Season 1981 · Round 3

Argentine Grand Prix

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1981-04-12 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 53Lap · 316.304km
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:34:32.740
Team win 9pt P1 · P17
2 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +26.610
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
15 Alain Prost
Renault +49.980
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Gilles Villeneuve L40 Patrick Tambay L36 John Watson L36 Hector Rebaque L32 Chico Serra L28 Jacques Laffite L19 Marc Surer L14 Keke Rosberg L4 Nigel Mansell L3 Didier Pironi L3 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
53Lap 316.304km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jacques Laffite 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Alan Jones 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P4 Mario Andretti 7 starts · → Clay Regazzoni -1
P4 John Watson 7 starts · → Clay Regazzoni -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Piquet · P1 → P1 1 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Reutemann · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Prost · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Jones · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Jones JON 4 Jones JON Arnoux · P5 → P5 5 Arnoux ARN 5 Arnoux ARN de Angelis · P10 → P6 · +4 10 de Angelis DE 6 de Angelis DE Patrese · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Patrese PAT 7 Patrese PAT Andretti · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Andretti AND 8 Andretti AND Stohr · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Stohr STO 9 Stohr STO Giacomelli · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Giacomelli GIA 10 Giacomelli GIA de Cesaris · P18 → P11 · +7 18 de Cesaris DE 11 de Cesaris DE Lammers · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Lammers LAM 12 Lammers LAM Zunino · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Zunino ZUN 13 Zunino ZUN Villeneuve · P7 → retired L40 Villeneuve · retired L40 7 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Tambay · P14 → retired L36 Tambay · retired L36 14 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Watson · P11 → retired L36 Watson · retired L36 11 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Rebaque · P6 → retired L32 Rebaque · retired L32 6 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Serra · P20 → retired L28 Serra · retired L28 20 Serra SER R Serra SER Laffite · P21 → retired L19 Laffite · retired L19 21 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Surer · P16 → retired L14 Surer · retired L14 16 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Rosberg · P8 → retired L4 Rosberg · retired L4 8 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Mansell · P15 → retired L3 Mansell · retired L3 15 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Pironi · P12 → retired L3 Pironi · retired L3 12 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Cheever · P13 → retired L1 Cheever · retired L1 13 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 53 1:34:32.740 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 53 +26.610 6
3 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 53 +49.980 4
4 1 Alan Jones Williams 3 53 +1:07.880 3
5 16 René Arnoux Renault 5 53 +1:31.850 2
6 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 52 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 52 +1 Lap
8 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 17 52 +1 Lap
9 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 19 52 +1 Lap
10 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 22 51 Out of fuel
11 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 18 51 +2 Laps
12 9 Jan Lammers ATS 23 51 +2 Laps
13 4 Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 24 51 +2 Laps
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 40 Transmission
R 25 Patrick Tambay Theodore 14 36 Oil leak
R 7 John Watson McLaren 11 36 Transmission
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 32 Electrical
R 21 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 20 28 Gearbox
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 21 19 Handling
R 33 Marc Surer Ensign 16 14 Engine
R 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 8 4 Fuel system
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 3 Engine
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 3 Engine
R 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 13 1 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nelson Piquet
2
15 Alain Prost
3
1 Alan Jones
4
2 Carlos Reutemann
5
16 René Arnoux
6
6 Hector Rebaque
7
27 Gilles Villeneuve
8
20 Keke Rosberg
9
29 Riccardo Patrese
10
11 Elio de Angelis
11
7 John Watson
12
28 Didier Pironi
13
3 Eddie Cheever
14
25 Patrick Tambay
15
12 Nigel Mansell
16
33 Marc Surer
17
22 Mario Andretti
18
8 Andrea de Cesaris
19
30 Siegfried Stohr
20
21 Chico Serra
21
26 Jacques Laffite
22
23 Bruno Giacomelli
23
9 Jan Lammers
24
4 Ricardo Zunino
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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