1981 F1 Championship Standings

See all 1981 F1 results for each race, driver and team.

Here you can find the 1981 F1 teams overview, we also have all other F1 results since 1950.

1981 F1 Championship Overview

1981 F1 World Championship
NOGrand PrixDateWinnerTeamLapsTime
11981 USA West F1 GPMarch 15Australia Alan Jones
United Kingdom Williams8001:50:41.330
21981 Brazilian F1 GPMarch 29Argentina Carlos Reutemann
United Kingdom Williams6202:00:23.660
31981 Argentine F1 GPApril 12Brazil Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom Brabham5301:34:32.740
41981 San Marino F1 GPMay 3Brazil Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom Brabham6001:51:23.970
51981 Belgian F1 GPMay 17Argentina Carlos Reutemann
United Kingdom Williams5401:16:31.610
61981 Monaco F1 GPMay 31Canada Gilles Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari7601:54:23.380
71981 Spanish F1 GPJune 21Canada Gilles Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari8001:46:35.010
81981 French F1 GPJuly 5France Alain Prost
France Renault8001:35:48.130
91981 British F1 GPJuly 18United Kingdom John Watson
United Kingdom McLaren6801:26:54.800
101981 German F1 GPAugust 2Brazil Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom Brabham4501:25:55.600
111981 Austrian F1 GPAugust 16France Jacques Laffite
France Ligier5301:27:36.470
121981 Dutch F1 GPAugust 30France Alain Prost
France Renault7201:40:22.430
131981 Italian F1 GPSeptember 13France Alain Prost
France Renault5201:26:36.897
141981 Canadian F1 GPSeptember 27France Jacques Laffite
France Ligier6302:01:25.200
151981 Caesars Palace F1 GPOctober 17Australia Alan Jones
United Kingdom Williams7501:44:09.077

1981 Formula 1 Drivers Championship Table

PDriverPtsUSWBRAARGSANBELMONSPAFREBRIGEROSTDUTITACANCAE
1Brazil Nelson Piquet503121*1DNFDNFDNF3DNF132655
2Argentina Carlos Reutemann4921231*DNF4102DNF5DNF3*108
3Australia Alan Jones461*2412DNF2*7*17DNF11*43*2DNF1
4France Jacques Laffite44DNF6DNFDNF232DNF331*DNFDNF16
5France Alain Prost43DNFDNF3DNFDNFDNFDNF1*DNF2DNF11DNF2
6United Kingdom John Watson27DNF8DNF107DNF32166DNFDNF2*7
7Canada Gilles Villeneuve25DNFDNFDNF7*411DNFDNF10DNFDNFDNF3DSQ
8Italy Elio de Angelis14DNF56WD5DNF56DSQ77546DNF
9Mexico Hector Rebaque11DNFDNFDNF4DNFDNQDNF954DNF4DNFDNFDNF
10France René Arnoux118DNF58DNQDNF949*132DNFDNFDNFDNF
11Italy Riccardo Patrese10DNF372DNFDNFDNF1410DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF11
12United States Eddie Cheever105NCDNFDNF65NC1345DNQDNFDNF12DNF
13France Didier Pironi9DNFDNFDNF584155DNFDNF9DNF5DNF9*
14United Kingdom Nigel Mansell8DNF11DNFWD3DNF67DNQDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF4
15Italy Bruno Giacomelli7DNFNC10DNF9DNF1015DNF15DNFDNF843
16Switzerland Marc Surer4DNF4*DNF9116121114DNF8DNQ9DNF
17United States Mario Andretti34DNF8DNF10DNF88DNF9DNFDNFDNF7DNF
18Italy Andrea de Cesaris1DNFDNF116DNFDNFDNF11DNFDNF8DNS7DNF12
19Chile Eliseo Salazar1DNQDNQDNQDNFDNQDNQ14DNFDNQNCDNF6DNFDNFNC
20Sweden Slim Borgudd113DNQDNQDNQDNQ6DNFDNF10DNFDNFDNQ
21France Patrick Tambay1610DNF11DNQ713DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
22France Jean-Pierre Jarier0DNF78810DNF9DNFDNF
23Italy Giorgio Francia0DNQ
24Finland Keke Rosberg0DNF9DNFDNFDNFDNQ12DNFDNFDNQDNQDNQDNQ10
25United States Kevin Cogan0DNQ
26United Kingdom Derek Warwick0DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNF
27Italy Michele Alboreto0DNF12DNFDNQ16DNFDNQDNF9DNF1113
28Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra0DNQDNQDNQDNF
29France Jean-Pierre Jabouille0DNQNCDNFDNQDNF
30Ireland Derek Daly0DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ16DNF7DNF11DNFDNF8DNQ
31United Kingdom Brian Henton0DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ10DNQDNQ
32Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani013DNQ
33Italy Beppe Gabbiani0DNFDNQDNQDNFDNFDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
34Colombia Ricardo Londoño0DNP
35Argentina Ricardo Zunino01313
36Italy Siegfried Stohr0DNQDNF9DNQDNFDNFDNFDNQDNF12DNF7DNQ
37Brazil Chico Serra07DNFDNFDNQDNFDNQ11DNSDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
38Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sr.0DNQDNQ
39Netherlands Jan Lammers0DNFDNQ12DNF

1981 F1 results distribution of points: 1st = 9, 2nd = 6, 3rd = 4, 4th = 3, 5th = 2, 6th = 1 point
* = this driver has driven the fastest lap of the race.

DNQ = Did Not Qualify, DNS = Did Not Start, Ret = Retired, DSQ = Disqualified, NC = Not Classified

1981 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

DriverGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLRETPTS
Brazil Nelson Piquet15313748081550
France Alain Prost15321625661943
Argentina Carlos Reutemann15232728522349
Australia Alan Jones15231608275446
France Jacques Laffite15223717281644
Canada Gilles Villeneuve15201315421925
United Kingdom John Watson15121408091527
Italy Elio de Angelis15000006800514
France René Arnoux15010145851811
Mexico Hector Rebaque150000059701011
United States Eddie Cheever15000006600910
Italy Riccardo Patrese150112157901010
France Didier Pironi1500000652179
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell15001104940108
Italy Bruno Giacomelli1500110710087
United States Mario Andretti1500000712083
Italy Andrea de Cesaris15000004480101
France Patrick Tambay15000005130101
Chile Eliseo Salazar15000003550131
Italy Beppe Gabbiani1500000790150
Ireland Derek Daly15000003600110
Switzerland Marc Surer1400000662174
Brazil Chico Serra14000002140120
Finland Keke Rosberg14000003480110
Italy Siegfried Stohr13000002770100
Sweden Slim Borgudd1200000321091
Italy Michele Alboreto1200000462090
United Kingdom Brian Henton1200000490110
United Kingdom Derek Warwick1200000430120
France Jean-Pierre Jarier900000391040
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille500000131050
Argentina Miguel Angel Guerra4000000040
Netherlands Jan Lammers40000092030
Argentina Ricardo Zunino200000108000
Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sr.2000000020
Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani20000050010
Italy Giorgio Francia1000000010
Colombia Ricardo Londoño1000000010
United States Kevin Cogan1000000010

1981 Formula 1 Constructors Championship Table

PTeamCarUSWBRAARGSANBELMONSPAFREBRIGEROSTDUTITACANCAEPts
1United Kingdom Williams112412DNF2717DNF11432DNF195
221231DNF4102DNF5DNF3108
2United Kingdom Brabham531211DNFDNFDNF3DNF13265561
6DNFDNFDNF4DNFDNQDNF954DNF4DNFDNFDNF
3France Renault15DNFDNF3DNFDNFDNFDNF1DNF2DNF11DNF254
168DNF58DNQDNF949132DNFDNFDNFDNF
4France Ligier25DNF7DNQNCDNFDNQDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF44
26DNF6DNFDNF232DNF331DNFDNF16
5Italy Ferrari27DNFDNFDNF7411DNFDNF10DNFDNFDNF3DSQ34
28DNFDNFDNF584155DNFDNF9DNF5DNF9
6United Kingdom McLaren7DNF8DNF107DNF32166DNFDNF2728
8DNFDNF116DNFDNFDNF11DNFDNF8DNS7DNF12
7United Kingdom Team Lotus11DNF56WD5DNF56DSQ77546DNF22
12DNF11DNFWD3DNF67DNQDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF4
8United Kingdom Arrows29DNF372DNFDNFDNF1410DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF1110
3DNQDNF9DNQDNFDNFDNFDNQDNF12DNF7DNQDNQDNQ
9United Kingdom Tyrrell35NCDNFDNF65NC1345DNQDNFDNF12DNF10
4DNQ1313DNF12DNFDNQ16DNFDNQDNF9DNF1113
10Switzerland Alfa Romeo224DNF8DNF10DNF88DNF9DNFDNFDNF7DNF10
23DNFNC10DNF9DNF1015DNF15DNFDNF843
11United Kingdom Ensign14DNFDNPDNF911614DNFDNQNCDNF6DNFDNFNC5
12Hong Kong Theodore33610DNF11DNQ713121114DNF8DNQ9DNF1
13Germany ATS9DNFDNQ12DNFDNQ DNQDNQ6DNFDNF10DNFDNFDNQ1
1   13 DNQ         
14Italy Osella18 DNQ             0
31DNQDNQDNQDNF13DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
32DNFDNQDNQDNFDNFDNQDNQ 8810DNF9DNFDNF
15United Kingdom Toleman35   DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ10DNQDNQ0
36   DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNF
16Brazil Fittipaldi2DNF9DNFDNFDNFDNQ12DNFDNFDNQ DNQDNQDNQ100
217DNFDNFDNQDNFDNQ11DNSDNQDNQ DNQDNQDNQDNQ
17United Kingdom March17DNQDNQDNQDNFDNQDNQ16DNF7DNF11DNFDNF8DNQ0
18DNQ DNQDNQDNQDNQ         

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