Formula One standings for 1981Click on the Driver to see 1981 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Km | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nelson Piquet | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 808 | 185 | 0 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 10 | 3,665.92 | 8 | 50 | |
| 2 |  Carlos Reutemann | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 852 | 104 | 0 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 12 | 3,822.73 | 8 | 49 | -1 |
| 3 |  Alan Jones | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 827 | 188 | 0 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 11 | 3,681.46 | 8 | 46 | -4 |
| 4 |  Jacques Laffite | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 728 | 66 | 0 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9 | 3,185.08 | 7 | 44 | -6 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 566 | 212 | 0 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 6 | 2,618.99 | 6 | 43 | -7 |
| 6 |  John Watson | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 809 | 8 | 0 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 10 | 3,645.57 | 7 | 27 | -23 |
| 7 |  Gilles Villeneuve | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 542 | 86 | 0 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 6 | 2,394.65 | 5 | 25 | -25 |
| 8 |  Elio de Angelis | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 10 | 3,175.68 | 3 | 14 | -36 |
| 9 | Rene Arnoux | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 585 | 56 | 0 | 6.8 | 12.4 | 7 | 2,649.89 | 4 | 11 | -39 |
| 10 |  Hector Rebaque | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 5 | 2,724.99 | 2 | 11 | -39 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 579 | 24 | 0 | 10.3 | 14.5 | 5 | 2,688.30 | 1 | 10 | -40 |
| 12 |  Eddie Cheever, Jr. | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 16.4 | 12.7 | 8 | 2,791.30 | 3 | 10 | -40 |
| 13 | Didier Pironi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 652 | 44 | 0 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 8 | 2,731.46 | 3 | 9 | -41 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 5 | 2,066.69 | 3 | 8 | -42 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 8 | 3,174.03 | 3 | 7 | -43 |
| 16 |  Marc Surer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 662 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 7 | 2,894.86 | 0 | 4 | -46 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 712 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 7 | 3,217.58 | 2 | 3 | -47 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 5 | 2,147.30 | 1 | 1 | -49 |
| 18 | Patrick Tambay | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 5 | 2,255.86 | 0 | 1 | -49 |
| 18 |  Eliseo Salazar | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 15.8 | 4 | 1,619.98 | 0 | 1 | -49 |
| 18 |  Slim Borgudd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 21.6 | 13.9 | 3 | 1,626.05 | 0 | 1 | -49 |
| Michele Alboreto | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 462 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 14.3 | 3 | 1,970.27 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Pierre Jarier | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 12.1 | 5 | 1,956.45 | 0 | |||
 Keke Rosberg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 16.0 | 3 | 1,407.35 | 0 | |||
| Siegfried Stohr | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 3 | 1,352.28 | 0 | |||
 Derek Daly | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 19.6 | 14.3 | 4 | 1,649.03 | 0 | |||
| Chico Serra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 16.7 | 2 | 805.93 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 1 | 544.88 | 0 | |||
| Beppe Gabbiani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17.3 | 0 | 334.53 | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Zunino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 13.0 | 2 | 591.14 | 0 | |||
 Jan Lammers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 437.66 | 0 | |||
| Brian Henton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 284.20 | 0 | |||
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 213.10 | 0 | |||
| Derek Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 156.52 | 0 | |||
| Miguel Angel Guerra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
 Emilio de Villota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |