1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
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Circuit | Las Vegas, 75 laps |
Round | 15 of 15 |
Race numbers | The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was the:
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Next race | 1982 South African Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 75 | 1hr 44m 09.077s | 9 |
2 | +3 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 75 | +20.048s | 6 |
3 | +5 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 75 | +20.428s | 4 |
4 | +5 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 75 | +47.473s | 3 |
5 | -1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 75 | +1m 16.438s | 2 |
6 | +6 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 75 | +1m 18.175s | 1 |
7 | -1 | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 75 | +1m 18.497s | |
8 | -7 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 74 | +1 lap | |
9 | +9 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 73 | +2 laps | |
10 | +10 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +2 laps | |
11 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 71 | +4 laps | ||
12 | +2 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +6 laps | |
13 | +4 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 67 | DNF | |
NC | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 61 | +14 laps | ||
R | (GBR) Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 43 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 29 | DNF | ||
DQ | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 22 | DSQ | ||
R | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 20 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Marc Surer | Theodore-Ford Cosworth | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 10 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | 10 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra | 2 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 2 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Gilles Villeneuve was disqualified for starting the race from the wrong grid position.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:17.821
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
2 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
3 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
4 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
5 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault |
6 | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
7 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra |
8 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo |
9 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo |
11 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth |
12 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
13 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault |
14 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
17 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
18 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari |
19 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
20 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
21 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford Cosworth |
22 | (GBR) Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart |
23 | (CHE) Marc Surer | Theodore-Ford Cosworth |
24 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 50 |
2 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 49 |
3 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 46 |
4 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 44 |
5 | (FRA) Alain Prost | 43 |
6 | (GBR) John Watson | 27 |
7 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | 25 |
8 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | 14 |
9 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | 11 |
10 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | 11 |
11 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 10 |
12 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | 10 |
13 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | 9 |
14 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | 8 |
15 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | 7 |
16 | (CHE) Marc Surer | 4 |
17 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 3 |
18 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 1 |
= | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | 1 |
= | (SWE) Slim Borgudd | 1 |
= | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- 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
- 1-2 start
- 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)