1981 Canadian Grand Prix
🇨🇦 Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada Round 14 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 10 | 63 | 2:01:25.2 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 9 | 63 | +6.230s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 27 | 11 | 63 | +1:50.270 | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 23 | 15 | 62 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 1 | 62 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 11 | 7 | 62 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 16 | 62 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Derek Daly | March | 17 | 20 | 61 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 33 | 19 | 61 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 2 | 60 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 4 | 22 | 59 | +4 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 3 | 14 | 56 | +7 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 8 | 13 | 51 | +12 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 4 | 48 | +15 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 12 | 5 | 45 | +18 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 9 | 21 | 40 | +23 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 6 | 35 | +28 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 32 | 23 | 26 | +37 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 3 | 24 | +39 Laps | Handling | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 28 | 12 | 24 | +39 Laps | Ignition | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 14 | 24 | 8 | +55 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 25 | 17 | 6 | +57 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 18 | 6 | +57 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 8 | 0 | +63 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.