San Marino Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 3rd May 1981 Local
Sun 3rd May 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
4

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no fanart thumb Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari

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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	Brabham	1:51:23.97
02	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+0:04.58
03	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+0:06.34
04	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	+0:22.89
05	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:25.87
06	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:06.61
07	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:41.97
08	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
09	Marc Surer	Ensign Racing	+1 Lap
10	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+2 Laps
11	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Racing	+2 Laps
12	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
13	Slim Borgudd	ATS	+3 Laps
14	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	DNF
15	Eliseo Salazar	March Engineering	DNF
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
17	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	DNF
18	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
19	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
20	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
22	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
23	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
24	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	DNF
25	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
26	Derek Daly	March Engineering	Did not qualify
27	Jan Lammers	ATS	DNF
28	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify
30	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
31	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
32	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF