 Complete the following phrase:  On lap 17, battling over seventh place as they approached the last left-hander before the pits, Piquets Brabham was nearly touching the back of Reutemanns Williams. Piquet got around Reutemann on the inside when Reutemann, fighting for the championship, braked early. On the next lap, Andretti also went by Reutemann. Piquet put himself in a position to score points when he took over sixth place from John Watson on lap 22. Reutemann continued to slip backwards with gearbox trouble, having lost fourth gear as early as lap two. Reutemann finished the race in eighth, a lap down, and the title went to Piquet. Meanwhile, if that years season opener, the 1981 South African Grand Prix, which had been run as a Formula Libre race and one which Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Ligier didnt attend, had been a race with World Championship points awarded, Reutemann would have been World Champion with 58 points against Piquets 56. He returned with Williams for 1982, finishing second in the 