Season 1981 · Round 6

Monaco Grand Prix

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1981-05-31 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix
Winner
27 Gilles Villeneuve
1:54:23.380
Pole Position
5 Nelson Piquet
Grid P1
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
DNFs · starters 20 cars
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 76 1:54:23.380 9
2 1 Alan Jones Williams 7 76 +39.910 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 76 +1:29.240 4
4 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 75 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 15 74 +2 Laps 2
6 33 Marc Surer Ensign 19 74 +2 Laps 1
7 25 Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 72 +4 Laps
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 53 Spun off
R 7 John Watson McLaren 10 52 Engine
R 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 20 50 Collision
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 50 Collision
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 9 45 Engine
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 33 Gearbox
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 32 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 13 32 Spun off
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 29 Gearbox
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 15 Suspension
R 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 14 14 Fuel system
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 11 0 Collision
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 0 Collision
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: 2026-07-21 14:15