1981 formula one season

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This article recaps the 1981 Formula One season.

Season summary

Date	Location	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
United States Grand Prix West	March 15	Long Beach	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
Brazilian Grand Prix	March 29	Jacarepagua	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Report
Argentine Grand Prix	April 12	Oscar Galvez	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
San Marino Grand Prix	May 3	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
Belgian Grand Prix	May 17	Zolder	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Report
Monaco Grand Prix	May 31	Monaco	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
Spanish Grand Prix	June 21	Jarama	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
French Grand Prix	July 5	Dijon-Prenois	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
British Grand Prix	July 18	Silverstone	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Report
German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
Austrian Grand Prix	August 16	sterreichring	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
Dutch Grand Prix	August 30	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
Italian Grand Prix	September 13	Monza	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
Canadian Grand Prix	September 27	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
Las Vegas Grand Prix	October 17	Las Vegas	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report

Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Nelson Piquet	5	Brazil	50	3	7	4
2	Carlos Reutemann	2	Argentina	49	2	7	2
3	Alan Jones	1	Australia	46	2	6
4	Jacques Laffite	26	France	44	2	7	1
5	Alain Prost	15	France	43	3	6	2
6	John Watson	7	Britain	27	1	4
7	Gilles Villeneuve	27	Canada	25	2	3	1
8	Elio de Angelis	11	Italy	14
9	Hector Rebaque	6	Mexico	11
10	Rene Arnoux	16	France	11		1	4
11	Riccardo Patrese	29	Italy	10		2	1
12	Eddie Cheever	3	USA	10
13	Didier Pironi	28	France	9
14	Nigel Mansell	12	Britain	8		1
15	Bruno Giacomelli	23	Italy	7		1
16	Marc Surer	33	Switzerland	4
17	Mario Andretti	22	USA	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	8	Italy	1
19	Eliseo Salazar	14	Chile	1
20	Slim Borgudd	9	Sweden	1
21	Patrick Tambay	25	France	1
22	Miguel Angel Guerra	31	Argentina
23	Siegfried Stohr	20	Italy
24	Ricardo Londono	14	Colombia
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	32	Italy
26	Beppe Gabbiani	31	Italy
27	Brian Henton	35	Britain
28	Kevin Cogon	4	USA
29	Keke Rosberg	20	Finland
30	Chico Serra	21	Brazil
31	Derek Warwick	36	Britain
32	Jean Pierre Jarier	32	France
33	Derek Daly	17	Ireland
34	Ricardo Zunino	4	Argentina
35	Jean Pierre Jabouille	25	France
36	Jan Lammers	9	Holland
37	Michele Alboreto	4	Italy

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