1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

Sun, March 29th, 1981Round 2

Autódromo Internacional do Rio de Janeiro

Track:	Autódromo Internacional do Rio de Janeiro
Official race name:	X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Round:	2 (of 15)
Race number:	344
Date:	Sun, March 29th, 1981
Time:	14.00
Track length:	5.031 km
Laps:	62 (Raced) 63 (Scheduled)
Race distance:	311.922 km
Weather:	Overcast, fresh and rain

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Alan Jones	15
2	Carlos Reutemann	15
3	Nelson Piquet	4	11
4	Riccardo Patrese	4	11
5	Mario Andretti	3	12
6	Marc Surer	3	12
7	Eddie Cheever	2	13
8	Elio de Angelis	2	13
9	Patrick Tambay	1	14
10	Jacques Laffite	1	14
11	Chico Serra	0	15
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0	15
13	René Arnoux	0	15
14	John Watson	0	15
15	Keke Rosberg	0	15
16	Nigel Mansell	0	15
17	Ricardo Zunino	0	15

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Williams-Ford Cosworth	30
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	4	26
3	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4	26
4	Alfa Romeo	3	27
5	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	3	27
6	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	28
7	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	28
8	Ligier-Matra	1	29
9	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1	29
10	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	0	30
11	Renault	0	30
12	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	0	30

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	62	2:00:23.660	155.450	2	9
2	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 4.440 secs	155.355	3	6
3	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1m 3.080 secs	154.104	4	4
4	14	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1m 17.030 secs	153.810	18	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1m 26.420 secs	153.612	10	2
6	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	62	+ 1m 26.830 secs	153.604	16	1
7	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Matra	62	+ 1m 30.250 secs	153.532	23
8	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	61	+ 1 Lap		15
9	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	61	+ 1 Lap		12
10	33	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	61	+ 1 Lap		19
11	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	61	+ 1 Lap		13
12	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	60	+ 2 Laps		1
13	4	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	57	+ 5 Laps		24
NC	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	49	+ 13 Laps		14
NC	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	40	+ 22 Laps		6
Ret	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	25	Turbo		7
Ret	6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	22	Spun off		11
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	20	Collision		5
Ret	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	20	Collision		21
Ret	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	19	Collision		17
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	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 Cosworth	0	Collision		22

DNQ	9	Jan Lammers	ATS-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	32	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	31	Miguel Angel Guerra	Osella-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	18	Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth
Np	14	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign-Ford Cosworth		No superlicense
Np	25	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra		Injury

Fastest lap: 1:54.302 - Marc Surer (Lap 36)

Notes:		Race stopped at 2 hours (Scheduled for 63 laps)
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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:35.079		100.0	190.490
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:35.390	0.311	100.3	189.869
3	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:36.337	1.258	101.3	188.003
4	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:36.667	1.588	101.7	187.361
5	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:36.670	1.591	101.7	187.355
6	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:37.283	2.204	102.3	186.174
7	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:37.497	2.418	102.5	185.766
8	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:37.561	2.482	102.6	185.644
9	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1:37.597	2.518	102.6	185.575
10	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:35.734	0.655	100.7	189.187
11	6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:37.777	2.698	102.8	185.234
12	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1:37.981	2.902	103.1	184.848
13	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:38.003	2.924	103.1	184.807
14	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:38.160	3.081	103.2	184.511
15	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:38.263	3.184	103.3	184.318
16	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:38.273	3.194	103.4	184.299
17	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:38.565	3.486	103.7	183.753
18	14	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:38.570	3.491	103.7	183.744
19	33	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1:38.726	3.647	103.8	183.453
20	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:38.780	3.701	103.9	183.353
21	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:39.190	4.111	104.3	182.595
22	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1:39.326	4.247	104.5	182.345
23	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Matra	1:39.398	4.319	104.5	182.213
24	4	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:39.798	4.719	105.0	181.483
(25)	9	Jan Lammers	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:39.844	4.765	105.0	181.399
(26)	32	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:40.709	5.630	105.9	179.841
(27)	31	Miguel Angel Guerra	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:40.984	5.905	106.2	179.351
(28)	18	Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford Cosworth	1:43.267	8.188	108.6	175.386
(29)	14	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	No Time
(30)	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth	No Time
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Sun, March 29th, 1981Round 2

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