF	01	1: 37.886	accident
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	11	0	DNF	04th	1: 38.532	accident
-	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	11	0	DNF	17th	1: 40.165	accident
-	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	10	0	DNF	21st	1: 41.117	accident
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	06th	0	DNF	09	1: 39.814	Turbocharger damage
-	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	14th	4: 28.329	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 49 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 46 03  Alain Prost Renault 37 04th  Alan Jones Williams 37 05  Jacques Laffite Ligier 34 06th  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 21st 07th  John Watson McLaren 21st 08th  Elio de Angelis lotus 13 09  René Arnoux Renault 11 10  Hector Rebaque Brabham 11

Item driver constructor Points 11  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10 12  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 13  Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 5 15th  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 16  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Eliseo Salazar Ensign 1 18th  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 19th  Slim Borgudd ATS 1 20th  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 86 02  Brabham 57 03  Renault 48 04th  Ligier 34 05  Ferrari 30th 06th  McLaren 22nd 07th  lotus 18th

Item constructor Points 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 10 10  Ensign 5 11  Alfa Romeo 3 12  Theodore 1 13  ATS 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2005 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 December 27, 2015 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