1981 Rome Grand Prix

The 23rd Gran Premio di Roma (Rome Grand Prix), was Round Five of the 1981 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, to the north of Rome, on 10 May.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 32 F2 cars were entered for the event, of which 27 took part in qualifying.[1]

Qualifying

Eje Elgh took pole position for the Maurer Motorsport, in their Maurer-BMW MM81, averaging a speed of 105.59 mph.[1]

Race

The race was held over 65 laps of the Vallelunga circuit. Eje Elgh took the winner spoils for Maurer Motorsport outfit, driving their Maurer-BMW MM81. Elgh won in a time of 1 h 16 min 1.14 s, averaging a speed of 102.01 mph. Second place went to another Swede, Stefan Johansson in the Docking Spitzley Team Toleman’s Lola-Hart T850. The podium was completed by the work March driver, Thierry Boutsen, in his March-BMW 812.[1]

Classification

Race result
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 16 Eje Elgh Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 1hr 16:01.14
2nd 1 Stefan Johansson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 1hr 16:04.42
3rd 4 Thierry Boutsen Marlboro Racing for Zolder/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 1hr 16:07.74
4th 3 Corrado Fabi Roloil Marlboro Racing/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 1hr 16:13.19
5th 14 Geoff Lees Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/81 1hr 16:24.13
6th 7 Riccardo Paletti March Onyx Racing Team March-BMW 812 1hr 16:53.09
7th 11 Guido Pardini Sanremo Racing Srl Lola-BMW T850 1hr 17:00.76
8th 12 Carlo Rossi Sanremo Racing Srl Toleman-Hart TG280 64
9th 77 Jim Crawford Plygrange Racing Ltd Toleman-Hart TG280 63
10th 2 Kenny Acheson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 63
11th 27 Sewi Hopfer Sewi Hopfer Racing Toleman-Hart TG280 63
12th 28 Guido Daccò DAC Sport Racing Team Minardi-BMW GM75 62
DNF 40 Paul Smith BMTR March-Hart 802 52 Out of fuel/Gearbox
DNF 18 Freddy Schnarwiler Formel Rennsport Club Lola- BMW T850 39 Fuel Pump
DNF 17 Roberto Guerrero Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 38 Gearbox
DNF 9 Johnny Cecotto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 21 Fuel Blockage
DNF 19 Piero Necchi Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812 10 Collision
DNF 10 Michele Alboreto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 10 Collision
DNF 8 Richard Dallest Team AGS Motul GPA AGS-BMW JH18 7 Engine
DNF 38 Harald Brutschin Weigel Renntecknik WRT March-BMW 802 2 Collision
DNF 24 Jürg Lienhard Lista Racing Team March-BMW 802 2 Collision
DNF 5 Christian Danner March Racing Team March-BMW 812 0 Suspension / Spin
DNQ 20 "Gianfranco" Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812
DNQ 21 Marco Brand Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812
DNQ 34 Oscar Pedersoli Bertram Schäfer Racing Ralt-BMW RT2
DNQ 39 Bernd Brutschin Weigel Renntecknik WRT March-BMW 802
DNQ 56 Piero Nappi Scuderia Vesuvio Flammini Ralt-Hart RT2

References
  1. "XXIII Gran Premio di Roma 1981". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. Tristan Wood, “Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing” (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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