San Marino Grand Prix

Date
Sun 3rd May 1981 (UTC)
Sun 3rd May 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-05-03T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
4

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The 1981 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 3 May 1981. It was the fourth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.
The race was the first to bear the title "San Marino Grand Prix", although the Imola circuit is in Italy and several non-championship Formula One races and the 1980 Italian Grand Prix had previously been held at the circuit. The Acque-Minerali chicane had been widened from the year before and was faster; the chicane in its original narrow configuration in 1980 was unpopular with drivers because it was very slow.
Gilles Villeneuve took the early lead until an ill-fated pit stop for slick tyres, whereafter Didier Pironi held the lead until late in the race and was passed by Nelson Piquet, who eventually won the race. As well as being Michele Alboreto's Grand Prix debut, the race is also notable for the recovery of Gilles Villeneuve to seventh place, after misjudgement of tyre selection for the conditions. While the team did not qualify for the race, it was the first race entered by Toleman, which is now Alpine F1 Team.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	1:51:23.97
02	Riccardo Patrese	+0:04.58
03	Carlos Reutemann	+0:06.34
04	Hector Rebaque	+0:22.89
05	Didier Pironi	+0:25.87
06	Andrea De Cesaris	+1:06.61
07	Gilles Villeneuve	+1:41.97
08	René Arnoux	+1 Lap
09	Marc Surer	+1 Lap
10	John Watson	+2 Laps
11	Patrick Tambay	+2 Laps
12	Alan Jones	+2 Laps
13	Slim Borgudd	+3 Laps
14	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
15	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
16	Michele Alboreto	DNF
17	Beppe Gabbiani	DNF
18	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
19	Eddie Cheever	DNF
20	Mario Andretti	DNF
21	Keke Rosberg	DNF
22	Jacques Laffite	DNF
23	Alain Prost	DNF
24	Miguel Ángel Guerra	DNF
25	Siegfried Stohr	Did not qualify
26	Derek Daly	Did not qualify
27	Jan Lammers	DNF
28	Chico Serra	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Did not qualify
30	Brian Henton	Did not qualify
31	Elio de Angelis	DNF
32	Nigel Mansell	DNF