March 15, 1981 Long Beach Street Circuit | Lap distance 3.251 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (12) | 1981 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 1 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 80 | 1.000000.330 | 2 | 9.000000.408 | 1 | 0.000 | (31) | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 80 | 0.00 | +9.000000.190 | 3 | 0.000 | 2 | 0.000 | (31) |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 80 | 6.000000.250 | +4.000000.920 | 4 | 0.000 | 6 | 1.000000.830 | (69) |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Alfa Romeo 179C | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 80 | 0.00 | +9.000000.310 | 6 | 0.000 | 5 | 1.000000.790 | (66) |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 80 | 8.000000.030 | +6.000000.700 | 8 | 0.000 | 8 | 2.000000.230 | (36) |
| 6 | 1 | 33 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | Theodore TY01 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 79 | +1 lap | 17 | 1.000000.298 | 4 | 1.000000.750 | (49) | |
| 7 | 21 | Chico Serra (BRA) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 78 | +2 laps | 18 | 1.000000.409 | 19 | 3.000000.090 | (19) | ||
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RE20B | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 77 | +3 laps | 20 | 1.000000.540 | 12 | 2.000000.540 | (34) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| fuel system | 14 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Ensign N180B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 70 | 19 | 1.000000.522 | 16 | 2.000000.770 | (50) | |||
| fuel system | 28 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 67 | 11 | 0.000 | 8 | 2.000000.230 | (26) | |||
| fuel pump | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 64 | 10 | 0.000 | 18 | 2.000000.900 | (41) | |||
| accident | 6 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 49 | 15 | 1.000000.000 | 14 | 2.000000.680 | (49) | |||
| collision | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179C | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 41 | 9 | 0.000 | 11 | 2.000000.410 | (37) | |||
| collision | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 41 | 12 | 0.000 | 7 | 2.000000.080 | (33) | |||
| engine | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 41 | 16 | 1.000000.001 | 17 | 2.000000.880 | (25) | |||
| collision | 9 | Jan Lammers (NED) | ATS D4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 41 | 21 | 1.000000.758 | 10 | 2.000000.330 | (29) | |||
| fuel system | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 33 | 1 | 9.000000.399 | 3 | 1.000000.420 | (14) | |||
| accident | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani (ITA) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 26 | 24 | 2.000000.213 | 22 | 5.000000.190 | (14) | |||
| accident | 12 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 25 | 7 | 0.000 | 15 | 2.000000.750 | (19) | |||
| halfshaft | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 17 | 5 | 0.000 | 12 | 2.000000.540 | (15) | |||
| brakes | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29F | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 16 | 23 | 2.000000.183 | 21 | 4.000000.550 | (15) | |||
| accident | 11 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 13 | 13 | 0.000 | 20 | 3.000000.320 | (8) | |||
| collision | 15 | Alain Prost (FRA) | Renault RE20B | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 0 | 14 | 0.000 | ||||||
| collision | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | McLaren M29F | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 0 | 22 | 2.000000.028 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 4 | Kevin Cogan (USA) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 2.000000.284 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Derek Daly (IRL) | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 2.000000.356 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Miguel Angel Guerra (ARG) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 2.000000.673 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Siegfried Stohr (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 3.000000.504 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Eliseo Salazar (CHI) | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 4.000000.383 | ||||||||
