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1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Tweet Formula One race number 15 of 15 Saturday, October 17, 1981 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV 75 laps on a 3.640 kilometer road course (273.000 kilometers) Time of race: 1:44:09.08 Average speed: 157.271 kph Pole time: 77.821 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 20.048 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1981 Formula One results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 1   Alan Jones TAG Williams Racing Team Williams FW07D / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 1:44:09.077 75 9 2 5 15   Alain Prost Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30 / Renault-Gordini EF1 75 +20.048 0 6 3 8 23   Bruno Giacomelli Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 179C / Alfa Romeo 1260 75 +20.428 0 4 4 9 12   Nigel Mansell John Player Team Lotus Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +47.473 0 3 5 4 5   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49C / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +76.438 0 2 6 12 26   Jacques Laffite Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 75 +78.175 0 1 7 6 7   John Watson Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +78.497 0 0 8 1 2   Carlos Reutemann TAG Williams Racing Team Williams FW07C / Ford Cosworth DFV 74 +1 lap 0 0 9 18 28   Didier Pironi Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 126CK / Ferrari 021 73 +2 laps 0 0 10 20 20   Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F8C / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +2 laps 0 0 11 11 29   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 +4 laps 0 0 12 14 8   Andrea de Cesaris Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +6 laps 0 0 ret 17 4   Michele Alboreto Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV 67 engine 0 0 nc 24 14   Eliseo Salazar Ensign Racing Ensign N180B / Ford Cosworth DFV 61 +14 laps 0 0 ret 22 36   Derek Warwick Candy Toleman Motorsport Toleman TG181 / Hart 415T 43 gearbox 0 0 ret 10 22   Mario Andretti Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 179C / Alfa Romeo 1260 29 suspension 0 0 dsq 3 27   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 126CK / Ferrari 021 22 disqualified 0 0 ret 16 6   Hector Rebaque Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49C / Ford Cosworth DFV 20 throttle 0 0 ret 23 33   Marc Surer Theodore Racing Team Theodore TY01 / Ford Cosworth DFV 19 suspension 0 0 ret 19 3   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV 10 engine 0 0 ret 13 16   Rene Arnoux Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30 / Renault-Gordini EF1 10 electrical 0 0 ret 7 25   Patrick Tambay Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 2 crash 0 0 ret 15 11   Elio de Angelis John Player Team Lotus Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV 2 water leak 0 0 ret 21 32   Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1C / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 transmission 0 0

Fastest Lap: 163.930 kph by Didier Pironi Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Slim Borgudd 9 Team ATS 26 Chico Serra 21 Fittipaldi Automotive 27 Derek Daly 17 March Grand Prix Team 28 Jacques Villeneuve 30 Arrows Racing Team 29 Brian Henton 35 Candy Toleman Motorsport 30 Beppe Gabbiani 31 Osella Squadra Corse Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alan Jones 1 75 75 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Nelson Piquet 50     2   Carlos Reutemann 49   -1   3   Alan Jones 46   -4   4   Jacques Laffite 44   -6   5   Alain Prost 43   -7   6   John Watson 27   -23   7   Gilles Villeneuve 25   -25   8   Elio de Angelis 14   -36   9   Hector Rebaque 11   -39   9   Rene Arnoux 11   -39   11   Riccardo Patrese 10   -40   11   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 10   -40   13   Didier Pironi 9   -41   14   Nigel Mansell 8   -42   15   Bruno Giacomelli 7   -43   16   Marc Surer 4   -46   17   Mario Andretti 3   -47   18   Slim Borgudd 1   -49   18   Patrick Tambay 1   -49   18   Eliseo Salazar 1   -49   18   Andrea de Cesaris 1   -49