Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Sun 31st May 1981 (UTC)
Sun 31st May 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-05-31T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
6

Status

Location
Circuit de Monaco

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Description

The 1981 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 31 May 1981. It was the sixth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.
The 76-lap race was won by Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, driving a Ferrari. Brazilian Nelson Piquet took pole position in his Brabham-Ford and led until he crashed out on lap 54. Australian Alan Jones finished second in a Williams-Ford, with Frenchman Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Matra.
Race leader Alan Jones then suffered a fuel feed problem in the latter stages of the race, allowing Gilles Villeneuve in his Ferrari, to take his first victory since 1979 as well as becoming the first, and to this day, the only Canadian to win in Monaco.

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Result List

01	Gilles Villeneuve	1:54:23.38
02	Alan Jones	+0:39.91
03	Jacques Laffite	+1:29.24
04	Didier Pironi	+1 Lap
05	Eddie Cheever	+2 Laps
06	Marc Surer	+2 Laps
07	Patrick Tambay	+4 Laps
08	Nelson Piquet	DNF
09	John Watson	DNF
10	Michele Alboreto	DNF
11	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
12	Alain Prost	DNF
13	Carlos Reutemann	DNF
14	Elio de Angelis	DNF
15	René Arnoux	DNF
16	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
17	Nigel Mansell	DNF
18	Siegfried Stohr	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
20	Mario Andretti	DNF
21	Keke Rosberg	Did not qualify
22	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Did not qualify
23	Hector Rebaque	Did not qualify
24	Chico Serra	Did not qualify
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Did not qualify
27	Slim Borgudd	Did not qualify
28	Derek Daly	Did not qualify
29	Eliseo Salazar	Did not qualify
30	Brian Henton	Did not qualify
31	Derek Warwick	Did not qualify