1981 Formula One season

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1981 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1981 Formula One season was the 32nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 15, 1981, and ended on October 17 after fifteen races. Although not a part of the Championship in 1981, the South African Grand Prix saw a good entry of high-caliber drivers and cars, and was won by Carlos Reutemann in a Williams

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1981 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1981 Drivers Championship final standings
5 External links

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	United States Grand Prix West	March 15	Long Beach	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 29	Jacarepaguá	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Report
3	Argentine Grand Prix	April 12	Oscar Gálvez	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	May 3	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 17	Zolder	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 31	Monaco	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
7	Spanish Grand Prix	June 21	Jarama	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 5	Dijon-Prenois	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 18	Silverstone	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Report
10	German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	August 16	Österreichring	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
12	Dutch Grand Prix	August 30	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 13	Monza	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 27	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Report
15	Las Vegas Grand Prix	October 17	Las Vegas	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report

[edit] 1981 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Ford	FW07B FW07C	Ford Cosworth DFV	95	4	13	2
2	Brabham-Ford	BT49C	Ford Cosworth DFV	61	3	7	4
3	Renault	RE20B RE30	Renault-Gordini EF1	54	3	7	6
4	Talbot-Ligier-Matra	JS17	Matra MS81	44	2	7	1
5	Ferrari	126CK	Ferrari 021	34	2	3	1
6	McLaren-Ford	M29C M29F MP4/1	Ford Cosworth DFV	28	1	4
7	Lotus-Ford	81 87 88 88B	Ford Cosworth DFV	22		1
8	Tyrrell-Ford	010 011	Ford Cosworth DFV	10
9	Alfa Romeo	179B 179C 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260	10		1
10	Arrows-Ford	A3	Ford Cosworth DFV	10		2	1
11	Ensign-Ford	N180B	Ford Cosworth DFV	5
12	Theodore-Ford	TY01	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
13	ATS-Ford	D4 HGS	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
14	Fittipaldi-Ford	F8C	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	Osella-Ford	FA1B FA1C	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	March-Ford	811	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	Toleman-Hart	TG181	Hart 415T

[edit] 1981 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	SPA	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	VEG	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	3	12	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	3	2	6	5	5	50
2	Carlos Reutemann	2	1	2	3	1	Ret	4	10	2	Ret	5	Ret	3	10	8	49
3	Alan Jones	1	2	4	12	Ret	2	7	17	Ret	11	4	3	2	Ret	1	46
4	Jacques Laffite	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	Ret	3	3	1	Ret	Ret	1	6	44
5	Alain Prost	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	43
6	John Watson	Ret	8	Ret	10	7	Ret	3	2	1	6	6	Ret	Ret	2	7	27
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	1	1	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	DSQ	25
8	Elio de Angelis	Ret	5	6	WD	5	Ret	5	6	DSQ	7	7	5	4	6	Ret	14
9	René Arnoux	8	Ret	5	8	DNQ	Ret	9	4	9	13	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11
10	Hector Rebaque	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	DNQ	Ret	9	5	4	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	11
11	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	3	7	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10
12	Eddie Cheever	5	NC	Ret	Ret	6	5	NC	13	4	5	DNQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10
13	Didier Pironi	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	4	15	5	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	5	Ret	9	9
14	Nigel Mansell	Ret	11	Ret	WD	3	Ret	6	7	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	8
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Ret	NC	10	Ret	9	Ret	10	15	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	8	4	3	7
16	Marc Surer	Ret	4	Ret	9	11	6		12	11	14	Ret	8	DNQ	9	Ret	4
17	Mario Andretti	4	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	8	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	8	DNS	7	Ret	12	1
19	Patrick Tambay	6	10	Ret	11	DNQ	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
20	Slim Borgudd				13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	6	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	1
21	Eliseo Salazar	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	DNQ	NC	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	NC	1
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	7							8	8	10	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	0
23	Siegfried Stohr	DNQ	Ret	9	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	12	Ret	7	DNQ			0
24	Derek Daly	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	8	DNQ	0
25	Chico Serra	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	11	DNS	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
26	Keke Rosberg	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	0
27	Michele Alboreto				Ret	12	Ret	DNQ	16	Ret	DNQ	Ret	9	Ret	11	13	0
28	Brian Henton				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	DNQ	DNQ	0
29	Jan Lammers	Ret	DNQ	12	Ret												0
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani					13	DNQ										0
31	Ricardo Zunino		13	13													0
—	Beppe Gabbiani	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Jean-Pierre Jabouille			DNQ	NC	Ret	DNQ	Ret									0
—	Derek Warwick				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	Miguel Angel Guerra	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret												0
—	Jacques Villeneuve (elder)														DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Kevin Cogan	DNQ															0
—	Ricardo Londono		DNQ														0
—	Giorgio Francia							DNQ									0
Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	SPA	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	VEG	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Nelson Piquet	5	Brazil	50	3	7	4
2	Carlos Reutemann	2	Argentina	49	2	7	2
3	Alan Jones	1	Australia	46	2	6
4	Jacques Laffite	26	France	44	2	7	1
5	Alain Prost	15	France	43	3	6	2
6	John Watson	7	Britain	27	1	4
7	Gilles Villeneuve	27	Canada	25	2	3	1
8	Elio de Angelis	11	Italy	14
9	René Arnoux	16	France	11		1	4
10	Hector Rebaque	6	Mexico	11
11	Riccardo Patrese	29	Italy	10		2	1
12	Eddie Cheever	3	USA	10
13	Didier Pironi	28	France	9
14	Nigel Mansell	12	Britain	8		1
15	Bruno Giacomelli	23	Italy	7		1
16	Marc Surer	33	Switzerland	4
17	Mario Andretti	22	USA	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	8	Italy	1
19	Patrick Tambay	25	France	1
20	Slim Borgudd	9	Sweden	1
21	Eliseo Salazar	14	Chile	1
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	32	France	0
23	Siegfried Stohr	30	Italy	0
24	Derek Daly	17	Ireland	0
25	Chico Serra	21	Brazil	0
26	Michele Alboreto	4	Italy	0
27	Keke Rosberg	20	Finland	0
28	Brian Henton	35	Britain	0
29	Jan Lammers	9	Netherlands	0
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	32	Italy	0
31	Ricardo Zunino	4	Argentina	0
—	Beppe Gabbiani	31	Italy	0
—	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	25	France	0
—	Derek Warwick	36	Britain	0
—	Miguel Angel Guerra	31	Argentina	0
—	Ricardo Londono	14	Colombia	0
—	Giorgio Francia	?	USA	0