Brazilian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 29th March 1981 Local
Sun 29th March 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
2

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Location
no fanart thumb Jacarepaguá

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Description

The 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix was the second race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship and was held on 29 March 1981 at Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formula One moved to the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro from the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo, after safety concerns with the long Interlagos circuit and the growing slums of São Paulo being at odds with the glamorous image of Formula One.
The Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann won the race in contentious circumstances; he ignored his pit signals to give up the lead to his teammate and team leader Alan Jones. Jones, who finished second, did not show up on the podium afterwards.

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Result List

01	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	2:00:23.66
02	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+0:04.44
03	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1:03.08
04	Marc Surer	Ensign Racing	+1:17.03
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1:26.42
06	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1:26.83
07	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	+1:30.25
08	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
09	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1 Lap
10	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Racing	+1 Lap
11	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+2 Laps
13	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell Racing	+5 Laps
14	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
17	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	DNF
18	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
19	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
20	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
21	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
22	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
23	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
24	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
25	Jan Lammers	ATS	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify
27	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	Did not qualify
28	Eliseo Salazar	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Derek Daly	March Engineering	Did not qualify
30	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign Racing	Did not start