Las Vegas Street Circuit · 17 October 1981
Alan Jones won the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 20.048s ahead of Alain Prost. Keke Rosberg gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Jones 9 + Reutemann 0 | Jones 9 + Reutemann 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Renault Prost 6 + Arnoux 0 | Prost 6 + Arnoux 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 4 + Andretti 0 | Giacomelli 4 + Andretti 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Team Lotus Mansell 3 + de Angelis 0 | Mansell 3 + de Angelis 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Brabham Piquet 2 + Rebaque 0 | Piquet 2 + Rebaque 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ligier Laffite 1 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 1 + Tambay 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | McLaren Watson 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Watson 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ferrari Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Fittipaldi Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Patrese 0 | Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tyrrell Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ensign Salazar 0 | Salazar 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Toleman Warwick 0 | Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | 1:44:09.077 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | +20.048s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +20.428s | 75 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +47.473s | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +1:16.438 | 75 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1:18.175 | 75 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1:18.497 | 75 | — | — | |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 9 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +4 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | +6 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 13 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 67 | — | — | |
| NC | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | NC | 61 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Toleman | Toleman | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Suspension | 29 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | DNF Throttle | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | DNF Suspension | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Electrical | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Water leak | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — |