Season 1981 · Round 14

Canadian Grand Prix

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1981-09-27 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 63Lap · 277.830km
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier 2:01:25.200
Team win 9pt P1 · P22
7 John Watson
McLaren +6.230
27 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari +1:50.270
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Andrea de Cesaris L51 Alain Prost L48 Nigel Mansell L45 Slim Borgudd L40 Hector Rebaque L35 Jean-Pierre Jarier L26 Alan Jones L24 Didier Pironi L24 Eliseo Salazar L8 Patrick Tambay L6 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
63Lap 277.830km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P10 Jacques Laffite 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P9 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Laffite · P10 → P1 · +9 10 Laffite LAF 1 Laffite LAF Watson · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Watson WAT 2 Watson WAT Villeneuve · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Villeneuve VIL 3 Villeneuve VIL Giacomelli · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Giacomelli GIA 4 Giacomelli GIA Piquet · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ de Angelis · P7 → P6 · +1 7 de Angelis DE 6 de Angelis DE Andretti · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Andretti AND 7 Andretti AND Daly · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Daly DAL 8 Daly DAL Surer · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Surer SUR 9 Surer SUR Reutemann · P2 → P10 · -8 2 Reutemann REU 10 Reutemann REU Alboreto · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Alboreto ALB 11 Alboreto ALB Cheever · P14 → P12 · +2 14 Cheever CHE 12 Cheever CHE de Cesaris · P13 → retired L51 de Cesaris · retired L51 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Prost · P4 → retired L48 Prost · retired L48 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Mansell · P5 → retired L45 Mansell · retired L45 5 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Borgudd · P21 → retired L40 Borgudd · retired L40 21 Borgudd BOR R Borgudd BOR Rebaque · P6 → retired L35 Rebaque · retired L35 6 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Jarier · P23 → retired L26 Jarier · retired L26 23 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Jones · P3 → retired L24 Jones · retired L24 3 Jones JON R Jones JON Pironi · P12 → retired L24 Pironi · retired L24 12 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Salazar · P24 → retired L8 Salazar · retired L8 24 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Tambay · P17 → retired L6 Tambay · retired L6 17 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Patrese · P18 → retired L6 Patrese · retired L6 18 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Arnoux · P8 → retired L0 Arnoux · retired L0 8 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 63 2:01:25.200 9
2 7 John Watson McLaren 9 63 +6.230 6
3 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 63 +1:50.270 4
4 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 62 +1 Lap 3
5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 62 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 62 +1 Lap 1
7 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 16 62 +1 Lap
8 17 Derek Daly March 20 61 +2 Laps
9 33 Marc Surer Theodore 19 61 +2 Laps
10 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 60 +3 Laps
11 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 59 +4 Laps
12 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 56 Engine
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 13 51 Spun off
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 4 48 Collision
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 5 45 Collision
R 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 21 40 Spun off
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 35 Spun off
R 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 23 26 Collision
R 1 Alan Jones Williams 3 24 Handling
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 24 Ignition
R 14 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 8 Spun off
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 17 6 Spun off
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 6 Spun off
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 8 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nelson Piquet
2
2 Carlos Reutemann
3
1 Alan Jones
4
15 Alain Prost
5
12 Nigel Mansell
6
6 Hector Rebaque
7
11 Elio de Angelis
8
16 René Arnoux
9
7 John Watson
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
27 Gilles Villeneuve
12
28 Didier Pironi
13
8 Andrea de Cesaris
14
3 Eddie Cheever
15
23 Bruno Giacomelli
16
22 Mario Andretti
17
25 Patrick Tambay
18
29 Riccardo Patrese
19
33 Marc Surer
20
17 Derek Daly
21
9 Slim Borgudd
22
4 Michele Alboreto
23
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
14 Eliseo Salazar
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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