Round 14 · 27 September 1981
Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Montreal, Canada
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
35 drivers
After Round 13
1
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
49
pts
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
46
pts
3
Alain Prost
Renault
37
pts
4
Alan Jones
Williams
37
pts
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
34
pts
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6
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
21
pts
7
John Watson
McLaren
21
pts
8
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
13
pts
9
René Arnoux
Renault
11
pts
10
Hector Rebaque
Brabham
11
pts
11
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
10
pts
12
Eddie Cheever
Tyrrell
10
pts
13
Didier Pironi
Ferrari
9
pts
14
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus
5
pts
15
Marc Surer
Theodore
4
pts
16
Mario Andretti
Alfa Romeo
3
pts
17
Andrea de Cesaris
McLaren
1
pts
18
Patrick Tambay
Ligier
1
pts
19
Slim Borgudd
ATS
1
pts
20
Eliseo Salazar
Ensign
1
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Osella
0
pts
-
Siegfried Stohr
Arrows
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
March
0
pts
-
Chico Serra
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Brian Henton
Toleman
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
ATS
0
pts
-
Ricardo Zunino
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Ligier
0
pts
-
Beppe Gabbiani
Osella
0
pts
-
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Osella
0
pts
-
Ricardo Londoño
Ensign
0
pts
After the race
35 drivers
After Round 14
1
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
—
49
+0
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
—
48
+2
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑2
43
+9
4
Alain Prost
Renault
↓1
37
+0
5
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
37
+0
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6
John Watson
McLaren
↑1
27
+6
7
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
↓1
25
+4
8
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
—
14
+1
9
René Arnoux
Renault
—
11
+0
10
Hector Rebaque
Brabham
—
11
+0
11
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
10
+0
12
Eddie Cheever
Tyrrell
—
10
+0
13
Didier Pironi
Ferrari
—
9
+0
14
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus
—
5
+0
15
Marc Surer
Theodore
—
4
+0
16
Mario Andretti
Alfa Romeo
—
3
+0
17
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
↑982
3
+3
18
Andrea de Cesaris
McLaren
↓1
1
+0
19
Patrick Tambay
Ligier
↓1
1
+0
20
Slim Borgudd
ATS
↓1
1
+0
21
Eliseo Salazar
Ensign
↓1
1
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
March
—
0
+0
-
Siegfried Stohr
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Chico Serra
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
—
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
-
Beppe Gabbiani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Ricardo Londoño
Ensign
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 2:01:25.200 | 9 |
| 2 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 9 | +6.230 | 6 |
| 3 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | +1:50.270 | 4 |
| 4 | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | DAL Derek Daly | March | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | SUR Marc Surer | Theodore | 19 | 2L | 0 |
| 10 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 3L | 0 |
| 11 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 22 | 4L | 0 |
| 12 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 14 | 7L | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | MAN Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | BOR Slim Borgudd | ATS | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | SAL Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | — | 0 |