The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 14

Canadian Grand Prix

1981  ·  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve  ·  27 September 1981  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Jacques Laffite Ligier · 02:01:25.2
  2. 2nd John Watson McLaren · +6.23
  3. 3rd Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · +1:50.270

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 24

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Handling

03 Lap 35

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Brabham  —  Spun off

04 Lap 45

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Collision

05 Lap 48

Alain Prost

Retirement Renault  —  Collision

06 Lap 51

Andrea de Cesaris

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

07 On the Charge

Derek Daly

March  —  P20 → P8

08 Victory

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Won from P10

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 63 02:01:25.2 9
2 John Watson McLaren 9 63 +6.23 6
3 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 63 +1:50.270 4
4 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 62 +1 Lap 3
5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 62 +1 Lap 2
6 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 62 +1 Lap 1
7 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 16 62 +1 Lap
8 Derek Daly March 20 61 +2 Laps
9 Marc Surer Theodore 19 61 +2 Laps
10 Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 60 +3 Laps
11 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 59 +4 Laps
12 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 56 Engine
13 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 13 51 Spun off
14 Alain Prost Renault 4 48 Collision
15 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 5 45 Collision
16 Slim Borgudd ATS 21 40 Spun off
17 Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 35 Spun off
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 23 26 Collision
19 Alan Jones Williams 3 24 Handling
20 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 24 Ignition
21 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 8 Spun off
22 Patrick Tambay Ligier 17 6 Spun off
23 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 6 Spun off
24 René Arnoux Renault 8 0 Collision

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