1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 17 October 1981
Winner	Alan Jones Williams-Ford Cosworth
Pole position	Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap	Didier Pironi Ferrari
Circuit	Las Vegas, 75 laps
Round	15 of 15
Race numbers	The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was the: 357th World Championship race 1st World Championship Caesars Palace Grand Prix 1st World Championship race at Las Vegas 1981 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	75	1hr 44m 09.077s	9
2	+3	Alain Prost	Renault	75	+20.048s	6
3	+5	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	75	+20.428s	4
4	+5	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	75	+47.473s	3
5	-1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	75	+1m 16.438s	2
6	+6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	75	+1m 18.175s	1
7	-1	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	75	+1m 18.497s
8	-7	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	74	+1 lap
9	+9	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	73	+2 laps
10	+10	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	73	+2 laps
11		Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	71	+4 laps
12	+2	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	69	+6 laps
13	+4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	67	DNF
NC		Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	61	+14 laps
R		Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	43	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	29	DNF
DQ		Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	22	DSQ
R		Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	20	DNF
R		Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	19	DNF
R		Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	10	DNF
R		Rene Arnoux	Renault	10	DNF
R		Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	2	DNF
R		Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Notes

Gilles Villeneuve was disqualified for starting the race from the wrong grid position.

Pole time: 1:17.821

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Derek Warwick
Last start: Hector Rebaque (last Mexican driver to start a race until 2011)
World Champion: 1st title for Nelson Piquet (19th driver to win the World Championship, 2nd Brazilian champion; first Brazilian champion since 1974)
Wins: 12th and last for Alan Jones (last Australian winner until 2009); 15th for Williams
Podiums: 24th and last for Alan Jones (last Australian driver to finish on the podium until 2005); 6th for Alain Prost; 1st and only for Bruno Giacomelli (139th different podium finisher, 18th Italian driver); 43rd for Williams; 22nd for Alfa Romeo (first since 1951); 15th for Renault
Poles: 6th and last for Carlos Reutemann; 8th for Williams
Qualifying 1-2: 1st for Williams (16th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps: 3rd for Didier Pironi (first for Ferrari); 91st for Ferrari
Front row starts: 21st and last for Carlos Reutemann; 13th and last for Alan Jones (last Australian front row starter until 2004)