Season 1981 · Round 1

United States Grand Prix West

1981 Season R2 →
1981-03-15 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
1 Alan Jones
Williams 1:50:41.330
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +9.190
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +34.920
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Marc Surer L70 Didier Pironi L67 Jean-Pierre Jarier L64 Hector Rebaque L49 Bruno Giacomelli L41 Jacques Laffite L41 Keke Rosberg L41 Jan Lammers L41 Riccardo Patrese L33 Beppe Gabbiani L26 +6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
80Lap 260.080km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Mario Andretti 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 wins · GP #1
P1 John Watson 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
P1 Riccardo Patrese 1 · GP #1
P1 Patrick Tambay 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P2 Mario Andretti 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Carlos Reutemann 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Alan Jones 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Jones · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Reutemann · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Piquet · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Andretti · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Andretti AND 4 Andretti AND Cheever · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Cheever CHE 5 Cheever CHE Tambay · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Tambay TAM 6 Tambay TAM Serra · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Serra SER 7 Serra SER Arnoux · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Arnoux ARN 8 Arnoux ARN Surer · P19 → retired L70 Surer · retired L70 19 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Pironi · P11 → retired L67 Pironi · retired L67 11 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Jarier · P10 → retired L64 Jarier · retired L64 10 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Rebaque · P15 → retired L49 Rebaque · retired L49 15 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Giacomelli · P9 → retired L41 Giacomelli · retired L41 9 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Laffite · P12 → retired L41 Laffite · retired L41 12 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Rosberg · P16 → retired L41 Rosberg · retired L41 16 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Lammers · P21 → retired L41 Lammers · retired L41 21 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Patrese · P1 → retired L33 Patrese · retired L33 1 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Gabbiani · P24 → retired L26 Gabbiani · retired L26 24 Gabbiani GAB R Gabbiani GAB Mansell · P7 → retired L25 Mansell · retired L25 7 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Villeneuve · P5 → retired L17 Villeneuve · retired L17 5 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Watson · P23 → retired L16 Watson · retired L16 23 Watson WAT R Watson WAT de Angelis · P13 → retired L13 de Angelis · retired L13 13 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Prost · P14 → retired L0 Prost · retired L0 14 Prost PRO R Prost PRO de Cesaris · P22 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 22 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alan Jones Williams 2 80 1:50:41.330 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 80 +9.190 6
3 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 80 +34.920 4
4 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 6 80 +49.310 3
5 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 8 80 +1:06.700 2
6 25 Patrick Tambay Theodore 17 79 +1 Lap 1
7 21 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 18 78 +2 Laps
8 16 René Arnoux Renault 20 77 +3 Laps
R 33 Marc Surer Ensign 19 70 Fuel system
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 11 67 Fuel system
R 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 10 64 Fuel pump
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 49 Accident
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 9 41 Collision
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 41 Collision
R 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 16 41 Engine
R 9 Jan Lammers ATS 21 41 Collision
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1 33 Fuel system
R 32 Beppe Gabbiani Osella 24 26 Accident
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 25 Accident
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 17 Halfshaft
R 7 John Watson McLaren 23 16 Brakes
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 13 13 Accident
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 14 0 Collision
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 22 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
29 Riccardo Patrese
2
1 Alan Jones
3
2 Carlos Reutemann
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
27 Gilles Villeneuve
6
22 Mario Andretti
7
12 Nigel Mansell
8
3 Eddie Cheever
9
23 Bruno Giacomelli
10
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
11
28 Didier Pironi
12
26 Jacques Laffite
13
11 Elio de Angelis
14
15 Alain Prost
15
6 Hector Rebaque
16
20 Keke Rosberg
17
25 Patrick Tambay
18
21 Chico Serra
19
33 Marc Surer
20
16 René Arnoux
21
9 Jan Lammers
22
8 Andrea de Cesaris
23
7 John Watson
24
32 Beppe Gabbiani
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15