Season 1981 · Round 6

Monaco Grand Prix

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1981-05-31 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 76Lap · 251.712km
27 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari 1:54:23.380
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
1 Alan Jones
Williams +39.910
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +1:29.240
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Nelson Piquet L53 John Watson L52 Michele Alboreto L50 Bruno Giacomelli L50 Alain Prost L45 Carlos Reutemann L33 Elio de Angelis L32 René Arnoux L32 Riccardo Patrese L29 Nigel Mansell L15 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
76Lap 251.712km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Carlos Reutemann 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Villeneuve · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Villeneuve VIL 1 Villeneuve VIL Jones · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Jones JON 2 Jones JON Laffite · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Pironi · P17 → P4 · +13 17 Pironi PIR 4 Pironi PIR Cheever · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Cheever CHE 5 Cheever CHE Surer · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Surer SUR 6 Surer SUR Tambay · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Tambay TAM 7 Tambay TAM Piquet · P1 → retired L53 Piquet · retired L53 1 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Watson · P10 → retired L52 Watson · retired L52 10 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Alboreto · P20 → retired L50 Alboreto · retired L50 20 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Giacomelli · P18 → retired L50 Giacomelli · retired L50 18 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Prost · P9 → retired L45 Prost · retired L45 9 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Reutemann · P4 → retired L33 Reutemann · retired L33 4 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU de Angelis · P6 → retired L32 de Angelis · retired L32 6 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Arnoux · P13 → retired L32 Arnoux · retired L32 13 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Patrese · P5 → retired L29 Patrese · retired L29 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Mansell · P3 → retired L15 Mansell · retired L15 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Stohr · P14 → retired L14 Stohr · retired L14 14 Stohr STO R Stohr STO de Cesaris · P11 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 11 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Andretti · P12 → retired L0 Andretti · retired L0 12 Andretti AND R Andretti AND
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
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
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nelson Piquet
2
27 Gilles Villeneuve
3
12 Nigel Mansell
4
2 Carlos Reutemann
5
29 Riccardo Patrese
6
11 Elio de Angelis
7
1 Alan Jones
8
26 Jacques Laffite
9
15 Alain Prost
10
7 John Watson
11
8 Andrea de Cesaris
12
22 Mario Andretti
13
16 René Arnoux
14
30 Siegfried Stohr
15
3 Eddie Cheever
16
25 Patrick Tambay
17
28 Didier Pironi
18
23 Bruno Giacomelli
19
33 Marc Surer
20
4 Michele Alboreto
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.
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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