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1981 Italian GP
1980 Canadian GP
1981 Canadian GP
1981 Las Vegas GP
1982 Canadian GP
XX
Grand Prix Labatt du Canada
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 27 September 1981
Start time
14:00
Event
Canadian GP
Circuit
Montréal
Event Format
Race of 70 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#14 of
15
in 1981
#356 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
63
Circuit Perimeter
4410 m
Race Distance
4410 × 70 = 308.700 km (scheduled)
4410 × 63 = 277.830 km (raced)
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Rain
Participants
Entries
30
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
12
Debutants
Jacques Villeneuve (Snr)
(
Driver
)
Milestones
Elf
– 50th Pole Position (
Lubricant Manufacturer
)
Marlboro McLaren International
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Unipart
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Lubricant Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 20th Place Qualifications
–
March
(
26
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
419
),
2.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
287
),
3.
Most Podium Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
272
),
4.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
397
),
5.
Most 3rd Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
84
),
6.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
918
),
7.
Most 23rd Place Qualifications
–
Jean-Pierre Jarier
(
7
)
World Championship standings
1
Carlos Reutemann
49
2
Nélson Piquet
48
3
Jacques Laffite
43
4
Alain Prost
37
5
Alan Jones
37
6
John Watson
27
7
Gilles Villeneuve
25
8
Elio de Angelis
14
9
René Arnoux
11
10
Hector Rebaque
11
11
Riccardo Patrese
10
12
Eddie Cheever
10
13
Didier Pironi
9
14
Nigel Mansell
5
15
Marc Surer
4
16
Bruno Giacomelli
3
Mario Andretti
3
18
Patrick Tambay
1
Eliseo Salazar
1
Slim Borgudd
1
Andrea de Cesaris
1
1
Williams
/
Ford
86
2
Brabham
/
Ford
59
3
Renault
/
Renault
48
4
Ligier
/
Matra
43
5
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
34
6
McLaren
/
Ford
28
7
Lotus
/
Ford
19
8
Arrows
/
Ford
10
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
10
10
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
6
11
Ensign
/
Ford
5
12
Theodore
/
Ford
1
ATS
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 26
Car 5
Car 7
Entrant
Equipe Talbot Gitanes
Parmalat Racing Team
Marlboro McLaren International
Driver
Jacques Laffite
Nélson Piquet
John Watson
Car
Ligier
JS17
Brabham
BT49C
McLaren
MP4/1
Engine
Matra
3.0 V12
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
2:01'25.20
1'29.211
1'49.475
Speed
137.290 km/h
177.960 km/h
145.019 km/h
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