Season 1981 · Round 15

Caesars Palace Grand Prix

← R14 1981 Season
1981-10-17 · Las Vegas Street Circuit · USA · Caesars Palace Grand Prix · 75Lap · 273.750km
1 Alan Jones
Williams 1:44:09.077
Team win 9pt P1 · P8
15 Alain Prost
Renault +20.048
23 Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo +20.428
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Eliseo Salazar L61 Derek Warwick L43 Mario Andretti L29 Hector Rebaque L20 Marc Surer L19 Eddie Cheever L10 René Arnoux L10 Patrick Tambay L2 Elio de Angelis L2 Jean-Pierre Jarier L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Circuit Info
75Lap 273.750km 2 races held (1981–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alan Jones 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Michele Alboreto 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 John Watson 1 · GP #1
P1 Alan Jones 1 · GP #1
P1 Bruno Giacomelli 1 · GP #1
Starts
P1 Mario Andretti 2 starts · GP #1
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 2 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 2 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Jones · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Prost · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Giacomelli · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Giacomelli GIA 3 Giacomelli GIA Mansell · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Mansell MAN 4 Mansell MAN Piquet · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Laffite · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Watson · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Reutemann · P1 → P8 · -7 1 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Pironi · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Pironi PIR 9 Pironi PIR Rosberg · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Rosberg ROS 10 Rosberg ROS Patrese · P11 → P11 11 Patrese PAT 11 Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P14 → P12 · +2 14 de Cesaris DE 12 de Cesaris DE Alboreto · P17 → P13 · +4 17 Alboreto ALB 13 Alboreto ALB Salazar · P24 → retired L61 Salazar · retired L61 24 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Warwick · P22 → retired L43 Warwick · retired L43 22 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Andretti · P10 → retired L29 Andretti · retired L29 10 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Villeneuve · P3 → P17 · -14 3 Villeneuve VIL 17 Villeneuve VIL Rebaque · P16 → retired L20 Rebaque · retired L20 16 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Surer · P23 → retired L19 Surer · retired L19 23 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Cheever · P19 → retired L10 Cheever · retired L10 19 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Arnoux · P13 → retired L10 Arnoux · retired L10 13 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Tambay · P7 → retired L2 Tambay · retired L2 7 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM de Angelis · P15 → retired L2 de Angelis · retired L2 15 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Jarier · P21 → retired L0 Jarier · retired L0 21 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alan Jones Williams 2 75 1:44:09.077 9
2 15 Alain Prost Renault 5 75 +20.048 6
3 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 8 75 +20.428 4
4 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 9 75 +47.473 3
5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 75 +1:16.438 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 75 +1:18.175 1
7 7 John Watson McLaren 6 75 +1:18.497
8 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 74 +1 Lap
9 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 18 73 +2 Laps
10 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 20 73 +2 Laps
11 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 71 +4 Laps
12 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 14 69 +6 Laps
13 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 67 Engine
R 14 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 61 Not classified
R 36 Derek Warwick Toleman 22 43 Gearbox
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 10 29 Suspension
D 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 22 Disqualified
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 16 20 Throttle
R 33 Marc Surer Theodore 23 19 Suspension
R 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 10 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 13 10 Electrical
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 7 2 Accident
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 15 2 Water leak
R 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 21 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Carlos Reutemann
2
1 Alan Jones
3
27 Gilles Villeneuve
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
15 Alain Prost
6
7 John Watson
7
25 Patrick Tambay
8
23 Bruno Giacomelli
9
12 Nigel Mansell
10
22 Mario Andretti
11
29 Riccardo Patrese
12
26 Jacques Laffite
13
16 René Arnoux
14
8 Andrea de Cesaris
15
11 Elio de Angelis
16
6 Hector Rebaque
17
4 Michele Alboreto
18
28 Didier Pironi
19
3 Eddie Cheever
20
20 Keke Rosberg
21
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
22
36 Derek Warwick
23
33 Marc Surer
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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