1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 2 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season.

Date March 29, 1981
Official name X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course Permanent racing facility
3.126 mi / 5.031 km
Distance 62 laps, 193.812 mi / 311.922 km
Weather Overcast, Fresh, Rain
Pole position
Driver Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford
Time 1:35.079
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford
Time 1:54.302 on lap 26
Podium
First Flag of Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford
Second Flag of Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford
Third Flag of Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford

Results from the 1981 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Jacarepaguá on March 29, 1981.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Flag of Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 62 2:00:23.66 2 9
2 1 Flag of Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 62 + 4.44 3 6
3 29 Flag of Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 62 + 1:03.08 4 4
4 14 Flag of Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 62 + 1:17.03 18 3
5 11 Flag of Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 62 + 1:26.42 10 2
6 26 Flag of France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:26.83 16 1
7 25 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:30.25 23  
8 7 Flag of the United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 15  
9 20 Flag of Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 12  
10 33 Flag of France Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 19  
11 12 Flag of the United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 13  
12 5 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 60 + 2 Laps 1  
13 4 Flag of Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 57 + 5 Laps 24  
NC 3 Flag of the United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 49 Not Classified 14  
NC 23 Flag of Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 40 Not Classified 6  
Ret 27 Flag of Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 25 Turbo 7  
Ret 6 Flag of Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham-Ford 22 Spun Off 11  
Ret 15 Flag of France Alain Prost Renault 20 Collision 5  
Ret 30 Flag of Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 20 Accident 21  
Ret 28 Flag of France Didier Pironi Ferrari 19 Collision 17  
Ret 8 Flag of Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 9 Engine 20  
Ret 16 Flag of France René Arnoux Renault 0 Collision 8  
Ret 22 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 9  
Ret 21 Flag of Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 0 Collision 22  
DNQ 9 Flag of the Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford    
DNQ 32 Flag of Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford    
DNQ 31 Flag of Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford    
DNQ 18 Flag of Chile Eliseo Salazar Osella-Ford    
DNQ 14 Flag of Colombia Ricardo Londono Ensign-Ford    
DNQ 17 Flag of Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford        

[edit] Notes

  • First fastest lap: Marc Surer
  • First entry: Ricardo Londono
  • First Points: Marc Surer

[edit] References


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