1981 Canadian Grand Prix

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Race Details

Date

September 27, 1981

Official Name

XXI Grand Prix du Canada

Location

Circuit Île Notre-Dame
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Course

Temporary street circuit
4.410 km (2.740 mi)

Distance

63 (70 scheduled) laps, ^{[convert: invalid number]}

Pole Position

Driver

Nelson Piquet

Brabham-Ford

Time

1:29.211

Fastest Lap

Driver

John Watson

McLaren-Ford

Time

1:49.475 on lap 43

Podium

First	Second	Third
Jacques Laffite	John Watson	Gilles Villeneuve

Lap Leaders

Background

Practice Overview

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1:29.211	—
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1:29.359	+ 0.148
3	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1:29.728	+ 0.517
4	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:29.908	+ 0.697
5	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:29.997	+ 0.786
6	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1:30.182	+ 0.971
7	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	1:30.231	+ 1.020
8	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:30.232	+ 1.021
9	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:30.566	+ 1.355
10	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:30.705	+ 1.494
11	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:31.115	+ 1.904
12	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:31.350	+ 2.139
13	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	1:31.507	+ 2.296
14	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1:31.547	+ 2.336
15	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:31.600	+ 2.389
16	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1:31.740	+ 2.529
17	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1:31.747	+ 2.536
18	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	1:31.969	+ 2.758
19	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	1:32.253	+ 3.042
20	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1:32.305	+ 3.094
21	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford	1:32.652	+ 3.441
22	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:32.709	+ 3.498
23	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1:33.432	+ 4.221
24	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	1:33.848	+ 4.637
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:34.310	+ 5.099
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:36.546	+ 7.335
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1:36.648	+ 7.437
DNQ	30	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows-Ford	1:36.720	+ 7.509
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:36.999	+ 7.788
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1:37.490	+ 8.279

Grid

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	63	2:01:25.20	10	9
2	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	63	+6.23	9	6
3	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	63	+1:50.27	11	4
4	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	62	+1 lap	15	3
5	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	62	+1 lap	1	2
6	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	62	+1 lap	7	1
7	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	62	+1 lap	16
8	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	61	+2 laps	20
9	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	61	+2 laps	19
10	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	60	+3 laps	2
11	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	59	+4 laps	22
12	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	56	Engine	14
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	51	Spin	13
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	48	Accident	4
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	45	Accident	5
Ret	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford	39	Spin	21
Ret	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	35	Spin	6
Ret	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	26	Accident	23
Ret	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	24	Engine	12
Ret	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	24	Handling	3
Ret	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	8	Spin	24
Ret	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	6	Spin	17
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	6	Spin	18
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	0	Accident	8
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	30	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford

Milestones

Sixth and final victory for Jacques Laffite.
Williams clinched their second consecutive manufacturers championship.

Standings after race

Notes

V T E	Canadian Grand Prix
Circuits	Mosport Park (1967, 1969, 1971–1974, 1976–1977), Mont-Tremblant (1968, 1970), Montreal (1978–1986, 1988–2008, 2010–present)
Races	1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • ~~2020~~ • ~~2021~~ • 2022 • 2023

V T E	1981 Formula One Season
Teams	Alfa Romeo • Arrows • ATS • Brabham • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Ligier • Lotus • March • McLaren • Osella • Renault • Theodore • Toleman • Tyrrell • Williams
Engines	Alfa Romeo • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Matra • Renault
Drivers	Alboreto • Andretti • de Angelis • Arnoux • Borgudd • de Cesaris • Cheever • Cogan • Daly • Francia • Gabbiani • Giacomelli • Ghinzani • Guerra • Henton • Jabouille • Jarier • Jones • Laffite • Lammers • Londoño • Mansell • Patrese • Piquet • Pironi • Prost • Rebaque • Reutemann • Rosberg • Salazar • Serra • Stohr • Surer • Tambay • G. Villeneuve • J. Villeneuve, Sr. • Warwick • Watson • Zunino
Cars	Alfa Romeo 179B • Alfa Romeo 179C • Alfa Romeo 179D • Arrows A3 • ATS D4 • ATS HGS1 • Brabham BT49C • Ensign N180B • Ferrari 126CK • Fittipaldi F8C • Ligier JS17 • Lotus 81B • Lotus 87 • Lotus 88 • Lotus 88B • March 811 • McLaren M29F • McLaren MP4/1 • Osella FA1B • Osella FA1C • Renault RE20B • Renault RE30 • Theodore TY01 • Toleman TG181 • Tyrrell 010 • Tyrrell 011 • Williams FW07C
Tyres	Avon • Goodyear • Michelin • Pirelli
Races	United States West • Brazil • Argentina • San Marino • Belgium • Monaco • Spain • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Netherlands • Italy • Canada • Caesars Palace
Non-championship Races	South Africa
See also	1980 Formula One Season • 1982 Formula One Season • Category

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