1981 Monaco Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 31 May 1981
Winner:	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Pole position:	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:	Alan Jones Williams-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Monte Carlo, 76 laps
Round:	6 of 15

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	76	1hr 54m 23.380s	9
2	+5	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	76	+39.910s	6
3	+5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	76	+1m 29.240s	4
4	+13	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	75	+1 lap	3
5	+10	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	74	+2 laps	2
6	+13	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	74	+2 laps	1
7	+9	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	72	+4 laps
R		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	53	DNF
R		John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	53	DNF
R		Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	50	DNF
R		Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	50	DNF
R		Alain Prost	Renault	45	DNF
R		Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	34	DNF
R		Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		Rene Arnoux	Renault	32	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	29	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	15	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:25.710
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
3	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth
5	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
6	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
7	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
9	Alain Prost	Renault
10	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
11	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo
13	Rene Arnoux	Renault
14	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
15	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford Cosworth
17	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
18	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo
19	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
20	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Non qualifiers

Driver	Constructor	Reason
Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra	Did not qualify
Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	Did not pre-qualify
Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	Did not pre-qualify

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	34
2	Alan Jones	24
3	Nelson Piquet	22
4	Gilles Villeneuve	12
5	Jacques Laffite	11
6	Riccardo Patrese	10
7	Didier Pironi	5
8	Elio de Angelis	5
=	Eddie Cheever	5
10	Alain Prost	4
=	Nigel Mansell	4
12	Marc Surer	4
13	Mario Andretti	3
=	Hector Rebaque	3
15	Rene Arnoux	2
16	Patrick Tambay	1
=	Andrea de Cesaris	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford Cosworth	58
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	25
3	Ferrari	17
4	Ligier-Matra	11
5	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	10
6	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	9
7	Renault	6
8	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5
9	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	4
10	Alfa Romeo	3
11	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1
=	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 5th for Gilles Villeneuve

Constructor: 80th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 21st for Alan Jones & Jacques Laffite, 10th for Gilles Villeneuve

Constructor: 258th for Ferrari, 38th for Williams, 27th for Ligier

Poles

Driver: 5th for Nelson Piquet

Constructor: 25th for Brabham

Fastest laps

Driver: 10th for Alan Jones

Constructor: 14th for Williams

Front row starts

Driver: 8th for Nelson Piquet, 7th for Gilles Villeneuve

See also

• Monaco Grand Prix
• Monte Carlo Circuit
• 1981 World Championship season