US Grand Prix 1981 Caesar's Palace 17 October
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 01 Alan Jones AUS Albilad-Williams Racing Team Williams FW07C Ford 75 1h44m09.077s 9 2 2 15 Alain Prost FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30 Renault 75 1h44m29.125s 6 5 3 23 Bruno Giacomelli ITA Marlboro Team Alfa Roméo Alfa Roméo 179C Alfa Roméo 75 1h44m29.505s 4 8 4 12 Nigel Mansell GBR Team Essex Lotus Lotus 87 Ford 75 1h44m56.550s 3 9 5 05 Nelson Piquet BRA Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49C Ford 75 1h45m25.515s 2 4 6 26 Jacques Laffite FRA Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17 Matra 75 1h45m27.252s 1 12 7 07 John Watson GBR Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4 Ford 75 1h45m27.574s - 6 8 02 Carlos Reutemann ARG Albilad-Williams Racing Team Williams FW07C Ford 74 - - 1 9 28 Didier Pironi FRA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 126CK Ferrari 73 - - 18 10 20 Keke Rosberg FIN Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F8C Ford 73 - - 20 11 29 Riccardo Patrese ITA Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Ford 71 - - 11 12 08 Andrea De Cesaris ITA McLaren International McLaren MP4 Ford 69 - - 14 13 04 Michele Alboreto ITA Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 Ford 67 Engine - 17 NC 14 Eliseo Salazar CHL Ensign Racing Team Ensign N180B Ford 61 - - 24 R 36 Derek Warwick GBR Candy Toleman Motorsport Toleman TG181 Hart 43 Gearbox - 22 R 22 Mario Andretti USA Marlboro Team Alfa Roméo Alfa Roméo 179D Alfa Roméo 29 Suspension - 10 DQ 27 Gilles Villeneuve CAN Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 126CK Ferrari 22 Wrong Grid Position - 3 R 06 Hector Rebaque MEX Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49C Ford 20 Spun Off - 16 R 33 Marc Surer CH Theodore Racing Team Theodore TY01 Ford 19 Suspension - 23 R 03 Eddie Cheever USA Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 Ford 10 Engine - 19 R 16 René Arnoux FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30 Renault 10 Electrics - 13 R 25 Patrick Tambay FRA Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17 Matra 2 Accident - 7 R 11 Elio De Angelis ITA Team Essex Lotus Lotus 87 Ford 2 Water Leak - 15 R 32 Jean Pierre Jarier FRA Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1C Ford 0 Transmission - 21 DNQ 09 Slim Borgudd SWE Team ATS ATS HGS1 Ford - - - - DNQ 21 Chico Serra BRA Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F8C Ford - - - - DNQ 17 Derek Daly IRL March Grand Prix March 811 Ford - - - - DNQ 30 Jacques Villeneuve  CAN Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Ford - - - - DNQ 35 Brian Henton GBR Candy Toleman Motorsport Toleman TG181 Hart - - - - DNQ 31 Beppe Gabbiani ITA Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1B Ford - - - - Lap Leaders Total Alan Jones 1-75 75 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m17.821s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m20.156s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Nelson Piquet BRA 50 2 Carlos Reutemann ARG 49 3 Alan Jones AUS 46 4 Jacques Laffite FRA 44 5 Alain Prost FRA 43 6 John Watson GBR 27