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Reutemann was now five points ahead of Jacques Laffite and eight ahead of Arnoux.
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Carlos Reutemann was even taken on as a potential replacement.
Lauda disliked his new teammate, Carlos Reutemann, who already was used as his replacement driver while he was out of contest.
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Carlos Reutemann was hired as a replacement, so with Clay Regazzoni driving the other car, Ferrari had to run three cars in the 1976 Italian Grand Prix when Lauda returned unexpectedly soon ( only six weeks after his accident ).
In 1978, Ferrari raced with Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villeneuve, and while they managed to produce a solid car it, like everyone that year, was outclassed by the ground effect Lotus 79.
Living in seclusion in his Beruti Street apartment ( in Buenos Aires ' northside ), Frondizi occasionally received political figures seeking advice, as was the case for former Formula One driver Carlos Reutemann, who as a supporter of his, sought his opinion on a 1991 bid for governor of Santa Fe Province ( to which Reutemann was elected ).
The 1981 meeting that was won by Carlos Reutemann was chaotic with a mechanic being killed in the pitlane, a drivers ' strike and then a startline accident involving an Arrows mechanic.
While Scheckter's Wolf was able to rejoin the track well ahead of the bunching pack, Patrese moved back in just ahead of James Hunt, who feinted left and collided with Peterson, with Vittorio Brambilla, Carlos Reutemann, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Patrick Depailler, Didier Pironi, Derek Daly, Clay Regazzoni and Brett Lunger all involved in the ensuing melee.
The highest of those came in Germany where he finished fourth, despite the fact that while he was running second behind Carlos Reutemann fuel had been leaking into the cockpit of his DN5 during the final laps around the very long Nürburgring, reportedly " searing his skin and almost blinding him with fumes ".
With Fittipaldi out and Reutemann forced to stop for a new nose cone, the second Tyrrell of François Cevert was now in third and closing on Hulme.
Lauda led a train of cars consisting of Carlos Reutemann, Clay Regazzoni, Jody Scheckter and James Hunt, whose Hesketh was suffering vibration problems.
On lap 75, nearly at the finish, Lauda was forced to retire with ignition problems and low oil pressure, handing the lead to Reutemann.
However, he was slow off the start and was hit by Carlos Reutemann, and James Hunt was taken out in the subsequent accident.
South African driver Jody Scheckter was second driving a Tyrrell 007 ahead of Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann ( Brabham BT44 ).
Gradually, the gap between Reutemann and Hunt widened, and by the end of the third lap, it was clear that all was not right with Regazzoni, as a train was forming behind the Ferrari.
At the front, Reutemann was in no trouble.
Reutemann and now
The main news before the Belgian Grand Prix was that the new Lotus 79 was now ready to race, and immediately Mario Andretti showed its pace by taking pole comfortably from Carlos Reutemann and Niki Lauda.
Jones now led Piquet by eleven points, Reutemann by 17 and Laffite by 19.
Reutemann now led the battle for third by a point over Laffite and three over Arnoux.
Giacomelli continued to set an even pace, and his lead was ten seconds on lap 21, with Reutemann now threatening Piquet, whose tires were beginning to go off.
The only car between Jones and the leader now was teammate Reutemann, but with the Driver's Championship already in Jones ' hands, there would be no team orders.
Reutemann and five
After only eight laps, Laffite retired with overheated brakes, and Reutemann broke a driveshaft after just 21, so two of the top five qualifiers were out early, and the door was wide open for the Ferraris.
Just five days after the previous race in Brazil, Carlos Reutemann had shocked his boss Frank Williams, and everyone else in the paddock, by announcing his retirement!
Reutemann and points
He finished four points behind Piquet for the championship and three behind Reutemann.
The win strengthened his lead in the championship to ten points with Reutemann moving past Emerson Fittipaldi into second place.
Lauda's second place reinforced his championship, expanding to 13 points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann.
It was Lauda's fourth win for the season, giving him a 22 point lead in the points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann.
The win also vaulted Fittpaldi past Carlos Reutemann into second place in the championship, 14 points behind Lauda.
With Emerson Fittipaldi's McLaren M23 retiring with suspension damage, Lauda was able to expand his points lead to 17 points with Reutemann moving back into second place.
With neither Carlos Reutemann nor Emerson Fittipaldi featuring in the points, Niki Lauda's sixth position actually allowed him to expand his points lead to 17. 5 points.
The second place allowed Fittipaldi to confirm runner's up position in the points race after a half-season long battle with Argentine Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann, although Fittipaldi's McLaren team would fall one point short of overhauling Brabham in the Constructors battle to be second behind Ferrari.
There were uncharacteristically bad performances from Reutemann, who took third in the championship with Ferrari, but could only qualify 11th, and the Tyrrells of Patrick Depailler and Didier Pironi, both also regular points scorers but down in 13th and 18th.
Reutemann was up to third, 15 points behind and Laffite was up to fourth, 16 points down on Jones.
Behind Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite was fourth in his Ligier JS11 / 15 with Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet ( Brabham BT49 ) and Italian driver Elio de Angelis ( Lotus 81 ) completing the points finishers.
The performances of Jones and Reutemann put Williams 34 points ahead of Ligier and secured the British team their first constructors ' championship.
First and second in the championship were decided with the 1980 United States Grand Prix still to come, but third was theoretically open with Laffite eight points behind Reutemann.
Championship leader Carlos Reutemann retired with gearbox problems, breaking a 15-race streak of consistently finishing in the points.
The World Championship would be decided among three drivers: Carlos Reutemann, with 49 points ; Nelson Piquet, 48 points ; and Jacques Laffite, 43 points.
The Williams drivers, Alan Jones and Reutemann, were fastest from the start of the first practice with points leader Reutemann the faster of the two.
Reutemann and ahead
Carlos Reutemann won from the pole, ahead of Brabham teammate Carlos Pace, while Emerson Fittipaldi's fourth place clinched his second World Championship in three years and the first for Team McLaren.
Carlos Reutemann finished fourth ahead of Brambilla and Lella Lombardi sixth.
Hans-Joachim Stuck was fourth in his March ahead of Clay Regazzoni, Jacques Laffite, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, Jochen Mass and Carlos Reutemann.
Scheckter led the early stages ahead of Nilsson, whereas Carlos Reutemann made an early charge but spun off.
Andretti however, was dominant until he had to pit due to a fuel metering problem with two laps left, handing the lead to Laffite who went on to take his first ever win ahead of Mass and Reutemann.
Scheckter spun off leaving Carlos Reutemann in the second Ferrari 312T2 to finish fourth ahead of Ronnie Peterson in the Tyrrell P34 and the second McLaren of Jochen Mass claimed the final championship point in sixth.
The first 40 laps went without incident until Villeneuve suffered a puncture and had to pit which dropped him back down to fifth, and a few laps later Peterson also pitted for new tyres leaving the charging Reutemann second ahead of Jacques Laffite's Ligier.
With Jabouille having retired, Lauda finished third ahead of John Watson ( Brabham ), Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari ), Jacques Laffite ( Ligier-Matra ) and Patrick Tambay ( McLaren-Ford ).
When the session did start, the two Ferrari drivers were fastest, Carlos Reutemann fastest with a lap of 2: 02. 600, ahead of team-mate Villeneuve.
The race was won by polesitter Jody Scheckter in a Ferrari 312T4 ahead of Clay Regazzoni ( Williams FW07 ) and Carlos Reutemann ( Lotus 79 ).
Piquet finished fourth ahead of Carlos Reutemann in the second Williams.
Fourth was West German driver Jochen Mass driving an Arrows A3 one lap down on Reutemann ahead of Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari 312T5.
Behind Laffite, the second Williams FW07B of Carlos Reutemann finished fourth ahead of Jean-Pierre Jarier ( driving his 100th Grand Prix ) in the surviving Tyrrell 010 after Derek Daly had crashed earlier after brake failure.
Watson was ahead of Reutemann as well when he spun and finished fourth in his McLaren.
The pole went to Jacques Laffite on his Ligier-Matra with the two Williams-Cosworth of Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann second and third ahead of John Watson's McLaren, Alain Prost's Renault and the Alfa Romeo of Bruno Giacomelli.
Reutemann was up to second, and he took the lead from Lauda on the tenth lap, and he would remain ahead for the rest of the afternoon.
This left Reutemann in the lead, ahead of Jones, then a long gap back to Andretti.
Defending World Champion Alan Jones finished nine seconds ahead of teammate Carlos Reutemann, and won his first Long Beach Grand Prix, as the 1981 season finally began after a winter of controversy and legal battles.
Stuck quickly jumped ahead of Hunt, and after one lap, they were followed by Andretti, Reutemann, Peterson, Lauda, Scheckter, Jacques Laffite and Gunnar Nilsson.
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