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 The Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi is a racing circuit situated north of Rome, Italy, near Vallelunga of Campagnano. Vallelunga was built as a sand oval in 1951. From 1963 the circuit held the Rome Grand Prix, and in 1967 a new loop was ...

, to the north of Rome, on 10 May.

Report

Entry

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

Qualifying

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took

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for the

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, in their

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- BMW MM81, averaging a speed of 105.59 mph.

Race

The race was held over 65 laps of the Vallelunga circuit.

took the winner spoils for

outfit, driving their

- 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,

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in the Docking Spitzley Team Toleman’s

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T850. The podium was completed by the work March driver,

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, in his

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- BMW 812.

Classification

Race result

* Fastest lap:

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, 1 min 9.06 s. (103.651 mph) Tristan Wood, “Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing” (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

References

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Rome Grand Prix The Rome Grand Prix ( it, Gran Premio di Roma), also known as the ''Premio Reale di Roma'' (1925–1932) and ''Gran Premio di Roma'' (1947–1991), was an automobile race held in Rome, Italy from 1925 until 1991. Through the years a number of dif ...

European Formula Two Championship Rome Grand Prix