Monaco Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 31st May 1981 Local
Sun 31st May 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
Round 6

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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	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:54:23.38
02	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+0:39.91
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1:29.24
04	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
05	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
06	Marc Surer	Ensign Racing	+2 Laps
07	Patrick Tambay	Theodore Racing	+4 Laps
08	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
09	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
10	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
11	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
12	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
13	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	DNF
14	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
15	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
17	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF
18	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
20	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
22	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	Did not qualify
23	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	Did not qualify
24	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Did not qualify
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify
27	Slim Borgudd	ATS	Did not qualify
28	Derek Daly	March Engineering	Did not qualify
29	Eliseo Salazar	March Engineering	Did not qualify
30	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
31	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify