Pit Lane F1
1981 Season - Round 6 - 1981-05-31
Gilles Villeneuve won the 1981 Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Alan Jones (Williams) second and Jacques Laffite (Ligier) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Didier Pironi (Ferrari) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P17 on the grid to P4 at the flag — a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 13 drivers failing to finish.
20 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1981 Monaco Grand Prix, completing round 6 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 7 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Didier Pironi |
| Ferrari |
| 17 |
| +1 Lap |
| 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 15 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 19 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 16 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 20 | Collision | 0 |
| 11 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Collision | 0 |
| 12 | Alain Prost | Renault | 9 | Engine | 0 |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 5 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 17 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 3 | Suspension | 0 |
| 18 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 14 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 19 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 11 | Collision | 0 |
| 20 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | Collision | 0 |
