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1981 Toyota Grand Prix of the United States qualifying results

Formula One race number 1 of 15
Sunday, March 15, 1981 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA
80 laps on a 3.251 kilometer street course (260.080 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:50:41.33
Average speed: 140.981 kph
Pole time: 79.399 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 9.19 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time (seconds)	Speed (km/hr)
Qualifying results for this race:
1	Riccardo Patrese	29	1:19.399	147.402
2	Alan Jones	1	1:19.408	147.386
3	Carlos Reutemann	2	1:20.149	146.023
4	Nelson Piquet	5	1:20.289	145.768
5	Gilles Villeneuve	27	1:20.462	145.455
6	Mario Andretti	22	1:20.476	145.430
7	Nigel Mansell	12	1:20.573	145.255
8	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	3	1:20.643	145.129
9	Bruno Giacomelli	23	1:20.664	145.091
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	25	1:20.787	144.870
11	Didier Pironi	28	1:20.909	144.651
12	Jacques Laffite	26	1:20.925	144.623
13	Elio de Angelis	11	1:20.928	144.617
14	Alain Prost	15	1:20.980	144.525
15	Hector Rebaque	6	1:21.000	144.489
16	Keke Rosberg	20	1:21.001	144.487
17	Patrick Tambay	33	1:21.298	143.959
18	Chico Serra	21	1:21.409	143.763
19	Marc Surer	14	1:21.522	143.564
20	Rene Arnoux	16	1:21.540	143.532
21	Jan Lammers	9	1:21.758	143.149
22	Andrea de Cesaris	8	1:22.028	142.678
23	John Watson	7	1:22.183	142.409
24	Beppe Gabbiani	32	1:22.213	142.357
25	Kevin Cogan	4	1:22.284	142.234
26	Derek Daly	17	1:22.356	142.110
27	Miguel Angel Guerra	31	1:22.673	141.565
28	Siegfried Stohr	30	1:23.504	140.156
29	Eliseo Salazar	18	1:24.383	138.696

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Kevin Cogan (#4), Derek Daly (#17), Miguel Angel Guerra (#31), Siegfried Stohr (#30), Eliseo Salazar (#18)