1981 Brazilian Grand Prix
🇧🇷 Brazil Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Round 2 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 2 | 62 | 2:00:23.66 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 3 | 62 | +4.440s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 4 | 62 | +1:03.080 | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 14 | 18 | 62 | +1:17.030 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 11 | 10 | 62 | +1:26.420 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 16 | 62 | +1:26.830 | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 25 | 23 | 62 | +1:30.250 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 15 | 61 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 20 | 12 | 61 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 33 | 19 | 61 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 12 | 13 | 61 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 1 | 60 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 4 | 24 | 57 | +5 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 3 | 14 | 49 | +13 Laps | Not classified | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 23 | 6 | 40 | +22 Laps | Not classified | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 27 | 7 | 25 | +37 Laps | Turbo | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 11 | 22 | +40 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 5 | 20 | +42 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 30 | 21 | 20 | +42 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 28 | 17 | 19 | +43 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 8 | 20 | 9 | +53 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 8 | 0 | +62 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 9 | 0 | +62 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 21 | 22 | 0 | +62 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ricardo Londoño | Ensign | 14 | 0 | 0 | +62 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.