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Home / Seasons / 1981 F1 World Championship Season / Pole Positions

1981 F1 pole positions

Polesitters

#Grand PrixCircuitDriverConstructorRacePole margin
1USA WestLong Beach(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford CosworthDNF0.009s
2BrazilJacarepagua(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth120.311s
3ArgentinaBuenos Aires(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth10.316s
4San MarinoImola(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari70.706s
5BelgiumZolder(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth10.850s
6MonacoMonte Carlo(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford CosworthDNF0.078s
7SpainJarama(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra20.270s
8FranceDijon-Prenois(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault40.410s
9BritainSilverstone(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault9R0.046s
10GermanyHockenheim(FRA) Alain ProstRenault20.460s
11AustriaOsterreichring(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault20.303s
12NetherlandsZandvoort(FRA) Alain ProstRenault10.079s
13ItalyMonza(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenaultDNF0.673s
14CanadaMontreal(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth50.148s
15Caesars PalaceLas Vegas(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth80.174s
← 1980 1982 →
First pole position (drivers)
Riccardo Patrese
Alain Prost
Last pole position (drivers)
Jacques Laffite
Carlos Reutemann
Gilles Villeneuve
First pole position (constructors)
Arrows
Last pole position (constructors)
Arrows
Ligier
First pole position since…
1978 for Carlos Reutemann
1979 for Gilles Villeneuve and Ferrari
Last pole position until…
1983 for Riccardo Patrese
First pole position by a…
Argentine driver since 1978
Canadian driver since 1979
Last pole position by a…
Canadian driver until 1996

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