1981 Argentine Grand Prix
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1981 Argentine Grand Prix
| Race details | ||
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| Race 3 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | April 12, 1981 | |
| Official name | XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina | |
| Location | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.968 km (3.708 mi) |
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| Distance | 53 laps, 316.304 km (196.542 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny, Hot, Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford |
| Time | 1:42.665 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford |
| Time | 1:45.287 on lap 6 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford |
| Second |  Carlos Reutemann |
Williams-Ford |
| Third |  Alain Prost |
Renault |
The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the third race of the 1981 Formula One season and was held at the Buenos Aires circuit in Argentina on April 12, 1981. This was the last Argentine Grand Prix until the 1995 Argentine Grand Prix. Thanks to designer Gordon Murray's alternative solution to flexible side skirts, the Brabham cars of Nelson Piquet and Hector Rebaque were dominant in this race, with Piquet taking the lead immediately from Alan Jones on the back straight and Rebaque climbing up from 5th to 2nd over 23 laps.[1]
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Classification
Results from the 1981 Formula One Argentine Grand Prix:
Notes
- 250th race entry for Michelin.
- This was the first race for an F1 car with a chassis made from carbon fibre composites, John Watson's McLaren MP4.
- During the podium ceremony, "Happy Birthday" was played through the PA for Carlos Reutemann, as it was Reutemann's 39th birthday.
- First podium: Alain Prost
Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/360/. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
- Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 26–28. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.
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