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1981 Grand Prix of Argentina qualifying results

Formula One race number 3 of 15
Sunday, April 12, 1981 at Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
53 laps on a 5.968 kilometer road course (316.304 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:34:32.74
Average speed: 200.761 kph
Pole time: 102.665 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 26.61 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time (seconds)	Speed (km/hr)
Qualifying results for this race:
1	Nelson Piquet	5	1:42.665	209.271
2	Alain Prost	15	1:42.981	208.629
3	Alan Jones	1	1:43.638	207.306
4	Carlos Reutemann	2	1:43.935	206.714
5	Rene Arnoux	16	1:43.997	206.591
6	Hector Rebaque	6	1:44.100	206.386
7	Gilles Villeneuve	27	1:44.132	206.323
8	Keke Rosberg	20	1:44.191	206.206
9	Riccardo Patrese	29	1:45.008	204.602
10	Elio de Angelis	11	1:45.065	204.491
11	John Watson	7	1:45.073	204.475
12	Didier Pironi	28	1:45.108	204.407
13	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	3	1:45.117	204.389
14	Patrick Tambay	33	1:45.297	204.040
15	Nigel Mansell	12	1:45.369	203.901
16	Marc Surer	14	1:45.734	203.197
17	Mario Andretti	22	1:46.059	202.574
18	Andrea de Cesaris	8	1:46.387	201.949
19	Siegfried Stohr	30	1:46.444	201.841
20	Chico Serra	21	1:46.706	201.346
21	Jacques Laffite	26	1:46.854	201.067
22	Bruno Giacomelli	23	1:46.918	200.947
23	Jan Lammers	9	1:47.174	200.467
24	Ricardo Zunino	4	1:47.464	199.926
25	Miguel Angel Guerra	31	1:47.609	199.656
26	Beppe Gabbiani	32	1:48.121	198.711
27	Derek Daly	17	1:48.191	198.582
28	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	25	1:49.581	196.063
29	Eliseo Salazar	18	1:51.086	193.407

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Miguel Angel Guerra (#31), Beppe Gabbiani (#32), Derek Daly (#17), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (#25), Eliseo Salazar (#18)