1981 Season

Driver standings

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts.
1	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	Brabham	50
2	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Williams	49
3	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	46
4	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	44
5	Alain Prost	French	Renault	43
6	John Watson	British	McLaren	27
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	25
8	Elio de Angelis	Italian	Team Lotus	14
9	René Arnoux	French	Renault	11
10	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Brabham	11
11	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	10
12	Eddie Cheever	American	Tyrrell	10
13	Didier Pironi	French	Ferrari	9
14	Nigel Mansell	British	Team Lotus	8
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Italian	Alfa Romeo	7
16	Marc Surer	Swiss	Theodore	4
17	Mario Andretti	American	Alfa Romeo	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	McLaren	1
19	Patrick Tambay	French	Ligier	1
20	Slim Borgudd	Swedish	ATS	1
21	Eliseo Salazar	Chilean	Ensign	1
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	Osella	0
23	Derek Daly	Irish	March	0
24	Siegfried Stohr	Italian	Arrows	0
25	Chico Serra	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	0
26	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	Fittipaldi	0
27	Michele Alboreto	Italian	Tyrrell	0
28	Brian Henton	British	Toleman	0
29	Jan Lammers	Dutch	ATS	0
30	Ricardo Zunino	Argentine	Tyrrell	0
31	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italian	Osella	0
32	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	French	Ligier	0
33	Derek Warwick	British	Toleman	0
34	Beppe Gabbiani	Italian	Osella	0
35	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Argentine	Osella	0
36	Kevin Cogan	American	Tyrrell	0
37	Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	Canadian	Arrows	0
38	Giorgio Francia	Italian	Osella	0
39	Ricardo Londoño	Colombian	Ensign	0