Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Las Vegas Street Circuit · 17 October 1981
Round 15🇺🇸 USA1981
Corners
17
Laps
75
Type
Temporary - Street
First GP
1981
Weekend Points
| 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 + Angelis 0 | Mansell 3 + 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 + Cesaris 0 | Watson 0 + 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 |
Race Result
| 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 | — | — | |
| 14 | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | DNF Not classified | 61 | — | — | |
| 15 | Derek Warwick Toleman | Toleman | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| 16 | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Suspension | 29 | — | — | |
| 17 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 22 | — | — | |
| 18 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | DNF Throttle | 20 | — | — | |
| 19 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | DNF Suspension | 19 | — | — | |
| 20 | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 10 | — | — | |
| 21 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Electrical | 10 | — | — | |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — | |
| 23 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Water leak | 2 | — | — | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — |