1981 Monaco Grand Prix

 1981 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXIX Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date:	May 31, 1981
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	251.712 km in 76 laps of 3.312 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 90,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 25.710 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alan Jones	Williams
Time:	1: 27.47 min
Podium
First:	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
Second:	Alan Jones	Williams
Third:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier

The 1981 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 31 and was the sixth race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Nelson Piquet in the Brabham BT49C

For the sixth World Championship round, both McLaren factory drivers were equipped with the new MP4 / 1 . The Lotus team used the new Lotus 87 for the first time . Otherwise there were no changes compared to the Belgian Grand Prix , which had taken place two weeks earlier.

training

Since only 20 starting places were allowed for the race and a maximum of 26 pilots were allowed to participate in regular training, a pre-qualification had to be held for the first time since the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix , in which the five slowest of the nine participating drivers from the teams ATS , Ensign , March , Osella , Theodore and Toleman retired early.

Nelson Piquet completed a fastest time in the first of the two regular qualification training sessions that he could no longer beat. Since none of his competitors managed to do this either, he took pole position in front of Gilles Villeneuve , who came within around seven hundredths of a second to Piquet's best time during the second qualifying session. Nigel Mansell qualified for third place on the grid next to Carlos Reutemann in the new Lotus . Riccardo Patrese and Elio de Angelis formed the third row on the grid.

run

Andrea de Cesaris and Mario Andretti collided in the tight Sainte Devote curve after the start . At the top, the ranking initially remained unchanged compared to the starting grid until Mansell fell back on lap 15 due to a damage to the suspension and Reutemann had to make a pit stop due to transmission problems, which threw him back to the end of the field. This put Alan Jones in third place. On lap 20 he overtook Gilles Villeneuve and from then on put pressure on the leader Nelson Piquet.

On the 53rd lap, Piquet made a mistake while lapping a few stragglers and crashed into the barrier. Jones thereby took the lead. Lying in the lead, he had to pull into the pits on lap 67 due to a problem with the fuel supply. Villeneuve was able to catch up and finally overtake the Australian on lap 72 and thus secure the first Ferrari victory since his success at the 1979 US Grand Prix .

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	Michele Alboreto
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
Team ATS	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS D5		M.
Team Essex Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 87		M.
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Marc Surer	Ensign N180B		M.
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux	Renault RE20B
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		A.
	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	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella FA1B		M.
	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Theodore Racing Team	33	Patrick Tambay	Theodore TY01		M.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Brian Henton	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Derek Warwick

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	-	-	1: 25.710	139.111 km / h	1: 28.667	134.472 km / h	01
02	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	-	-	1: 26.891	137.220 km / h	1: 25.788	138.984 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	-	-	1: 27.174	136.775 km / h	1: 25.815	138.941 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	-	-	1: 27.643	136.043 km / h	1: 26.010	138.626 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 27.447	136.348 km / h	1: 26.040	138.577 km / h	05
06th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	-	-	1: 28.381	134.907 km / h	1: 26.259	138.226 km / h	06th
07th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	-	-	1: 26.938	137.146 km / h	1: 26.538	137.780 km / h	07th
08th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	-	-	1: 27.468	136.315 km / h	1: 26.704	137.516 km / h	08th
09	Alain Prost	Renault	-	-	1: 27.623	136.074 km / h	1: 26.953	137.122 km / h	09
10	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	-	-	1: 28.137	135.280 km / h	1: 27.058	136.957 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	-	-	1: 28.966	134.020 km / h	1: 27.122	136.856 km / h	11
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	-	-	1: 27.512	136.246 km / h	1: 28.162	135.242 km / h	12
13	René Arnoux	Renault	-	-	1: 28.613	134.554 km / h	1: 27.513	136.245 km / h	13
14th	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 29.789	132.791 km / h	1: 27.564	136.166 km / h	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 29.282	133.545 km / h	1: 27.594	136.119 km / h	15th
16	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Ford	1: 30.492	131.760 km / h	1: 28.897	134.124 km / h	1: 27.939	135.585 km / h	16
17th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 29.150	133.743 km / h	1: 28.266	135.083 km / h	17th
18th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	-	-	1: 28.335	134.977 km / h	1: 28.323	134.995 km / h	18th
19th	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	1: 31.249	130.667 km / h	1: 29.611	133.055 km / h	1: 28.339	134.971 km / h	19th
20th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 30.699	131.459 km / h	1: 28.358	134.942 km / h	20th
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	-	-	1: 29.924	132.592 km / h	1: 28.436	134.823 km / h	-
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra	-	-	1: 29.752	132.846 km / h	1: 28.841	134.208 km / h	-
DNQ	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	-	-	1: 29.188	133.686 km / h	1: 29.256	133.584 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	-	-	1: 32.109	129.447 km / h	1: 29.434	133.318 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 33.189	127.946 km / h	no time	-	1: 29.649	132.999 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1: 32.704	128.616 km / h	1: 30.983	131.049 km / h	1: 29.795	132.782 km / h	-
DNPQ	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	1: 33.285	127.815 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 33.800	127.113 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford	1: 35.249	125.179 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1: 37.528	122.254 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 41.966	116.933 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	76	0	1: 54: 23.38	1: 25.788	1: 29.00
02	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	76	1	+ 39.91	1: 26.538	1: 27.47
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	76	0	+1: 29.24	1: 26.704	1: 29.40
04th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	75	0	+ 1 lap	1: 28.266	1: 29.61
05	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	74	0	+ 2 rounds	1: 27.594	1: 30.55
06th	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	74	1	+ 2 rounds	1: 28.339	1: 30.77
07th	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Ford	72	0	+ 4 rounds	1: 27.939	1: 30.92
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	53	0	DNF	1: 28.667	1: 28.04	accident
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	53	0	DNF	1: 27.058	1: 29.23	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	50	0	DNF	1: 28.358	1: 30.36	collision
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	50	0	DNF	1: 28.323	1: 29.82	collision
-	Alain Prost	Renault	45	0	DNF	1: 26.953	1: 29.90	Engine failure
-	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	34	1	DNF	1: 26.010	1: 28.76	Gearbox damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	32	0	DNF	1: 26.259	1: 29.52	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Renault	32	0	DNF	1: 27.513	1: 29.74	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	29	0	DNF	1: 26.040	1: 29.01	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	16	1	DNF	1: 25.815	1: 29.52	Suspension damage
-	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	15th	4th	DNF	1: 27.564	1: 31.72	defective injection pump
-	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	00	0	DNF	1: 27.122	-	collision
-	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	00	0	DNF	1: 28.162	-	collision

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 34 02  Alan Jones Williams 24 03  Nelson Piquet Brabham 22nd 04th  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 12 05  Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 06th  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 07th  Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 08th  Elio de Angelis lotus 5 09  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 5

Item driver constructor Points 10  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 11  Nigel Mansell lotus 4th 12  Alain Prost Renault 4th 13  Hector Rebaque Brabham 3 14th  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 15th  René Arnoux Renault 2 16  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 17th  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 58 02  Brabham 25th 03  Ferrari 17th 04th  Ligier 11 05  Arrows 10 06th  lotus 9

Item constructor Points 07th  Renault 6th 08th  Tyrrell 5 09  Ensign 4th 10  Alfa Romeo 3 11  Theodore 1 12  McLaren 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 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