Season 1981 · Round 4

San Marino Grand Prix

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1981-05-03 · Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Italy · San Marino Grand Prix · 60Lap · 302.400km
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:51:23.970
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
29 Riccardo Patrese
Arrows +4.580
2 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +6.340
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Jean-Pierre Jabouille L45 Eliseo Salazar L38 Michele Alboreto L31 Beppe Gabbiani L31 Bruno Giacomelli L28 Eddie Cheever L28 Mario Andretti L26 Keke Rosberg L14 Jacques Laffite L7 Alain Prost L3 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 11/32 34.4%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Circuit Info
60Lap 302.400km 32 races held (1980–) Lap record 1:15.484 · Lewis Hamilton (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P2 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Riccardo Patrese 12 starts · → Gerhard Berger -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 12 starts · → Gerhard Berger -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L60 Piquet · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Patrese · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Reutemann · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Rebaque · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Rebaque REB 4 Rebaque REB Pironi · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Pironi PIR 5 Pironi PIR de Cesaris · P14 → P6 · +8 14 de Cesaris DE 6 de Cesaris DE Villeneuve · P1 → P7 · -6 1 Villeneuve VIL 7 Villeneuve VIL Arnoux · P3 → P8 · -5 3 Arnoux ARN 8 Arnoux ARN Surer · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Surer SUR 9 Surer SUR Watson · P7 → P10 · -3 7 Watson WAT 10 Watson WAT Tambay · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Tambay TAM 11 Tambay TAM Jones · P8 → P12 · -4 8 Jones JON 12 Jones JON Borgudd · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Borgudd BOR 13 Borgudd BOR Jabouille · P18 → retired L45 Jabouille · retired L45 18 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Salazar · P23 → retired L38 Salazar · retired L38 23 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Alboreto · P17 → retired L31 Alboreto · retired L31 17 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Gabbiani · P20 → retired L31 Gabbiani · retired L31 20 Gabbiani GAB R Gabbiani GAB Giacomelli · P11 → retired L28 Giacomelli · retired L28 11 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Cheever · P19 → retired L28 Cheever · retired L28 19 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Andretti · P12 → retired L26 Andretti · retired L26 12 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Rosberg · P15 → retired L14 Rosberg · retired L14 15 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Laffite · P10 → retired L7 Laffite · retired L7 10 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Prost · P4 → retired L3 Prost · retired L3 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Guerra · P22 → retired L0 Guerra · retired L0 22 Guerra GUE R Guerra GUE Lammers · pit lane → retired L0 Lammers · retired L0 — Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM de Angelis · pit lane → P31 · +3 — de Angelis DE 31 de Angelis DE Mansell · pit lane → P32 · +3 — Mansell MAN 32 Mansell MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 60 1:51:23.970 9
2 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 60 +4.580 6
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 60 +6.340 4
4 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 13 60 +22.890 3
5 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 6 60 +25.870 2
6 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 14 60 +1:06.610 1
7 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 60 +1:41.970
8 16 René Arnoux Renault 3 59 +1 Lap
9 33 Marc Surer Ensign 21 59 +1 Lap
10 7 John Watson McLaren 7 58 +2 Laps
11 25 Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 58 +2 Laps
12 1 Alan Jones Williams 8 58 +2 Laps
13 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 24 57 +3 Laps
R 25 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 18 45 Not classified
R 14 Eliseo Salazar March 23 38 Spun off
R 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 31 Collision
R 32 Beppe Gabbiani Osella 20 31 Collision
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 11 28 Collision
R 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 28 Collision
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 26 Gearbox
R 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 15 14 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 7 Suspension
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 4 3 Gearbox
R 31 Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella 22 0 Accident
R 9 Jan Lammers ATS 0 0 Retired
W 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 0 0 Withdrew
W 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Gilles Villeneuve
2
2 Carlos Reutemann
3
16 René Arnoux
4
15 Alain Prost
5
5 Nelson Piquet
6
28 Didier Pironi
7
7 John Watson
8
1 Alan Jones
9
29 Riccardo Patrese
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
23 Bruno Giacomelli
12
22 Mario Andretti
13
6 Hector Rebaque
14
8 Andrea de Cesaris
15
20 Keke Rosberg
16
25 Patrick Tambay
17
4 Michele Alboreto
18
25 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
19
3 Eddie Cheever
20
32 Beppe Gabbiani
21
33 Marc Surer
22
31 Miguel Ángel Guerra
23
14 Eliseo Salazar
24
9 Slim Borgudd
PIT
9 Jan Lammers pit lane start
PIT
11 Elio de Angelis pit lane start
PIT
12 Nigel Mansell 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.
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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