1981 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	N. Piquet	BrabhamBrabham	3		50
2	C. Reutemann	WilliamsWilliams	2	−1	49
3	A. Jones	WilliamsWilliams	2	−4	46
4	J. Laffite	LigierLigier	2	−6	44
5	A. Prost	RenaultRenault	3	−7	43
6	J. Watson	McLarenMcLaren	1	−23	27
7	G. Villeneuve	FerrariFerrari	2	−25	25
8	E. de Angelis	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−36	14
9	R. Arnoux	RenaultRenault	0	−39	11
10	H. Rebaque	BrabhamBrabham	0	−39	11
11	R. Patrese	ArrowsArrows	0	−40	10
12	E. Cheever	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−40	10
13	D. Pironi	FerrariFerrari	0	−41	9
14	N. Mansell	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−42	8
15	B. Giacomelli	Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo	0	−43	7
16	M. Surer	TheodoreTheodore	0	−46	4
17	M. Andretti	Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo	0	−47	3
18	A. de Cesaris	McLarenMcLaren	0	−49	1
19	P. Tambay	LigierLigier	0	−49	1
20	S. Borgudd	ATSATS	0	−49	1
21	E. Salazar	EnsignEnsign	0	−49	1
31	P. Ghinzani	OsellaOsella	0	−50	0
32	J. Jabouille	LigierLigier	0	−50	0
33	D. Warwick	TolemanToleman	0	−50	0
34	B. Gabbiani	OsellaOsella	0	−50	0
35	M. Guerra	OsellaOsella	0	−50	0
36	K. Cogan	-	0	−50	0
37	J. Villeneuve Sr.	-	0	−50	0
38	G. Francia	-	0	−50	0
39	R. Londoño	EnsignEnsign	0	−50	0
–	B. Henton	TolemanToleman	0		0
–	C. Serra	FittipaldiFittipaldi	0		0
–	D. Daly	MarchMarch	0		0
–	J. Jarier	OsellaOsella	0		0
–	J. Lammers	ATSATS	0		0
–	K. Rosberg	FittipaldiFittipaldi	0		0
–	M. Alboreto	TyrrellTyrrell	0		0
–	R. Zunino	TyrrellTyrrell	0		0
–	S. Stohr	ArrowsArrows	0		0

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Williams	4		95
21 place higher than in 1980	Brabham	3	−34	61
31 place higher than in 1980	Renault	3	−41	54
42 places lower than in 1980	Ligier	2	−51	44
55 places higher than in 1980	Ferrari	2	−61	34
63 places higher than in 1980	McLaren	1	−67	28
72 places lower than in 1980	Team Lotus	0	−73	22
81 place lower than in 1980	Arrows	0	−85	10
92 places higher than in 1980	Alfa Romeo	0	−85	10
104 places lower than in 1980	Tyrrell	0	−85	10
11	Ensign	0	−90	5
12	Theodore	0	−94	1
13	ATS	0	−94	1
–	Fittipaldi	0		0
–	March	0		0
–	Osella	0		0
–	Toleman	0		0

▲/▼ places gained or lost against the team’s final position in 1980.

#	Race	Circuit	WinnerWinner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	United States Grand Prix West 1981-03-15	Long Beach	WilliamsA. Jones	Williams	1981-03-15
2	Brazilian Grand Prix 1981-03-29	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	WilliamsC. Reutemann	Williams	1981-03-29
3	Argentine Grand Prix 1981-04-12	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	BrabhamN. Piquet	Brabham	1981-04-12
4	San Marino Grand Prix 1981-05-03	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	BrabhamN. Piquet	Brabham	1981-05-03
5	Belgian Grand Prix 1981-05-17	Zolder	WilliamsC. Reutemann	Williams	1981-05-17
6	Monaco Grand Prix 1981-05-31	Circuit de Monaco	FerrariG. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1981-05-31
7	Spanish Grand Prix 1981-06-21	Jarama	FerrariG. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1981-06-21
8	French Grand Prix 1981-07-05	Dijon-Prenois	RenaultA. Prost	Renault	1981-07-05
9	British Grand Prix 1981-07-18	Silverstone Circuit	McLarenJ. Watson	McLaren	1981-07-18
10	German Grand Prix 1981-08-02	Hockenheimring	BrabhamN. Piquet	Brabham	1981-08-02
11	Austrian Grand Prix 1981-08-16	Red Bull Ring	LigierJ. Laffite	Ligier	1981-08-16
12	Dutch Grand Prix 1981-08-30	Circuit Park Zandvoort	RenaultA. Prost	Renault	1981-08-30
13	Italian Grand Prix 1981-09-13	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	RenaultA. Prost	Renault	1981-09-13
14	Canadian Grand Prix 1981-09-27	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	LigierJ. Laffite	Ligier	1981-09-27
15	Caesars Palace Grand Prix 1981-10-17	Las Vegas Street Circuit	WilliamsA. Jones	Williams	1981-10-17

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1981 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Williams Williams	Jones vs ReutemannAlan Jones vs Carlos Reutemann	5–10	7–8	46–49
Ferrari Ferrari	Villeneuve vs PironiGilles Villeneuve vs Didier Pironi	10–5	7–8	25–9
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo	Giacomelli vs AndrettiBruno Giacomelli vs Mario Andretti	7–8	7–8	7–3
McLaren McLaren	de Cesaris vs WatsonAndrea de Cesaris vs John Watson	1–13	3–11	1–27
Renault Renault	Arnoux vs ProstRené Arnoux vs Alain Prost	5–9	5–9	11–43
Brabham Brabham	Piquet vs RebaqueNelson Piquet vs Hector Rebaque	14–0	11–3	50–11
Team Lotus Team Lotus	de Angelis vs MansellElio de Angelis vs Nigel Mansell	8–5	10–3	14–8
Arrows Arrows	Patrese vs StohrRiccardo Patrese vs Siegfried Stohr	9–0	5–3	4–0
Tyrrell Tyrrell	Alboreto vs CheeverMichele Alboreto vs Eddie Cheever	3–6	5–4	0–6
Ligier Ligier	Laffite vs TambayJacques Laffite vs Patrick Tambay	7–1	7–1	27–0
Fittipaldi Fittipaldi	Rosberg vs SerraKeke Rosberg vs Chico Serra	5–0	1–4	0–0
Ligier Ligier	Jabouille vs LaffiteJean-Pierre Jabouille vs Jacques Laffite	0–3	1–2	0–12