September 27, 1981 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Lap distance 4.410 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1981 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 63 | 2:01'25.20 | 10 | 1'30.705 | 2 | 1'49.765 | (46) | |
| 2 | 6 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren MP4-1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 63 | 2:01'31.43 | +6.23 | 9 | 1'30.566 | 1 | 1'49.475 | (43) |
| 3 | 4 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 63 | 2:03'15.47 | +1'50.27 | 11 | 1'31.115 | 10 | 1'52.087 | (47) |
| 4 | 3 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179C | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 62 | +1 lap | 15 | 1'31.600 | 7 | 1'51.490 | (55) | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 62 | +1 lap | 1 | 1'29.211 | 8 | 1'51.849 | (45) | |
| 6 | 1 | 11 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Team Lotus 87 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 62 | +1 lap | 7 | 1'30.231 | 9 | 1'51.927 | (47) | |
| 7 | 22 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Alfa Romeo 179D | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 62 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'31.740 | 11 | 1'52.580 | (61) | ||
| 8 | 17 | Derek Daly (IRL) | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Avon | 61 | +2 laps | 20 | 1'32.305 | 14 | 1'54.946 | (41) | ||
| 9 | 33 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Theodore TY01 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Avon | 61 | +2 laps | 19 | 1'32.253 | 5 | 1'51.020 | (40) | ||
| 10 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 60 | +3 laps | 2 | 1'29.359 | 3 | 1'50.309 | (39) | ||
| 11 | 4 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Tyrrell 011 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Avon | 59 | +4 laps | 22 | 1'32.709 | 17 | 1'55.977 | (52) | ||
| 12 | 3 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Tyrrell 011 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 56 | +7 laps | 14 | 1'31.547 | 12 | 1'53.964 | (42) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| spun off | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | McLaren MP4-1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 51 | 13 | 1'31.507 | 4 | 1'50.762 | (46) | |||
| collision | 15 | Alain Prost (FRA) | Renault RE30 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 48 | 4 | 1'29.908 | 6 | 1'51.197 | (48) | |||
| collision | 12 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Team Lotus 87 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 5 | 1'29.997 | 20 | 1'56.718 | (37) | |||
| spun off | 9 | Slim Borgudd (SWE) | ATS HGS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Avon | 40 | 21 | 1'32.652 | 13 | 1'54.794 | (38) | |||
| spun off | 6 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 35 | 6 | 1'30.182 | 15 | 1'55.172 | (33) | |||
| collision | 32 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Osella FA1C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 26 | 23 | 1'33.432 | 16 | 1'55.949 | (26) | |||
| handling | 1 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07D | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 3 | 1'29.728 | 19 | 1'56.624 | (5) | |||
| ignition | 28 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 24 | 12 | 1'31.350 | 18 | 1'56.285 | (24) | |||
| spun off | 14 | Eliseo Salazar (CHI) | Ensign N180B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Avon | 8 | 24 | 1'33.848 | 22 | 2'03.264 | (4) | |||
| spun off | 25 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 6 | 17 | 1'31.747 | 21 | 1'59.888 | (4) | |||
| spun off | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Pirelli | 6 | 18 | 1'31.969 | 23 | 2'07.558 | (3) | |||
| collision | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RE30 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 0 | 8 | 1'30.232 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Pirelli | 1'34.310 | ||||||||
| -- | 21 | Chico Serra (BRA) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Pirelli | 1'36.546 | ||||||||
| -- | 35 | Brian Henton (GBR) | Toleman TG181 | Hart 415T | Pirelli | 1'36.648 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Jacques Villeneuve snr (CAN) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Pirelli | 1'36.729 | ||||||||
| -- | 36 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Toleman TG181 | Hart 415T | Pirelli | 1'36.999 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani (ITA) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 1'37.493 | ||||||||
