1981 Monaco Grand Prix

Results from the 1981 Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 31, 1981.

Classification

Nelson Piquet in a Brabham BT49C

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	76	1:54:23.38	2	9
2	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	76	+ 39.91	7	6
3	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	76	+ 1:29.24	8	4
4	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	75	+ 1 Lap	17	3
5	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 2 Laps	15	2
6	14	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford	74	+ 2 Laps	19	1
7	33	Patrick Tambay	Theodore-Ford	72	+ 4 Laps	16
Ret	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	53	Spun Off	1
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	52	Engine	10
Ret	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	50	Collision	20
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	50	Collision	18
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	45	Engine	9
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	33	Gearbox	4
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	32	Engine	6
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	32	Spun Off	13
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	29	Gearbox	5
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	15	Suspension	3
Ret	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford	14	Fuel System	14
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	0	Collision	11
Ret	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	Collision	12
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	25	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier-Matra
DNQ	6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford
DNQ	10	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford
DNQ	18	Derek Daly	March-Ford
DNQ	17	Eliseo Salazar	March-Ford
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart

Notes

• Pole position: Nelson Piquet - 1:25.710^[1]
• Fastest lap: Alan Jones - 1:27.470 on lap 48^[2]

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/363/. Retrieved 2007-06-16.