Season 1981 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1981-03-29 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 62Lap · 311.922km
2 Carlos Reutemann
Williams 2:00:23.660
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
1 Alan Jones
Williams +4.440
29 Riccardo Patrese
Arrows +1:03.080
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Eddie Cheever L49 Bruno Giacomelli L40 Gilles Villeneuve L25 Hector Rebaque L22 Alain Prost L20 Siegfried Stohr L20 Didier Pironi L19 Andrea de Cesaris L9 René Arnoux L0 Mario Andretti L0 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
62Lap 311.922km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L62 Reutemann · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Jones · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Jones JON 2 Jones JON Patrese · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Surer · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Surer SUR 4 Surer SUR de Angelis · P10 → P5 · +5 10 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Laffite · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Jarier · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Jarier JAR 7 Jarier JAR Watson · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Watson WAT 8 Watson WAT Rosberg · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Rosberg ROS 9 Rosberg ROS Tambay · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Tambay TAM 10 Tambay TAM Mansell · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Mansell MAN 11 Mansell MAN Piquet · P1 → P12 · -11 1 Piquet PIQ 12 Piquet PIQ Zunino · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Zunino ZUN 13 Zunino ZUN Cheever · P14 → retired L49 Cheever · retired L49 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Giacomelli · P6 → retired L40 Giacomelli · retired L40 6 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Villeneuve · P7 → retired L25 Villeneuve · retired L25 7 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Rebaque · P11 → retired L22 Rebaque · retired L22 11 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Prost · P5 → retired L20 Prost · retired L20 5 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Stohr · P21 → retired L20 Stohr · retired L20 21 Stohr STO R Stohr STO Pironi · P17 → retired L19 Pironi · retired L19 17 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR de Cesaris · P20 → retired L9 de Cesaris · retired L9 20 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Arnoux · P8 → retired L0 Arnoux · retired L0 8 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Andretti · P9 → retired L0 Andretti · retired L0 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Serra · P22 → retired L0 Serra · retired L0 22 Serra SER R Serra SER Londoño · pit lane → P30 · +1 — Londoño LON 30 Londoño LON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 62 2:00:23.660 9
2 1 Alan Jones Williams 3 62 +4.440 6
3 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4 62 +1:03.080 4
4 33 Marc Surer Ensign 18 62 +1:17.030 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 62 +1:26.420 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 62 +1:26.830 1
7 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 23 62 +1:30.250
8 7 John Watson McLaren 15 61 +1 Lap
9 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 12 61 +1 Lap
10 25 Patrick Tambay Theodore 19 61 +1 Lap
11 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 13 61 +1 Lap
12 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 60 +2 Laps
13 4 Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 24 57 +5 Laps
R 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 49 Not classified
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 40 Not classified
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 25 Turbo
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 11 22 Spun off
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 5 20 Collision
R 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 21 20 Accident
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 19 Collision
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 20 9 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 8 0 Collision
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 9 0 Collision
R 21 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 22 0 Collision
W 14 Ricardo Londoño Ensign 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nelson Piquet
2
2 Carlos Reutemann
3
1 Alan Jones
4
29 Riccardo Patrese
5
15 Alain Prost
6
23 Bruno Giacomelli
7
27 Gilles Villeneuve
8
16 René Arnoux
9
22 Mario Andretti
10
11 Elio de Angelis
11
6 Hector Rebaque
12
20 Keke Rosberg
13
12 Nigel Mansell
14
3 Eddie Cheever
15
7 John Watson
16
26 Jacques Laffite
17
28 Didier Pironi
18
33 Marc Surer
19
25 Patrick Tambay
20
8 Andrea de Cesaris
21
30 Siegfried Stohr
22
21 Chico Serra
23
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
4 Ricardo Zunino
PIT
14 Ricardo Londoño pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15