Italian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th September 1981 (UTC)
Sun 13th September 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-09-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
13

Status

Location
Monza Circuit

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Description

The 1981 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1981. It was the thirteenth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.
Formula One returned to Monza after the previous year's Italian Grand Prix had been held at Imola. The 52-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, who led every lap in his Renault after starting from third position. Australian Alan Jones finished second in a Williams-Ford, some 22 seconds behind, with Argentine teammate Carlos Reutemann third.
Reutemann came into the race tied on points at the top of the Drivers' Championship with Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-Ford. Piquet suffered a last-lap engine failure which dropped him from third to sixth, giving Reutemann a three-point lead in the championship with two races remaining.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	1:26:36.897
02	Alan Jones	+0:22.175
03	Carlos Reutemann	+0:50.587
04	Elio de Angelis	+1:32.902
05	Didier Pironi	+1:34.522
06	Nelson Piquet	DNF
07	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
08	Bruno Giacomelli	+2 Laps
09	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+2 Laps
10	Brian Henton	+3 Laps
11	Mario Andretti	DNF
12	Derek Daly	DNF
13	Patrick Tambay	DNF
14	Nigel Mansell	DNF
15	John Watson	DNF
16	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
17	Michele Alboreto	DNF
18	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
19	René Arnoux	DNF
20	Jacques Laffite	DNF
21	Eddie Cheever	DNF
22	Slim Borgudd	DNF
23	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
24	Hector Rebaque	DNF
25	Marc Surer	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Did not qualify
27	Derek Warwick	Did not qualify
28	Siegfried Stohr	Did not qualify
29	Keke Rosberg	Did not qualify
30	Chico Serra	Did not qualify