Argentine Grand Prix

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
3

Status

Location
Interlagos Circuit

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Description

The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the third race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship and was held at the Buenos Aires circuit in Argentina on 12 April 1981. This was the last Argentine Grand Prix until 1995. Thanks to designer Gordon Murray's alternative solution to flexible side skirts, the Brabham cars of Nelson Piquet and Héctor Rebaque were dominant in this race, with Piquet (who took pole at an average speed of 130.029 mph (209.261 km/h)) taking the lead immediately from Alan Jones on the back straight and Rebaque climbing up from 5th to 2nd over 23 laps.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:34:32.74
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+0:26.61
03	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	+0:49.98
04	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+1:07.88
05	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+1:31.85
06	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
07	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
09	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
11	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+2 Laps
12	Jan Lammers	ATS	+2 Laps
13	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
14	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
15	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Racing	DNF
16	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
17	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	DNF
18	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
19	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
20	Marc Surer	Ensign Racing	DNF
21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
22	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF
23	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
25	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify
27	Derek Daly	March Engineering	Did not qualify
28	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	Did not qualify
29	Eliseo Salazar	March Engineering	Did not qualify