Canadian Grand Prix
Jacques Laffite (Ligier) won the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Circuit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
LocationMontreal, Canada
Date27 September 1981
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 63 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | 63 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | 63 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 62 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 62 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | 62 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 62 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Derek Daly | March | 20 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 19 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 22 | 59 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 14 | 56 | Engine | 0 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 13 | 51 | Spun off | 0 |
| 14 | Alain Prost | Renault | 4 | 48 | Collision | 0 |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 5 | 45 | Collision | 0 |
| 16 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 21 | 40 | Spun off | 0 |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 35 | Spun off | 0 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 23 | 26 | Collision | 0 |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | 24 | Handling | 0 |
| 20 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | 24 | Ignition | 0 |
| 21 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 24 | 8 | Spun off | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 17 | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| 23 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 18 | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| 24 | René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | 0 | Collision | 0 |