Drivers' championship 1981Final standings

1981Drivers’ championship

Nelson Piquet took the 1981 title by 1 point from Reutemann, with 3 wins.

1981 World Champion

NelsonPiquet

Brabham

50Points

3Wins

Champion: 50; points · Piquet
Margin: 1; points to Reutemann
Rounds: 15; in the season
Winners: 7; different race winners

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Piquet	Reutemann	Jones	Laffite	Prost
R1 · United States Grand Prix West	4	6	9	0	0
R2 · Brazilian Grand Prix	4	15	15	1	0
R3 · Argentine Grand Prix	13	21	18	1	4
R4 · San Marino Grand Prix	22	25	18	1	4
R5 · Belgian Grand Prix	22	34	18	7	4
R6 · Monaco Grand Prix	22	34	24	11	4
R7 · Spanish Grand Prix	22	37	24	17	4
R8 · French Grand Prix	26	37	24	17	13
R9 · British Grand Prix	26	43	24	21	13
R10 · German Grand Prix	35	43	24	25	19
R11 · Austrian Grand Prix	39	45	27	34	19
R12 · Dutch Grand Prix	45	45	31	34	28
R13 · Italian Grand Prix	46	49	37	34	37
R14 · Canadian Grand Prix	48	49	37	43	37
R15 · Caesars Palace Grand Prix	50	49	46	44	43

After round15 · Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1981 drivers’ championship table, after round 15 (Caesars Palace Grand Prix).

1981 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1up 1 since the previous round (champion)	Nelson Piquet Brabham	Brabham	3	Champion	50Champion
2down 1 since the previous round	Carlos Reutemann Williams	Williams	2	+1	49+1
3up 1 since the previous round	Alan Jones Williams	Williams	2	+4	46+4
4down 1 since the previous round	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	2	+6	44+6
5	Alain Prost Renault	Renault	3	+7	43+7
6	John Watson McLaren	McLaren	1	+23	27+23
7	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	Ferrari	2	+25	25+25
8	Elio de Angelis Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+36	14+36
9	René Arnoux Renault	Renault	0	+39	11+39
10	Hector Rebaque Brabham	Brabham	0	+39	11+39
11	Riccardo Patrese Arrows	Arrows	0	+40	10+40
12	Eddie Cheever Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+40	10+40
13	Didier Pironi Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+41	9+41
14	Nigel Mansell Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+42	8+42
15up 1 since the previous round	Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+43	7+43
16down 1 since the previous round	Marc SurerEnsign / Theodore	Ensign / Theodore	0	+46	4+46
17	Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+47	3+47
18	Andrea de Cesaris McLaren	McLaren	0	+49	1+49
19	Patrick TambayTheodore / Ligier	Theodore / Ligier	0	+49	1+49
20	Slim Borgudd ATS	ATS	0	+49	1+49
21	Eliseo SalazarOsella / March / Ensign	Osella / March / Ensign	0	+49	1+49
–	Jean-Pierre JarierLigier / Osella	Ligier / Osella	0	+50	0+50
–	Derek Daly March	March	0	+50	0+50
–	Siegfried Stohr Arrows	Arrows	0	+50	0+50
–	Chico Serra Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+50	0+50
–	Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+50	0+50
–	Michele Alboreto Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+50	0+50
–	Brian Henton Toleman	Toleman	0	+50	0+50
–	Jan Lammers ATS	ATS	0	+50	0+50
–	Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+50	0+50
–	Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella	Osella	0	+50	0+50
–	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier	Ligier	0	+50	0+50
–	Derek Warwick Toleman	Toleman	0	+50	0+50
–	Beppe Gabbiani Osella	Osella	0	+50	0+50
–	Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella	Osella	0	+50	0+50
–	Ricardo Londoño Ensign	Ensign	0	+50	0+50

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1981 championship.

Standings after round 15