The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 6

Monaco Grand Prix

1981  ·  Circuit de Monaco  ·  31 May 1981  ·  76 laps

  1. 1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · 01:54:23.38
  2. 2nd Alan Jones Williams · +39.91
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +1:29.240

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 15

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Suspension

03 Lap 29

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Arrows  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 32

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 33

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Williams  —  Gearbox

06 Lap 53

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Spun off

07 On the Charge

Didier Pironi

Ferrari  —  P17 → P4

08 Victory

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 76 01:54:23.38 9
2 Alan Jones Williams 7 76 +39.91 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 76 +1:29.240 4
4 Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 75 +1 Lap 3
5 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 15 74 +2 Laps 2
6 Marc Surer Ensign 19 74 +2 Laps 1
7 Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 72 +4 Laps
8 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 53 Spun off
9 John Watson McLaren 10 52 Engine
10 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 20 50 Collision
11 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 50 Collision
12 Alain Prost Renault 9 45 Engine
13 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 33 Gearbox
14 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 32 Engine
15 René Arnoux Renault 13 32 Spun off
16 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 29 Gearbox
17 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 15 Suspension
18 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 14 14 Fuel system
19 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 11 0 Collision
20 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 0 Collision

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