1981 Canadian Grand Prix

 1981 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XX Grand Prix du Canada
Date:	September 27, 1981
Place:	Montreal
Course:	Circuit Île Notre-Dame
Length:	277.83 km in 63 laps of 4.41 km
Planned:	308.7 km in 70 laps of 4.41 km
Weather:	heavy rain
Spectator:	~ 65,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 29.211 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	John Watson	McLaren
Time:	1: 49.475 min
Podium
First:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
Second:	John Watson	McLaren
Third:	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari

The 1981 Canadian Grand Prix took place in Montreal on September 27 and was the 14th race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Italian Grand Prix , reigning world champion Alan Jones announced that he would end his Formula 1 career at the end of the season. The same was expected of Mario Andretti . In the meantime, Niki Lauda , who had resigned in 1979 , had been observed doing secret test drives for McLaren in Donington , so that the first rumors of a comeback of the Austrian emerged.

Siegfried Stohr ended his racing career with immediate effect and was then replaced at Arrows by Jacques Villeneuve senior , the brother of Gilles Villeneuve and uncle of the future Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve .

training

The two main competitors in the fight for the world title, Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann , qualified for the front row ahead of Alan Jones and Alain Prost . The third row was formed by Nigel Mansell and Héctor Rebaque .

As it was raining heavily on the day of the race, in contrast to the two training days, an additional free practice session was carried out before the race so that the drivers and their vehicles could adapt themselves and their vehicles to the changed conditions.

run

In heavy rain, Jones, who started from third place, immediately took the lead. In order to avoid a collision with his team mate, Reutemann, who started from second place, had to take off the gas, which meant that he lost three more places to Piquet, Prost and Elio de Angelis . Further back in the field, Gilles Villeneuve triggered a spin from René Arnoux , who was eliminated.

By the seventh lap, Villeneuve fought his way up to third place. This was facilitated, among other things, by the fact that Jones spun in the sixth lap and Piquet lost several places through an abrupt evasive maneuver. Alain Prost was initially ahead of Jacques Laffite until he took the lead on lap 13. Prost dropped to fourth place behind Gilles Villeneuve and John Watson over the next two laps .

On lap 38, Villeneuve was overtaken by Watson. Thereupon nothing changed in the order of the podium finishers. Behind them, Bruno Giacomelli , Nelson Piquet and Elio de Angelis reached the finish line when the race was stopped prematurely after 63 laps because the maximum allowed time of two hours had been reached.

Jacques Laffite's victory turned out to be the last success for Ligier until the Monaco Grand Prix in 1996 .

Reutemann traveled to Las Vegas for the season finale with just one point ahead of Piquet .

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	Jacques Villeneuve
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	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 29.211	177.960 km / h	1: 29.537	177.312 km / h	01
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 29.601	177.186 km / h	1: 29.359	177.665 km / h	02
03	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 29.728	176.935 km / h	1: 29.781	176.830 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 31.629	173.264 km / h	1: 29.908	176.581 km / h	04th
05	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 32.233	172.129 km / h	1: 29.997	176.406 km / h	05
06th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1: 31.545	173.423 km / h	1: 30.182	176.044 km / h	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 31.212	174.056 km / h	1: 30.231	175.948 km / h	07th
08th	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 34.151	168.623 km / h	1: 30.232	175.946 km / h	08th
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 31.617	173.287 km / h	1: 30.566	175.298 km / h	09
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 31.593	173.332 km / h	1: 30.705	175.029 km / h	10
11	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 32.077	172.421 km / h	1: 31.115	174.241 km / h	11
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 31.976	172.610 km / h	1: 31.350	173.793 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	1: 32.281	172.040 km / h	1: 31.507	173.495 km / h	13
14th	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 32.652	171.351 km / h	1: 31.547	173.419 km / h	14th
15th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 34.995	167.125 km / h	1: 31,600	173.319 km / h	15th
16	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1: 32.648	171.358 km / h	1: 31.740	173.054 km / h	16
17th	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1: 31.747	173.041 km / h	1: 31.817	172.909 km / h	17th
18th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 31.969	172.623 km / h	1: 32.277	172.047 km / h	18th
19th	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	1: 34.424	168.135 km / h	1: 32.253	172.092 km / h	19th
20th	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 35.552	166.150 km / h	1: 32.305	171.995 km / h	20th
21st	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	1: 34.002	168.890 km / h	1: 32.652	171.351 km / h	21st
22nd	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.245	168.455 km / h	1: 32.709	171.246 km / h	22nd
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 33.432	169.920 km / h	1: 33.643	169.537 km / h	23
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	1: 36.016	165.347 km / h	1: 33.848	169.167 km / h	24
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 34.634	167.762 km / h	1: 34.310	168.338 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 36.937	163.776 km / h	1: 36.546	164.440 km / h	-
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1: 40.505	157.962 km / h	1: 36.648	164.266 km / h	-
DNQ	Jacques Villeneuve	Arrows Ford	1: 36.720	164.144 km / h	1: 38.308	161.492 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 36.999	163.672 km / h	1: 37.256	163.239 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1: 37.493	162.842 km / h	1: 55.307	137.685 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	63	0	2: 01: 25.21	10	1: 49.765
02	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	63	0	+ 6.23	09	1: 49.475
03	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	63	0	+1: 50.27	11	1: 52.087
04th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	62	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 51.490
05	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	01	1: 51.849
06th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 51.927
07th	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	62	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 52.580
08th	Derek Daly	March-Ford	61	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 54.946
09	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	61	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 51.020
10	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	02	1: 50.309
11	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	59	0	+ 4 rounds	22nd	1: 55.977
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	56	0	DNF	14th	1: 53.994	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	51	0	DNF	13	1: 50.762	collision
-	Alain Prost	Renault	48	0	DNF	04th	1: 51.197	collision
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	45	1	DNF	05	1: 56.718	collision
-	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	40	0	DNF	21st	1: 54.794	accident
-	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	35	3	DNF	06th	1: 55.172	Collision damage
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	26th	0	DNF	23	1: 55.949	collision
-	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	24	0	DNF	12	1: 56.285	Engine failure
-	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	24	1	DNF	03	1: 56.624	task
-	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	08th	0	DNF	24	2: 03.264	accident
-	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	06th	0	DNF	17th	1: 59.888	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	06th	1	DNF	18th	2: 07.558	accident
-	René Arnoux	Renault	00	0	DNF	08th	-	accident

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 48 03  Jacques Laffite Ligier 43 04th  Alain Prost Renault 37 05  Alan Jones Williams 37 06th  John Watson McLaren 27 07th  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 25th 08th  Elio de Angelis lotus 14th 09  René Arnoux Renault 11 10  Hector Rebaque Brabham 11 11  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10

Item driver constructor Points 12  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 13  Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 5 15th  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 16  Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 18th  Eliseo Salazar Ensign 1 19th  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 20th  Slim Borgudd ATS 1 21st  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 86 02  Brabham 59 03  Renault 48 04th  Ligier 43 05  Ferrari 34 06th  McLaren 28 07th  lotus 19th

Item constructor Points 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 10 10  Alfa Romeo 6th 11  Ensign 5 12  Theodore 1 13  ATS 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the 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 19, 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