1981 Argentine Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Argentina in 1981 was on April 12, held at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires and was the third race of the Formula 1 season 1981.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
The attempt of the team Lotus to circumvent the new rule, which prescribed a ground clearance of the cars of at least six centimeters, failed again because the new Lotus 88 was not admitted with double chassis. In protest, leaving team boss Colin Chapman the track before the start of the first training. The Brabham BT49C, in a hydraulic system had been installed, with which you could lower the car during the trip, however, was classified as rule- compliant because the required distance was observed in the measurements in the parc fermé always.
The decision of Carlos Reutemann to ignore team orders during the previous Grand Prix of Brazil, led to conflicts within the Williams team. The reigning world champion Alan Jones insisted on his contractually guaranteed number-one status.
McLaren driver John Watson graduated this weekend the first Grand Prix using a McLaren racing car called MP4. This is due to the merger of McLaren International with the Project 4 of the new team boss Ron Dennis and is since then in all Formula 1 racing team application.
Training
Nelson Piquet qualified for the pole position ahead of Alain Prost. The second series were the two Williams drivers Jones and Reutemann ago René Arnoux in the second Renault and Héctor Rebaque in the second Brabham.
Jean -Pierre Jabouille intended, for the first time since his serious accident at the Grand Prix of Canada in 1980 to contest a race again, but missed the qualification.
Race
Although Jones could initially take the lead, but was overtaken already during the first round of Piquet, who henceforth no longer gave the top position.
In the second round Jones was overtaken by his teammate Reutemann and fell back a little later behind Prost and Rebaque. In the eleventh round succeeded Rebaque by overtaking against Prost and previously against Reutemann to supplement Piquet's Brabham - peak position to a double guide. However, on lap 33, he dropped out due to a technical defect.
Behind Piquet and Reutemann reached Alain Prost his first podium in Formula 1 Jones finished in fourth place ahead of René Arnoux. Elio de Angelis crossed the finish line after a duel with Riccardo Patrese sixth.
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).