Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · 27 September 1981
Round 14🇨🇦 Canada1981
Length
4.361 km
Corners
14
Laps
70
Type
Permanent
First GP
1978
Weekend Points
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ligier Laffite 9 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 9 + Tambay 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | McLaren Watson 6 + Cesaris 0 | Watson 6 + Cesaris 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Villeneuve 4 + Pironi 0 | Villeneuve 4 + Pironi 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 3 + Andretti 0 | Giacomelli 3 + Andretti 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Brabham Piquet 2 + Rebaque 0 | Piquet 2 + Rebaque 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Angelis 1 + Mansell 0 | Angelis 1 + Mansell 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | March Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Williams Reutemann 0 + Jones 0 | Reutemann 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Renault Prost 0 + Arnoux 0 | Prost 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | ATS Borgudd 0 | Borgudd 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ensign Salazar 0 | Salazar 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Arrows Patrese 0 | Patrese 0 | 0 |
Race Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | 2:01:25.200 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +6.230s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:50.270 | 63 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 62 | — | — | |
| 8 | Derek Daly March | March | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 9 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +4 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 56 | — | — | |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 51 | — | — | |
| 14 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | DNF Collision | 48 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Collision | 45 | — | — | |
| 16 | Slim Borgudd ATS | ATS | DNF Spun off | 40 | — | — | |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | DNF Spun off | 35 | — | — | |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Collision | 26 | — | — | |
| 19 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Handling | 24 | — | — | |
| 20 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Ignition | 24 | — | — | |
| 21 | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | DNF Spun off | 8 | — | — | |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | DNF Spun off | 6 | — | — | |
| 23 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 6 | — | — | |
| 24 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |