1981 Canadian Grand Prix

The Canadian Grand Prix 1981 was the 14th round of the 1981 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, on September 27th.

Jacques Laffite won the race after starting in the 10th position, followed by John Watson, and Gilles Villeneuve completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 11th position of the grid.

Nelson Piquet started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 5th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 30 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Eddie Cheever, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 56, Andrea de Cesaris, Slim Borgudd, Hector Rebaque, Eliseo Salazar, Patrick Tambay, and Riccardo Patrese, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Jean-Pierre Jarier, and René Arnoux, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Alan Jones, who on lap 24, and Didier Pironi, who had issues with the ignition on lap 24.

Qualifying