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1981 F1 driver stats

Driver stats

Wins

No.DriverWinsFrom PoleWin & F.LapHat-Trick
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet3111
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost311–
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann2111
4Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve2–––
5France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite2–1–
6Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones2–1–
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson1–––

Podiums

No.DriverPodiums1st2nd3rd
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet7313
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann7232
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite7223
4France flag lazyload Alain Prost6321
5Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones6231
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson4121
7Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve32–1
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese2–11
9France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux1–1–
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell1––1
11Italy flag lazyload Bruno Giacomelli1––1

Pole positions

No.DriverPolesPole & win
1France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux4–
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet41
3France flag lazyload Alain Prost21
4Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann21
5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese1–
6Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve1–
7France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite1–

Fastest laps

No.DriverFastest lapsWin & F.Lap
1Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones51
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann21
3Switzerland flag Marc Surer1–
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet11
5Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve1–
6France flag lazyload Alain Prost11
7France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux1–
8France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite11
9United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson1–
10France flag lazyload Didier Pironi1–

Points finishes

No.DriverPoints finishesPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet1050
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann949
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite944
4Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones846
5Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis814
6France flag lazyload Alain Prost643
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson627
8USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever510
9Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve425
10Mexico flag lazyload Hector Rebaque411
11France flag lazyload Didier Pironi49
12France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux311
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell38
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese210
15Italy flag lazyload Bruno Giacomelli27
16Switzerland flag Marc Surer24
17USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti13
18Sweden flag lazyload Slim Borgudd11
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris11
20Chile flag lazyload Eliseo Salazar11
21France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay11

Front row starts

No.DriverFR startsPole2nd
1France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux642
2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann624
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet541
4France flag lazyload Alain Prost523
5Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones3–3
6Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve211
7Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese11–
8France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite11–
9United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson1–1

Retirements

No.DriverDNFs
1Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese10
2Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris9
3France flag lazyload Alain Prost9
4Mexico flag lazyload Hector Rebaque9
5France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay9
6Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell8
8USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti8
9Italy flag lazyload Bruno Giacomelli7
10France flag lazyload Didier Pironi7
11Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto7
12France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux7
13Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg6
14Italy flag lazyload Siegfried Stohr6
15France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite6
16USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever6
17Switzerland flag Marc Surer6
18Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet5
19United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson5
20Chile flag lazyload Eliseo Salazar5
21Ireland flag lazyload Derek Daly4
22Sweden flag lazyload Slim Borgudd4
23France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier4
24Italy flag lazyload Beppe Gabbiani3
25Brazil flag lazyload Chico Serra3
26Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann3
27Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones3
28Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis3
29France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jabouille2
30Netherlands flag lazyload Jan Lammers1
31Argentina flag lazyload Miguel Angel Guerra1
32United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick1

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