1981 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

Season

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MCO	ESP	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	CPL	Avg.	Best
1	Carlos Reutemann	3	2	4	2	1	4	3	7	9	3	5	5	2	2	1	3.53	1
2	Nelson Piquet	4	1	1	5	2	1	9	4	3	6	7	3	6	1	4	3.80	1
3	Alan Jones	2	3	3	8	6	7	2	9	7	4	6	4	5	3	2	4.73	2
4	Alain Prost	14	5	2	4	12	9	5	3	2	1	2	1	3	4	5	4.80	1
5	Gilles Villeneuve	5	7	7	1	7	2	7	11	8	8	3	16	9	11	3	7.00	1
6	Rene Arnoux	20	8	5	3	25	13	17	1	1	2	1	2	1	8	13	8.00	1
7	John Watson	23	15	11	7	5	10	4	2	5	9	12	8	7	9	6	8.87	2
8	Jacques Laffite	12	16	21	10	9	8	1	6	14	7	4	6	4	10	12	9.33	1
9	Riccardo Patrese	1	4	9	9	4	5	12	18	10	13	10	10	20	18	11	10.27	1
10	Didier Pironi	11	17	12	6	3	17	13	14	4	5	8	12	8	12	18	10.67	3
11	Elio de Angelis	13	10	10		14	6	10	8	22	14	9	9	11	7	15	11.29	6
12	Mario Andretti	6	9	17	12	18	12	8	10	11	12	13	7	13	16	10	11.60	6
13	Nigel Mansell	7	13	15		10	3	11	13	27	15	11	17	12	5	9	12.00	3
14	Bruno Giacomelli	9	6	22	11	17	18	6	12	12	19	16	14	10	15	8	13.00	6
15	Andrea de Cesaris	22	20	18	14	23	11	14	5	6	10	18	13	16	13	14	14.47	5
16	Hector Rebaque	15	11	6	13	21	23	18	15	13	16	15	15	14	6	16	14.47	6
17	Patrick Tambay	17	19	14	16	28	16	16	16	15	11	17	11	15	17	7	15.67	7
18	Eddie Cheever	8	14	13	19	8	15	20	19	23	18	25	22	17	14	19	16.93	8
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	23							20	17	14	18	18	23	21	18.22	10
20	Keke Rosberg	16	12	8	15	11	21	15	17	16	25		27	29	25	20	18.36	8
21	Marc Surer	19	18	16	21	15	19		21	24	22	23	20	25	19	23	20.36	15
22	Jean-Pierre Jabouille			28	18	16	22	19									20.60	16
23	Michele Alboreto				17	19	20	25	23	19	29	22	25	22	22	17	21.67	17
24	Siegfried Stohr	28	21	19	25	13	14	23	25	18	24	24	21	28			21.77	13
25	Derek Daly	29	29	27	26	31	28	22	20	17	21	19	19	19	20	27	23.60	17
26	Slim Borgudd				24	27	27	27	27	21	20	21	23	21	21	25	23.67	20
27	Jan Lammers	21	25	23	27												24.00	21
27	Ricardo Zunino		24	24													24.00	24
29	Chico Serra	18	22	20	28	20	24	21	24	25	30		28	30	26	26	24.43	18
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani					24	25										24.50	24
31	Eliseo Salazar	26	28	29	23	26	29	24	22	28	23	20	24	24	24	24	24.93	20
32	Kevin Cogan	25															25.00	25
33	Miguel Angel Guerra	27	27	25	22												25.25	22
34	Beppe Gabbiani	24	26	26	20	22	26	26	28	30	27	28	29	26	30	30	26.53	20
35	Brian Henton				30	30	30	28	26	26	26	27	26	23	27	29	27.33	23
36	Jacques Villeneuve Sr														28	28	28.00	28
37	Derek Warwick				29	29	31	29	29	29	28	26	30	27	29	22	28.17	22
38	Giorgio Francia							30									30.00	30
Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MCO	ESP	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	CAN	CPL	Avg.	Best

Table key

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Head-to-head

Constructor	Driver	H2H	Driver
Brabham	Nelson Piquet	15-0	Hector Rebaque
Fittipaldi	Keke Rosberg	14-0	Chico Serra
McLaren	John Watson	14-1	Andrea de Cesaris
Arrows	Riccardo Patrese	13-0	Siegfried Stohr
Ferrari	Gilles Villeneuve	10-5	Didier Pironi
Renault	Alain Prost	10-5	Rene Arnoux
Williams	Carlos Reutemann	10-5	Alan Jones
Lotus	Elio de Angelis	9-5	Nigel Mansell
Toleman	Brian Henton	8-4	Derek Warwick
Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever	8-4	Michele Alboreto
Alfa Romeo	Mario Andretti	8-7	Bruno Giacomelli
Osella	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7-0	Beppe Gabbiani
Ligier	Jacques Laffite	7-1	Patrick Tambay
Ligier	Jacques Laffite	5-0	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
March	Eliseo Salazar	4-2	Derek Daly
Osella	Beppe Gabbiani	3-1	Miguel Angel Guerra
Arrows	Riccardo Patrese	2-0	Jacques Villeneuve Sr
Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever	2-0	Ricardo Zunino
ATS	Slim Borgudd	1-0	Jan Lammers
Osella	Beppe Gabbiani	1-0	Giorgio Fontana
Tyrrell	Eddie Cheever	1-0	Kevin Cogan
Ligier	Jacques Laffite	1-1	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Osella	Beppe Gabbiani	1-1	Piercarlo Ghinzani

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