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1981 Grand Prix of Brazil qualifying results

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Formula One race number 2 of 15
Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
42 laps on a 5.031 kilometer road course (211.302 kilometers)

Time of race: 2:00:23.66
Average speed: 155.463 kph
Pole time: 95.079 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 4.44 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1981 Formula One results / 1981 standings

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time (seconds)	Speed (km/hr)
Qualifying results for this race:
1	Nelson Piquet	5	1:35.079	190.490
2	Carlos Reutemann	2	1:35.390	189.869
3	Alan Jones	1	1:36.337	188.003
4	Riccardo Patrese	29	1:36.667	187.361
5	Alain Prost	15	1:36.670	187.355
6	Bruno Giacomelli	23	1:37.283	186.174
7	Gilles Villeneuve	27	1:37.497	185.766
8	Rene Arnoux	16	1:37.561	185.644
9	Mario Andretti	22	1:37.597	185.575
10	Elio de Angelis	11	1:37.734	185.315
11	Hector Rebaque	6	1:37.777	185.234
12	Keke Rosberg	20	1:37.981	184.848
13	Nigel Mansell	12	1:38.003	184.807
14	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	3	1:38.160	184.511
15	John Watson	7	1:38.263	184.318
16	Jacques Laffite	26	1:38.273	184.299
17	Didier Pironi	28	1:38.565	183.753
18	Marc Surer	14	1:38.570	183.744
19	Patrick Tambay	33	1:38.726	183.453
20	Andrea de Cesaris	8	1:38.780	183.353
21	Siegfried Stohr	30	1:39.190	182.595
22	Chico Serra	21	1:39.326	182.345
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	25	1:39.398	182.213
24	Ricardo Zunino	4	1:39.798	181.483
25	Jan Lammers	9	1:39.844	181.399
26	Beppe Gabbiani	32	1:40.709	179.841
27	Miguel Angel Guerra	31	1:40.984	179.351
28	Eliseo Salazar	18	1:43.267	175.386
29	Derek Daly	17	-----	-----

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Jan Lammers (#9), Beppe Gabbiani (#32), Miguel Angel Guerra (#31), Eliseo Salazar (#18), Ricardo Londono (#14), Derek Daly (#17)