Spanish Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 21st June 1981 Local
Sun 21st June 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
7

Status

Location
Circuito del Jarama

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The 1981 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 June 1981 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Jarama, Spain. It was the seventh race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.
The 1981 Spanish Grand Prix featured the second closest finish ever of a Formula One race: after Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari, the four following cars finished in just 1.24 seconds. This was Villeneuve's last victory, often regarded as his tactical masterpiece.
This would be the last Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama, owing to criticism of the track being very short and sinuous for modern Formula One, and the last Spanish Grand Prix until the 1986 season, when it would be held at the newly built Jerez circuit in the south of the country. At this Grand Prix the Equipe Banco Occidental team became the last privateer team to have entered a car for a race alongside a works team when they entered a Williams car alongside the Williams works team, but eventually withdrew before the practice and qualifying.

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Result List

01	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:46:35.01
02	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+0:00.22
03	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:00.58
04	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+0:01.01
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+0:01.24
06	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+0:28.58
07	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+0:56.58
08	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1:00.80
09	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+1:07.08
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1:13.65
11	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1 Lap
12	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	+2 Laps
13	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Racing	+2 Laps
14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign Racing	+3 Laps
15	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+4 Laps
16	Derek Daly	March Engineering	+5 Laps
17	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
18	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	DNF
19	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	DNF
20	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
21	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
22	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
23	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
24	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
25	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify
27	Slim Borgudd	ATS	Did not qualify
28	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify
30	Giorgio Francia	Osella	Did not qualify