The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 3

Argentine Grand Prix

1981  ·  Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez  ·  12 April 1981  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:34:32.74
  2. 2nd Carlos Reutemann Williams · +26.61
  3. 3rd Alain Prost Renault · +49.98

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 32

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Brabham  —  Electrical

03 Lap 40

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Transmission

04 On the Charge

Bruno Giacomelli

Alfa Romeo  —  P22 → P10

05 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 53 01:34:32.74 9
2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 53 +26.61 6
3 Alain Prost Renault 2 53 +49.98 4
4 Alan Jones Williams 3 53 +1:07.880 3
5 René Arnoux Renault 5 53 +1:31.850 2
6 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 52 +1 Lap 1
7 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 52 +1 Lap
8 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 17 52 +1 Lap
9 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 19 52 +1 Lap
10 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 22 51 Out of fuel
11 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 18 51 +2 Laps
12 Jan Lammers ATS 23 51 +2 Laps
13 Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 24 51 +2 Laps
14 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 40 Transmission
15 Patrick Tambay Theodore 14 36 Oil leak
16 John Watson McLaren 11 36 Transmission
17 Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 32 Electrical
18 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 20 28 Gearbox
19 Jacques Laffite Ligier 21 19 Handling
20 Marc Surer Ensign 16 14 Engine
21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 8 4 Fuel system
22 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 3 Engine
23 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 3 Engine
24 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 13 1 Clutch

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