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1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Alan Jones	1	75	75

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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