1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

  1981 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season

Date March 29, 1981
Official name X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course Permanent racing facility
5.031 km (3.126 mi)
Distance 62 laps, 311.922 km (193.812 mi)
Weather Overcast, Fresh, Rain
Pole position
Driver Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford
Time 1:35.079
Fastest lap
Driver Marc Surer Ensign-Ford
Time 1:54.302 on lap 26
Podium
First Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford
Second Alan Jones Williams-Ford
Third Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford

The 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix was the second race of the 1981 Formula One season and was held on March 29, 1981 at Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Contents

Classification

Results from the 1981 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix:

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 62 2:00:23.66 2 9
2 1 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 62 + 4.44 3 6
3 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 62 + 1:03.08 4 4
4 14 Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 62 + 1:17.03 18 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 62 + 1:26.42 10 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:26.83 16 1
7 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Matra 62 + 1:30.25 23  
8 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 15  
9 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 12  
10 33 Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 19  
11 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 61 + 1 Lap 13  
12 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 60 + 2 Laps 1  
13 4 Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell-Ford 57 + 5 Laps 24  
NC 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 49 Not Classified 14  
NC 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 40 Not Classified 6  
Ret 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 25 Turbo 7  
Ret 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham-Ford 22 Spun Off 11  
Ret 15 Alain Prost Renault 20 Collision 5  
Ret 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 20 Accident 21  
Ret 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 19 Collision 17  
Ret 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 9 Engine 20  
Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault 0 Collision 8  
Ret 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 9  
Ret 21 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 0 Collision 22  
DNQ 9 Jan Lammers ATS-Ford    
DNQ 32 Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford    
DNQ 31 Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford    
DNQ 18 Eliseo Salazar March-Ford    
DNQ 17 Derek Daly March-Ford        
DNP 14 Ricardo Londoño Ensign-Ford   Car raced by Surer  

Notes

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Alan Jones 15
2 Carlos Reutemann 15
3 Nelson Piquet 4
4 Riccardo Patrese 4
5 Mario Andretti 3
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Williams-Ford 30
2 Brabham-Ford 4
3 Arrows-Ford 4
4 Alfa Romeo 3
5 Ensign-Ford 3

References

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