When the Chips Fell the Wrong Way for Reutemann in Vegas
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The Lole came as a leader in the definition in Las Vegas. He suffered the anti-sports attitude of his rival, Nelson Piquet, which was key to the outcome. It was a vitiated season of irregularities. Three first-hand testimonies to clarify what happened
On October 17, 1981, the Argentine rider remained at a point of Brazilian Piquet in a definition crossed by mechanical faults and suspicions. Decades later, Ecclestone's revelations prompted the daughter of the santafesino to claim recognition for her father.
The Argentine came as a leader to the 1981 definition in Las Vegas, but a mechanical problem left him with no chance of being a champion. More than four decades later, an engineer who worked at Williams revealed what really happened to his car.
When the chips fell the wrong way for Reutemann in Vegas
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