Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of Great Britain held at Silverstone.
Mentions that Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi will be driving the Ferrari 126/CK as well as the spare car being a 126 / CK.
Contains quotes by Mauro Forghieri, Didier Pironi and Gilles Villeneuve and sections on "Private Testing" and "Sporting Point".
Also shows a map of the Silverstone track with the gear shifting points of Dider Pironi.
Issued before the race for the motoring press in Silverstone on July 15, 1981.
1 Sheet, double sided.
Factory original issue.
Available in Italian only.
Not contained in the press release but purely for your information:
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 8th with a time of 1.13.311Didier Pironi qualified 4th with a time of 1.12.644
Both gentlemen failed to finish the race.
Gilles Villeneuve spun off in the 4th lap.Didier Pironi had to give up in lap 13 with turbo trouble.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of the USA held at Long beach.
Mentions that Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi will be driving the Ferrari 126/CX with BBC Comprex Supercharger while the spare car (as it was called back then) is a 126/CK with KKK Turbo Compressor.
Contains quotes by Mauro Forghieri and sections on "Private Testing" and "Sporting Point".
Also shows a map of the Long beach track with the gear shifting points.
This was the race in which Didier Pironi made his debut in a Ferrari F1 car!
Issued before the race for the motoring press.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 5th with a time of 1.20.462Didier Pironi qualified 11th with a time of 1.20.909
Both gentlemen did NOT finish the race.
Gilles Villeneuve had to give up in lap 17 with a broken halfshaftDidier Pironi had to give up in lap 67 with fuel system trouble.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of San Marino held at Imola.
Pole position & fastest lap for Giles Villeneuve !!!
Also shows a map of the Imola track with the gear shifting points of Gilles Villeneuve.
Issued before the race for the motoring press in Imola.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified pole position with a time of 1.34.523Didier Pironi qualified 6th with a time of 1.35.868
Gilles Villeneuve set the fastest lap time in the race with a time of 1.48.064
Gilles Villeneuve would finish the race in 7th position, 1,41,97 behind winner Nelson Piquet.Didier Pironi finished the race in 5th position, 25.87 seconds behind Piquet.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of Belgium held at Zolder.
Also shows a map of the Zolder track with the gear shifting points of Didier Pironi.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 7th with a time of 1.23.94Didier Pironi qualified 3rd with a time of 1.23.47
Gilles Villeneuve would finish the race in 4th position, 47.64 seconds behind winner Carlos Reutemann.Didier Pironi finished the race in 8th position, 1'32.04 seconds behind Reutemann.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of Spain held at Jarama.
Gilles Villeneuve would win this race on Ferrari !!!
Also shows a map of the Jarama track with the gear shifting points of Didier Pironi.
Issued before the race for the motoring press in Dijon.
Available in English and in Italian.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 7th with a time of 1.14.987Didier Pironi qualified 13th with a time of 1.15.715
Gilles Villeneuve would go on to win this race as mentioned above.Didier Pironi finished the race in 15th position, 4 laps behind Gilles.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of France held at Dijon.
Also shows a map of the Dijon track with the gear shifting points of Gilles Villeneuve.
Issued before the race for the motoring press in Dijon on July 1, 1981.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 11th with a time of 1.07.60Didier Pironi qualified 14th with a time of 1.08.09
Gilles Villeneuve had to abandon in lap 41 with electrical problems.Didier Pironi finished the race in 5th position, 1 lap behind winner Alain Prost on Renault.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of Austria held at Zeltweg Oesterreichring.
Mentions that Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi will be driving the Ferrari 126/CK and that the spare car was also a 126/CK.
Contains quotes by Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi and Mauro Forghieri and sections on "Technical Point" and "Sporting Point".
Also shows a map of the Zeltweg beach track with the gear shifting points of Pironi.
Issued before the race for the motoring press in Zeltweg on August 8, 1981.
Available in Italian and in English.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 3rd with a time of 1.33.334Didier Pironi qualified 8th with a time of 1.35.037
Gilles Villeneuve went out of the race in the 11th lap due to a crash;Didier Pironi came in 9th, 1 lap behind winner Jacques Lafitte in a Ligier Matra.
Vintage 1981 Ferrari press release on the Grand Prix of Holland held at Zandvoort.
Mentions that Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi will be driving the Ferrari 126/CK.
Contains a section with "Technical Point" and one with "Sporting point" + map of Zandvoort with Gilles Villeneuve's gear shifting points.
Contains quotes by Mauro Forghieri, Didier Pironi and Gilles Villeneuve.
Issued before the race for the motoring press at Zandvoort on August 27, 1981.
Gilles Villeneuve qualified 16th with a time of 1.20.595Didier Pironi qualified 12th with a time of 1.20.248
Gilles Villeneuve became involved in an accident in the very first lap and failed to finish the race while Didier had the same in lap 4...
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