Red Bull Ring · 16 August 1981
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ligier Laffite 9 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 9 + Tambay 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Renault Arnoux 6 + Prost 0 | Arnoux 6 + Prost 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Williams Jones 3 + Reutemann 2 | Jones 3 + Reutemann 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Brabham Piquet 4 + Rebaque 0 | Piquet 4 + Rebaque 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | McLaren Watson 1 + Cesaris 0 | Watson 1 + Cesaris 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Angelis 0 + Mansell 0 | Angelis 0 + Mansell 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | March Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Alfa Romeo Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Borgudd 0 | Borgudd 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Stohr 0 | Patrese 0 + Stohr 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ensign Salazar 0 | Salazar 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Tyrrell Alboreto 0 | Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | 1:27:36.470 | 53 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | +5.170s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +7.340s | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +12.040s | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | +31.850s | 53 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1:31.140 | 53 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 52 | — | — | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | — | 52 | — | — | |
| 9 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 52 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | — | 51 | — | — | |
| 11 | Derek Daly March | March | — | 47 | — | — | |
| 12 | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | — | 46 | — | — | |
| 13 | Slim Borgudd ATS | ATS | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | — | 43 | — | — | |
| 15 | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | — | 43 | — | — | |
| 16 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 40 | — | — | |
| 17 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | — | 35 | — | — | |
| 18 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | — | 32 | — | — | |
| 19 | Siegfried Stohr Arrows | Arrows | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 20 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | — | 26 | — | — | |
| 21 | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | — | 26 | — | — | |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 23 | — | — | |
| 23 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 24 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | — | 0 | — | — |