Race 3 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
12 April 1981
Official name
XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location
Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.968 km (3.708 miles)
Distance
53 laps, 316.304 km (196.542 miles)
Weather
Sunny, 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
Lap leaders
Motor car race
Héctor Rebaque in front, retired in lap 32, and Carlos Reutemann, who finished 2nd, in front of his home crowd.René Arnoux finished 5th for Renault.
The 1981 Argentine Grand Prix was the third race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship and was held at the Buenos Aires circuit in Argentina on 12 April 1981. This was the last Argentine Grand Prix until 1995. Thanks to designer Gordon Murray's alternative solution to flexible side skirts, the Brabham cars of Nelson Piquet and Héctor Rebaque were dominant in this race, with Piquet (who took pole at an average speed of 130.029 mph (209.261 km/h)) 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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