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	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−50	0
37	J. Villeneuve Sr.	ArrowsArrows	0	−50	0
38	G. Francia	OsellaOsella	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
2	Brabham	3	−34	61
3	Renault	3	−41	54
4	Ligier	2	−51	44
5	Ferrari	2	−61	34
6	McLaren	1	−67	28
7	Team Lotus	0	−73	22
8	Arrows	0	−85	10
9	Alfa Romeo	0	−85	10
10	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

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

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1981 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Williams	Alan Jones vs Carlos Reutemann	5–10	7–8	46–49
Ferrari	Gilles Villeneuve vs Didier Pironi	10–5	7–8	25–9
Alfa Romeo	Bruno Giacomelli vs Mario Andretti	7–8	7–8	7–3
McLaren	Andrea de Cesaris vs John Watson	1–13	3–11	1–27
Renault	René Arnoux vs Alain Prost	5–9	5–9	11–43
Brabham	Nelson Piquet vs Hector Rebaque	14–0	11–3	50–11
Team Lotus	Elio de Angelis vs Nigel Mansell	8–5	10–3	14–8
Arrows	Riccardo Patrese vs Siegfried Stohr	9–0	5–3	4–0
Tyrrell	Michele Alboreto vs Eddie Cheever	3–6	5–4	0–6
Ligier	Jacques Laffite vs Patrick Tambay	7–1	7–1	27–0
Fittipaldi	Keke Rosberg vs Chico Serra	5–0	1–4	0–0
Ligier	Jean-Pierre Jabouille vs Jacques Laffite	0–3	1–2	0–12