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1981 United States Grand Prix West

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLong Beach, 80 laps
Round1 of 15
Race numbers

The 1981 United States Grand Prix West was the:

  • 343rd World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship United States Grand Prix West
  • 6th World Championship race at Long Beach
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth801hr 50m 41.330s9
2+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth80+9.190s6
3+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth80+34.920s4
4+2(USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo80+49.310s3
5+3(USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+1m 06.700s2
6+11(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap1
7+11(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
8+12(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault77+3 laps 
R (CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth70DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiFerrari67DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra64DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo41DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra41DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari17DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstRenault0DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:19.399

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
2(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
6(USA) Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo
7(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(USA) Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Matra
11(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
12(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
13(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
15(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Patrick TambayTheodore-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
19(CHE) Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
21(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(USA) Kevin CoganTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
(CHL) Eliseo SalazarMarch-Ford Cosworth
(ARG) Miguel Angel GuerraOsella-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Alan Jones9
2(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet4
4(USA) Mario Andretti3
5(USA) Eddie Cheever2
6(FRA) Patrick Tambay1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth15
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
3Alfa Romeo3
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
5Theodore-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Beppe Gabbiani
Chico Serra
Wins
11th for Alan Jones
12th for Williams
Race 1-2
4th for Williams
Podiums
38th for Carlos Reutemann
19th for Alan Jones
7th for Nelson Piquet
93rd for Brabham
31st & 32nd for Williams
Poles
1st for Riccardo Patrese (60th different polesitter, 7th Italian driver; last until 1983; only pole for Arrows)
1st and only for Arrows (28th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
9th for Alan Jones
12th for Williams
Front row starts
11th for Alan Jones
1st for Riccardo Patrese (100th different front row starter, 14th Italian driver; only front row start for Arrows)
Points finishes
1st for Eddie Cheever (203rd different point scorer, 49th American driver)
Win & fastest lap
5th and last for Alan Jones (last Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 2009)