1981 season

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team(s)	Wins	Pts
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	50
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	49
3	Alan Jones	Williams	2	46
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	44
5	Alain Prost	Renault	3	43
6	John Watson	McLaren	1	27
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	25
8	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	0	14
9	René Arnoux	Renault	0	11
10	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	0	11
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	10
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	0	10
13	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	0	9
14	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	0	8
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	7
16	Marc Surer	Ensign→Theodore	0	4
17	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	0	1
19	Patrick Tambay	Theodore→Ligier	0	1
20	Slim Borgudd	ATS	0	1
21	Eliseo Salazar	March→Ensign	0	1
–	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier→Osella	0	0
–	Derek Daly	March	0	0
–	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	0	0
–	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	0	0
–	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	0	0
–	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	0	0
–	Brian Henton	Toleman	0	0
–	Jan Lammers	ATS	0	0
–	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell	0	0
–	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	0	0
–	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	0	0
–	Derek Warwick	Toleman	0	0
–	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	0	0
–	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	0	0
–	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign	0	0

Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Pole	Winner	Team
1	United States Grand Prix West	15 Mar 1981	Riccardo Patrese	Alan Jones	Williams
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	29 Mar 1981	Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
3	Argentine Grand Prix	12 Apr 1981	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
4	San Marino Grand Prix	3 May 1981	Gilles Villeneuve	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
5	Belgian Grand Prix	17 May 1981	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
6	Monaco Grand Prix	31 May 1981	Nelson Piquet	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
7	Spanish Grand Prix	21 Jun 1981	Jacques Laffite	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
8	French Grand Prix	5 Jul 1981	René Arnoux	Alain Prost	Renault
9	British Grand Prix	18 Jul 1981	René Arnoux	John Watson	McLaren
10	German Grand Prix	2 Aug 1981	Alain Prost	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
11	Austrian Grand Prix	16 Aug 1981	René Arnoux	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
12	Dutch Grand Prix	30 Aug 1981	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Renault
13	Italian Grand Prix	13 Sept 1981	René Arnoux	Alain Prost	Renault
14	Canadian Grand Prix	27 Sept 1981	Nelson Piquet	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
15	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	17 Oct 1981	Carlos Reutemann	Alan Jones	Williams

Driver changes this season: Ligier, Tyrrell, Ensign, Osella

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Jones #1																46
Reutemann #2																49

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Piquet #5																50
Rebaque #6																11

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Prost #15																43
Arnoux #16																11

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Villeneuve #27																25
Pironi #28																9

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
de Cesaris #8																1
Watson #7																27

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
de Angelis #11																14
Mansell #12																8

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Patrese #29																10
Stohr #30 Left mid-season																0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Giacomelli #23																7
Andretti #22																3

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Tambay #33 Left mid-season																1
Surer #33 Joined mid-season																0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Lammers #9 Left mid-season																0
Borgudd #10/9 Joined mid-season																1

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Salazar #17 Left mid-season																0
Daly #17 Joined mid-season																0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Rosberg #20																0
Serra #21 Left mid-season																0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
Henton #35 Left mid-season																0
Warwick #36 Joined mid-season																0