March 29, 1981 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Lap distance 5.031 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (14) | 1981 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 62 | 2:00'23.66 | 2 | 1'35.390 | 4 | 1'54.780 | (61) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 62 | 2:00'28.10 | +4.44 | 3 | 1'36.337 | 5 | 1'55.210 | (54) |
| 3 | 4 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 62 | 2:01'26.74 | +1'03.08 | 4 | 1'36.667 | 7 | 1'56.100 | (9) |
| 4 | 3 | 14 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Ensign N180B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 62 | 2:01'40.69 | +1'17.03 | 18 | 1'38.570 | 1 | 1'54.302 | (36) |
| 5 | 2 | 11 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 62 | 2:01'50.08 | +1'26.42 | 10 | 1'37.734 | 8 | 1'56.270 | (46) |
| 6 | 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 62 | 2:01'50.49 | +1'26.83 | 16 | 1'38.273 | 2 | 1'54.500 | (37) |
| 7 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 62 | 2:01'53.91 | +1'30.25 | 23 | 1'39.398 | 6 | 1'55.850 | (38) | |
| 8 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29F | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 61 | +1 lap | 15 | 1'38.263 | 11 | 1'56.950 | (29) | ||
| 9 | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 61 | +1 lap | 12 | 1'37.981 | 15 | 1'57.340 | (8) | ||
| 10 | 33 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | Theodore TY01 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 61 | +1 lap | 19 | 1'38.726 | 9 | 1'56.710 | (15) | ||
| 11 | 12 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 61 | +1 lap | 13 | 1'38.003 | 12 | 1'57.120 | (10) | ||
| 12 | 5 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 60 | +2 laps | 1 | 1'35.079 | 3 | 1'54.670 | (31) | ||
| 13 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino (ARG) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 57 | +5 laps | 24 | 1'39.798 | 19 | 2'00.350 | (39) | ||
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 3 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 49 | 14 | 1'38.160 | 18 | 1'59.190 | (34) | |||
| -- | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179C | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 40 | 6 | 1'37.283 | 10 | 1'56.730 | (40) | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| turbo | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 25 | 7 | 1'37.497 | 16 | 1'57.420 | (8) | |||
| spun off | 6 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 22 | 11 | 1'37.777 | 14 | 1'57.270 | (14) | |||
| collision | 15 | Alain Prost (FRA) | Renault RE20B | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 20 | 5 | 1'36.670 | 12 | 1'57.120 | (14) | |||
| accident | 30 | Siegfried Stohr (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 20 | 21 | 1'39.190 | 21 | 2'03.420 | (12) | |||
| collision | 28 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 126C | Michelin | 19 | 17 | 1'38.565 | 20 | 2'00.440 | (15) | |||
| engine | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | McLaren M29F | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 9 | 20 | 1'38.780 | 17 | 1'58.870 | (7) | |||
| collision | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RE20B | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 0 | 8 | 1'37.561 | ||||||
| collision | 22 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Alfa Romeo 179C | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Michelin | 0 | 9 | 1'37.597 | ||||||
| collision | 21 | Chico Serra (BRA) | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 0 | 22 | 1'39.326 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jan Lammers (NED) | ATS D4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 1'39.844 | ||||||||
| -- | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani (ITA) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 1'40.709 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Miguel Angel Guerra (ARG) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 1'40.984 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Eliseo Salazar (CHI) | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | 1'43.267 | ||||||||
| -- | 14 | Ricardo Londoño (COL) | Ensign N180B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | |||||||||
| -- | 17 | Derek Daly (IRL) | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Michelin | |||||||||
| Free practice | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Ligier JS17 | Matra MS81 | Michelin | 1'40.306 | ||||||||
