Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sat 17th October 1981 Local
Sat 17th October 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
15

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Location
Caesars Palace

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The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 17, 1981, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was the fifteenth and final race of the 1981 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 75-lap race was won by Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, with Frenchman Alain Prost second in a Renault and Italian Bruno Giacomelli third in an Alfa Romeo. Brazilian Nelson Piquet finished fifth in his Brabham-Ford to take the Drivers' Championship by one point from Jones's Argentine teammate, Carlos Reutemann, who finished eighth having started from pole position.
This was the final win by an Australian driver until Mark Webber won the 2009 German Grand Prix, and the last time an Australian would win an F1GP in the USA until Oscar Piastri won the 2025 Miami Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	1:44:09.077
02	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	+0:20.048
03	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+0:20.428
04	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+0:47.473
05	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1:16.438
06	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1:18.175
07	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:18.497
08	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
09	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+2 Laps
10	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	+2 Laps
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+4 Laps
12	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+6 Laps
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign Racing	DNF
15	Derek Warwick	Toleman	DNF
16	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
17	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
18	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	DNF
19	Marc Surer	Theodore Racing	DNF
20	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
21	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
22	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	DNF
23	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Osella	DNF
25	Slim Borgudd	ATS	Did not qualify
26	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
27	Derek Daly	March Engineering	Did not qualify
28	Jacques Villeneuve	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
29	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
30	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify