1981 F1 Championship Standings
Driver and constructor standings for the 1981 season, with race-by-race results and cumulative points charts.
Drivers
1981 cumulative points
Championship standings
- 1
LEAD50Nelson PiquetBrabham3 wins - 2
−149Carlos ReutemannWilliams2 wins - 3−446Alan JonesWilliams2 wins
- 4
−644Jacques LaffiteLigier2 wins - 5
−743Alain ProstRenault3 wins - 6
−2327John WatsonMcLaren1 win - 7−2525Gilles VilleneuveFerrari2 wins
- 8
−3614Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus - 9
−3911René ArnouxRenault - 10−3911Hector RebaqueBrabham
- 11
−4010Riccardo PatreseArrows - 12
−4010Eddie CheeverTyrrell - 13
−419Didier PironiFerrari - 14
−428Nigel MansellTeam Lotus - 15
−437Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo - 16
−464Marc SurerEnsign - 17
−473Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo - 18
−491Patrick TambayTheodore - 19
−491Eliseo SalazarMarch - 20
−491Slim BorguddATS - 21
−491Andrea de CesarisMcLaren - 22−500Giorgio FranciaOsella
- 23−500Miguel Ángel GuerraOsella
- 24
−500Jean-Pierre JarierLigier - 25
−500Brian HentonToleman - 26
−500Derek WarwickToleman - 27
−500Ricardo ZuninoTyrrell - 28
−500Chico SerraFittipaldi - 29
−500Jean-Pierre JabouilleLigier - 30
−500Keke RosbergFittipaldi - 31
−500Michele AlboretoTyrrell - 32−500Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella
- 33−500Ricardo LondoñoEnsign
- 34
−500Derek DalyMarch - 35
−500Kevin CoganTyrrell - 36
−500Jan LammersATS - 37
−500Beppe GabbianiOsella - 38−500Siegfried StohrArrows
- 39−500Jacques Villeneuve Sr.Arrows
Race results
R1: United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach, USA15 Mar
Alan Jones
Williams
R2: Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brazil29 Mar
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
R3: Argentine Grand Prix
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Argentina12 Apr
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
R4: San Marino Grand Prix
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy3 May
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
R5: Belgian Grand Prix
Zolder, Belgium17 May
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
R6: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco31 May
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
R7: Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama, Spain21 Jun
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
R8: French Grand Prix
Dijon-Prenois, France5 Jul
Alain Prost
Renault
R9: British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit, UK18 Jul
John Watson
McLaren
R10: German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring, Germany2 Aug
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
R11: Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring, Austria16 Aug
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
R12: Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands30 Aug
Alain Prost
Renault
R13: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy13 Sept
Alain Prost
Renault
R14: Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada27 Sept
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
R15: Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Las Vegas Street Circuit, USA17 Oct
Alan Jones
Williams
Points calculated from race and sprint results.