1981 Argentine Grand Prix
🇦🇷 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Round 3 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 1 | 53 | 1:34:32.74 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 4 | 53 | +26.610s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 2 | 53 | +49.980s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 3 | 53 | +1:07.880 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 5 | 53 | +1:31.850 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 11 | 10 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 9 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 17 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 30 | 19 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 23 | 22 | 51 | +2 Laps | Out of fuel | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 8 | 18 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | ATS | 9 | 23 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 4 | 24 | 51 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 27 | 7 | 40 | +13 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 33 | 14 | 36 | +17 Laps | Oil leak | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 11 | 36 | +17 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 6 | 32 | +21 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 21 | 20 | 28 | +25 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 21 | 19 | +34 Laps | Handling | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 14 | 16 | 14 | +39 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 20 | 8 | 4 | +49 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 12 | 15 | 3 | +50 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 28 | 12 | 3 | +50 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 3 | 13 | 1 | +52 Laps | Clutch | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.