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Brazilian Grand Prix

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1981

Round 2 of 15Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de JaneiroMar 29 198162 laps

Podium

JONWilliams

REUWilliams

PATArrows

Key facts

WinnerREU2:00:23.660 from P2

PolePIQ1:35.079

Fastest lapSUR1:54.302 on lap 36

Finishers13 / 25classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	REUCarlos Reutemann	Williams	2	▲1	62	2:00:23.660	9	–
2	JONAlan Jones	Williams	3	▲1	62	+4.440s	6	–
3	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	4	▲1	62	+63.080s	4	–
4	SURMarc Surer	Ensign	18	▲14	62	+77.030s	3	1:54.302
5	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	10	▲5	62	+86.420s	2	–
6	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	16	▲10	62	+86.830s	1	–
7	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	23	▲16	62	+90.250s		–
8	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	15	▲7	61	+1 lap		–
9	ROSKeke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	12	▲3	61	+1 lap		–
10	TAMPatrick Tambay	Theodore	19	▲9	61	+1 lap		–
11	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	13	▲2	61	+1 lap		–
12	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1	▼11	60	+2 laps		–
13	ZUNRicardo Zunino	Tyrrell	24	▲11	57	+5 laps		–
NC	CHEEddie Cheever	Tyrrell	14		49	Not classified		–
NC	GIABruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	6		40	Not classified		–
DNF	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7		25	Turbo		–
DNF	REBHéctor Rebaque	Brabham	11		22	Spun off		–
DNF	PROAlain Prost	Renault	5		20	Collision		–
DNF	STOSiegfried Stohr	Arrows	21		20	Accident		–
DNF	PIRDidier Pironi	Ferrari	17		19	Collision		–
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	McLaren	20		9	Engine		–
DNF	SERChico Serra	Fittipaldi	22		0	Collision		–
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	8		0	Collision		–
DNF	ANDMario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	9		0	Collision		–
DNS	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	–		0	Car raced by Jarier		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:35.079
2	REUCarlos Reutemann	Williams	1:35.390	+0.311s
3	JONAlan Jones	Williams	1:36.337	+1.258s
4	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:36.667	+1.588s
5	PROAlain Prost	Renault	1:36.670	+1.591s
6	GIABruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:37.283	+2.204s
7	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:37.497	+2.418s
8	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	1:37.561	+2.482s
9	ANDMario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1:37.597	+2.518s
10	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	1:37.734	+2.655s
11	REBHéctor Rebaque	Brabham	1:37.777	+2.698s
12	ROSKeke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	1:37.981	+2.902s
13	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	1:38.003	+2.924s
14	CHEEddie Cheever	Tyrrell	1:38.160	+3.081s
15	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	1:38.263	+3.184s
16	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:38.273	+3.194s
17	PIRDidier Pironi	Ferrari	1:38.565	+3.486s
18	SURMarc Surer	Ensign	1:38.570	+3.491s
19	TAMPatrick Tambay	Theodore	1:38.726	+3.647s
20	DECAndrea De Cesaris	McLaren	1:38.780	+3.701s
21	STOSiegfried Stohr	Arrows	1:39.190	+4.111s
22	SERChico Serra	Fittipaldi	1:39.326	+4.247s
23	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:39.398	+4.319s
24	ZUNRicardo Zunino	Tyrrell	1:39.798	+4.719s
25	LAMJan Lammers	ATS	1:39.844	+4.765s
26	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	1:40.306	+5.227s
27	GABBeppe Gabbiani	Osella	1:40.709	+5.630s
28	GUEMiguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	1:40.984	+5.905s
29	SALEliseo Salazar	March	1:43.267	+8.188s
30	DALDerek Daly	March	–

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1981. Outline from F1DB.

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