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Formula 1 season

1981

15 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

36 classified

1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 50 points · 3 wins

2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 49 points · 2 wins

3 Alan Jones Williams 46 points · 2 wins

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4 Jacques Laffite Ligier 44 points · 2 wins

5 Alain Prost Renault 43 points · 3 wins

6 John Watson McLaren 27 points · 1 wins

7 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 25 points · 2 wins

8 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 points · 0 wins

9 René Arnoux Renault 11 points · 0 wins

10 Hector Rebaque Brabham 11 points · 0 wins

11 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 points · 0 wins

12 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10 points · 0 wins

13 Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 points · 0 wins

14 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 8 points · 0 wins

15 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 7 points · 0 wins

16 Marc Surer Theodore 4 points · 0 wins

17 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 points · 0 wins

18 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 points · 0 wins

19 Patrick Tambay Ligier 1 points · 0 wins

20 Slim Borgudd ATS 1 points · 0 wins

21 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 1 points · 0 wins

- Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Derek Daly March 0 points · 0 wins

- Siegfried Stohr Arrows 0 points · 0 wins

- Chico Serra Fittipaldi 0 points · 0 wins

- Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 0 points · 0 wins

- Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 0 points · 0 wins

- Brian Henton Toleman 0 points · 0 wins

- Jan Lammers ATS 0 points · 0 wins

- Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 0 points · 0 wins

- Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 0 points · 0 wins

- Derek Warwick Toleman 0 points · 0 wins

- Beppe Gabbiani Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Ricardo Londoño Ensign 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

17 classified

1 Williams British 95 points · 4 wins

2 Brabham British 61 points · 3 wins

3 Renault French 54 points · 3 wins

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4 Ligier French 44 points · 2 wins

5 Ferrari Italian 34 points · 2 wins

6 McLaren British 28 points · 1 wins

7 Team Lotus British 22 points · 0 wins

8 Arrows British 10 points · 0 wins

9 Alfa Romeo Swiss 10 points · 0 wins

10 Tyrrell British 10 points · 0 wins

11 Ensign British 5 points · 0 wins

12 Theodore Hong Kong 1 points · 0 wins

13 ATS Italian 1 points · 0 wins

- March British 0 points · 0 wins

- Fittipaldi Brazilian 0 points · 0 wins

- Osella Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Toleman British 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

The championship race

Points and live top three after every round

Cumulative points

The scale follows the season leader, with a minimum ceiling of 50 points. Gold rings mark wins, red crosses mark DNFs, and black markers with a white cross mark disqualifications. Hover to isolate, click to pin, or Shift-click to compare teammates.

Live championship

Top three

Updates with the graph

Championship calendar

Race results

15 rounds

01 United States Grand Prix West Long Beach · California, USA 15 March 1981 → 02 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29 March 1981 → 03 Argentine Grand Prix Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Buenos Aires, Argentina 12 April 1981 → 04 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Imola, Italy 3 May 1981 → 05 Belgian Grand Prix Zolder · Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 17 May 1981 → 06 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco 31 May 1981 → 07 Spanish Grand Prix Jarama · Madrid, Spain 21 June 1981 → 08 French Grand Prix Dijon-Prenois · Dijon, France 5 July 1981 → 09 British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK 18 July 1981 → 10 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring · Hockenheim, Germany 2 August 1981 → 11 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Austria 16 August 1981 → 12 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Park Zandvoort · Zandvoort, Netherlands 30 August 1981 → 13 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Monza, Italy 13 September 1981 → 14 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Montreal, Canada 27 September 1981 → 15 Caesars Palace Grand Prix Las Vegas Street Circuit · Nevada, USA 17 October 1981 →