1981 San Marino Grand Prix

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Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg 1981 San Marino Grand Prix
Racing data
4th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Route profile
Surname: I Gran Premio di San Marino
Date: May 3, 1981
Place: Imola
Course: Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Length: 302.4 km in 60 laps of 5.04 km

Weather: rainy and cool
Spectator: ~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver: CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari
Time: 1: 34.523 min
Fastest lap
Driver: CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari
Time: 1: 48.064 min
Podium
First: Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham
Second: ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows
Third: ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams

The 1981 San Marino Grand Prix took place on May 3rd at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari and was the fourth race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The 1981 Italian Grand Prix was to take place in Monza again as usual and the move to Imola in the previous year was a one-time exception, which is still the case today. Nevertheless, there was still a contract with the operators of the Autodromo Dino Ferrari to host a world championship run. To be recognized as a Grand Prix, the race had to be held under a different flag. It was decided to host the World Championship as the San Marino Grand Prix . The dwarf state is only around 75 kilometers from the racetrack.

In protest against the rejection of the Lotus 88 , which was developed to circumvent the rule of at least six centimeters from the ground, the Lotus team refrained from taking part in the Grand Prix weekend for the first time since the 1970 Canadian Grand Prix . At the same time, the Type 87 , available as an alternative, was tested and further developed in Great Britain .

The discussion about hydraulic systems, which the Brabham team had developed and used to lower the racing cars while they were driving, ceased because the competing teams were now using similar systems and Brabham no longer had a competitive advantage.

At Tyrrell , Ricardo Zunino was replaced by the Italian Grand Prix debutant Michele Alboreto . The ATS Racing Team briefly expanded its commitment to two cars. The Formula 1 newcomer Slim Borgudd was hired as a pilot .

The new Toleman team was represented for the first time this weekend. The British Brian Henton and Derek Warwick were signed as regular drivers. After Renault and Ferrari , Toleman became the third team to use a turbo engine in Formula 1. It was a four-cylinder engine made by Hart .

Toleman made it possible for Pirelli tires to be used again in Formula 1 for the first time since the 1958 Grand Prix of Morocco . Avon also returned to the Grand Prix scene this weekend as the tire supplier for the Fittipaldi Automotive team. Previously, no tires from this manufacturer had been used since the 1959 Italian Grand Prix .

training

To the delight of most spectators , Gilles Villeneuve secured pole position around 80 kilometers from Ferrari's main plant in Maranello with a lap time of around seven tenths of a second shorter than that of Carlos Reutemann . The two Renault drivers René Arnoux and Alain Prost formed the second row from Nelson Piquet and Didier Pironi .

run

Since the track was still damp at the start due to previous rainfalls, all drivers started the race on rain tires.

Villeneuve and Pironi initially formed a Ferrari one-two lead in front of Reutemann and the reigning world champion Alan Jones . Further down the field, meanwhile, occurred in a serious accident by Osella -Pilot Miguel Ángel Guerra with the March of Eliseo Salazar crashed and was thrown into the barriers. The Argentine had to be cut out of his destroyed vehicle and suffered leg injuries.

When Jones tried to overtake Reutemann, he defended himself with a tough maneuver, damaging Jones' front wing. The resulting pit stop for the Australian brought Riccardo Patrese to fourth place. A little later he overtook Reutemann. As a result of a collision between Jacques Laffite and René Arnoux, the two Brabham drivers Nelson Piquet and Héctor Rebaque took fifth and sixth place respectively.

Due to the drying track, Villeneuve stopped on lap 14 to have slicks fitted. Shortly after he left the box, however, it started raining again. On lap 16 he had to head for the pits again to switch back to rain tires. As a result, Pironi took the lead ahead of Patrese, Piquet and Reutemann.

By the 47th lap, Piquet fought his way past Patrese and Pironi to the top. Due to damage, Pironi dropped to fifth behind Rebaque by the end of the race. Andrea de Cesaris took sixth place.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Albilad-Williams Racing Team 1 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones Williams FW07C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 M.
2 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell Racing Team 3 United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 010 M.
4th ItalyItaly Michele Alboreto
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Parmalat Racing Team 5 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49C M.
6th MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marlboro McLaren International 7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson McLaren MP4 / 1 M.
8th ItalyItaly Andrea de Cesaris McLaren M29F
GermanyGermany Team ATS 9 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers ATS D4 M.
10 SwedenSweden Slim Borgudd
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign Racing 14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Surer Ensign N180B M.
FranceFrance Equipe Renault Elf 15th FranceFrance Alain Prost Renault RE20B Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t M.
16 FranceFrance René Arnoux
United KingdomUnited Kingdom March Grand Prix Team 17th ChileChile Eliseo Salazar March 811 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 M.
18th IrelandIreland Derek Daly
Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi Automotive 20th FinlandFinland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8C A.
21st Brazil 1968Brazil Chico Serra
ItalyItaly Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 22nd United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 179C Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12 M.
23 ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli
FranceFrance Equipe Talbot Gitanes 25th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier JS17 Matra MS81 3.0 V12 M.
26th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 27 CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 126CK Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t M.
28 FranceFrance Didier Pironi
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team 29 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 M.
30th ItalyItaly Siegfried Stohr
ItalyItaly Osella Squadra Corse 31 ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella FA1B M.
32 ItalyItaly Beppe Gabbiani
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Theodore Racing Team 33 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay Theodore TY01 M.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Candy Toleman Motorsport 35 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Henton Toleman TG181 Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t P
36 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derek Warwick

Classifications

Qualifying

Item driver constructor Qualification training 1 Qualification training 2 begin
time Ø speed time Ø speed
01 CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 35.576 189.838 km / h 1: 34.523 191.953 km / h 01
02 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 1: 35.844 189.308 km / h 1: 35.229 190.530 km / h 02
03 FranceFrance René Arnoux FranceFrance Renault 1: 35.281 190.426 km / h 1: 35.292 190.404 km / h 03
04th FranceFrance Alain Prost FranceFrance Renault 1: 35.579 189.832 km / h 3: 58.89 76.207 km / h 04th
05 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Ford 1: 37.417 186.251 km / h 1: 35.733 189.527 km / h 05
06th FranceFrance Didier Pironi ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 36.168 188.670 km / h 1: 35.868 189.260 km / h 06th
07th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 37.639 185.827 km / h 1: 36.241 188.527 km / h 07th
08th AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 1: 36.280 188.450 km / h 1: 36.317 188.378 km / h 08th
09 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 1: 37.061 186.934 km / h 1: 36.390 188.235 km / h 09
10 FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 1: 38.908 183.443 km / h 1: 36.477 188.066 km / h 10
11 ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli ItalyItaly Alfa Romeo 1: 39.372 182.587 km / h 1: 36.776 187.485 km / h 11
12 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti ItalyItaly Alfa Romeo 1: 37.586 185.928 km / h 1: 36.919 187.208 km / h 12
13 MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Ford 1: 38.823 183.601 km / h 1: 37.264 186.544 km / h 13
14th ItalyItaly Andrea de Cesaris United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 38.019 185.107 km / h 1: 37.382 186.318 km / h 14th
15th FinlandFinland Keke Rosberg Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 1: 37.459 186.171 km / h 1: 37.906 185.321 km / h 15th
16 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay United KingdomUnited Kingdom Theodore Ford 1: 39.215 182.876 km / h 1: 37.545 186.006 km / h 16
17th ItalyItaly Michele Alboreto United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 39.341 182.644 km / h 1: 37.771 185.577 km / h 17th
18th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 1: 38.140 184.879 km / h 1: 38.702 183.826 km / h 18th
19th United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 38.363 184.460 km / h 1: 38.266 184.642 km / h 19th
20th ItalyItaly Beppe Gabbiani ItalyItaly Osella-Ford 1: 39.245 182.820 km / h 1: 38.302 184.574 km / h 20th
21st SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Surer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 1: 38.340 184.503 km / h 1: 38.488 184.225 km / h 21st
22nd ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Ángel Guerra ItalyItaly Osella-Ford 1: 39.799 181.805 km / h 1: 38.773 183.694 km / h 22nd
23 ChileChile Eliseo Salazar United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 1: 39.161 182.975 km / h 1: 38.827 183.594 km / h 23
24 SwedenSweden Slim Borgudd GermanyGermany ATS Ford 1: 41.196 179.296 km / h 1: 39.079 183.127 km / h 24
DNQ ItalyItaly Siegfried Stohr United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 1: 39.112 183.066 km / h 1: 39.553 182.255 km / h -
DNQ IrelandIreland Derek Daly United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 1: 39.453 182.438 km / h 1: 39.157 182.983 km / h -
DNQ NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers GermanyGermany ATS Ford 1: 40.872 179.872 km / h 1: 39.419 182.500 km / h -
DNQ Brazil 1968Brazil Chico Serra Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 1: 51.454 162.794 km / h 1: 41.114 179.441 km / h -
DNQ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derek Warwick United KingdomUnited Kingdom Toleman-Hart 1: 54.020 159.130 km / h 1: 43.187 175.836 km / h -
DNQ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Henton United KingdomUnited Kingdom Toleman-Hart 1: 49.951 165.019 km / h no time - -

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Ford 60 0 1: 51: 23.97 05 1: 48.83
02 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 60 0 + 4.58 09 1: 49.41
03 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 60 0 + 6.60 02 1: 49.75
04th MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Ford 60 0 + 22.88 13 1: 49.18
05 FranceFrance Didier Pironi ItalyItaly Ferrari 60 0 + 25.92 06th 1: 49.17
06th ItalyItaly Andrea de Cesaris United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 60 0 +1: 06.60 14th 1: 50.26
07th CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari 60 2 +1: 41.97 01 1: 48.064
08th FranceFrance René Arnoux FranceFrance Renault 59 0 + 1 lap 03 1: 50.10
09 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Surer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 59 1 + 1 lap 21st 1: 50.11
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 58 1 + 2 rounds 07th 1: 48.37
11 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay United KingdomUnited Kingdom Theodore Ford 58 1 + 2 rounds 16 1: 49.56
12 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 58 2 + 2 rounds 08th 1: 49.75
13 SwedenSweden Slim Borgudd GermanyGermany ATS Ford 57 2 + 3 rounds 24 1: 50.88
- FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 45 7th NC 18th 1: 51.49 Unrated
- ChileChile Eliseo Salazar United KingdomUnited Kingdom March-Ford 38 0 DNF 23 1: 51.83 Engine failure
- ItalyItaly Michele Alboreto United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 31 0 DNF 17th 1: 50.95 collision
- ItalyItaly Beppe Gabbiani ItalyItaly Osella-Ford 31 0 DNF 20th 1: 50.98 collision
- ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli ItalyItaly Alfa Romeo 28 0 DNF 11 1: 51.23 collision
- United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 28 0 DNF 19th 1: 50.59 collision
- United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti ItalyItaly Alfa Romeo 27 1 DNF 12 1: 51.11 Gearbox damage
- FinlandFinland Keke Rosberg Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 14th 0 DNF 15th 1: 53.86 Engine failure
- FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 07th 0 DNF 10 1: 50.34 collision
- FranceFrance Alain Prost FranceFrance Renault 02 0 DNF 04th 1: 57.39 Gearbox damage
- ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Ángel Guerra ItalyItaly Osella-Ford 00 0 DNF 22nd - 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 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 25th
02 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 22nd
03 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones Williams 18th
04th ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10
05 FranceFrance Alain Prost Renault 4th
06th MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 3
07th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Surer Ensign 3
08th ItalyItaly Elio de Angelis lotus 3
Item driver constructor Points
09 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3
10 FranceFrance Didier Pironi Ferrari 2
11 FranceFrance René Arnoux Renault 2
12 United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 2
13 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay Theodore 1
14th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite Ligier 1
15th ItalyItaly Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams 43
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham 25th
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows 10
04th FranceFrance Renault 6th
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign 3
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus 3
Item constructor Points
07th ItalyItaly Alfa Romeo 3
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell 2
09 ItalyItaly Ferrari 2
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Theodore 1
11 FranceFrance Ligier 1
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren 1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 14, 2012)
  2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 14, 2012)
  3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 14, 2012)

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