1981 standings

Final standings, Caesars Palace Grand Prix, 17 Oct 1981. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1980 · 1982

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	50	leader
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	49	-1
3	Alan Jones	Williams	2	46	-4
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	44	-6
5	Alain Prost	Renault	3	43	-7
6	John Watson	McLaren	1	27	-23
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	25	-25
8	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	0	14	-36
9	René Arnoux	Renault	0	11	-39
10	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	0	11	-39
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	10	-40
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	0	10	-40
13	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	0	9	-41
14	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	0	8	-42
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	7	-43
16	Marc Surer	Theodore	0	4	-46
17	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	3	-47
18	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	0	1	-49
19	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	0	1	-49
20	Slim Borgudd	ATS	0	1	-49
21	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	0	1	-49
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	0	0	-50
23	Derek Daly	March	0	0	-50
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	0	0	-50
25	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	0	0	-50
26	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	0	0	-50
27	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	0	0	-50
28	Brian Henton	Toleman	0	0	-50
29	Jan Lammers	ATS	0	0	-50
30	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell	0	0	-50
31	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	0	0	-50
32	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	0	0	-50
33	Derek Warwick	Toleman	0	0	-50
34	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	0	0	-50
35	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	0	0	-50
36	Kevin Cogan	Tyrrell	0	0	-50
37	Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	Arrows	0	0	-50
38	Giorgio Francia	Osella	0	0	-50
39	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign	0	0	-50

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Williams	4	95	leader
2	Brabham	3	61	-34
3	Renault	3	54	-41
4	Ligier	2	44	-51
5	Ferrari	2	34	-61
6	McLaren	1	28	-67
7	Team Lotus	0	22	-73
8	Arrows	0	10	-85
9	Alfa Romeo	0	10	-85
10	Tyrrell	0	10	-85
11	Ensign	0	5	-90
12	Theodore	0	1	-94
13	ATS	0	1	-94
14	March	0	0	-95
15	Fittipaldi	0	0	-95
16	Osella	0	0	-95
17	Toleman	0	0	-95

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	United States Grand Prix West	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	9
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Carlos Reutemann	Alan Jones	15
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	21
4	San Marino Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	25
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann	34
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Carlos Reutemann	34
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Carlos Reutemann	37
8	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Carlos Reutemann	37
9	British Grand Prix	John Watson	Carlos Reutemann	43
10	German Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	43
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	Carlos Reutemann	45
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Nelson Piquet	45
13	Italian Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Carlos Reutemann	49
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	Carlos Reutemann	49
15	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Nelson Piquet	50