Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Date
Sat 17th October 1981 (UTC)
Sat 17th October 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-10-17T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
15

Status

Location
Caesars Palace

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Description

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	1:44:09.077
02	Alain Prost	+0:20.048
03	Bruno Giacomelli	+0:20.428
04	Nigel Mansell	+0:47.473
05	Nelson Piquet	+1:16.438
06	Jacques Laffite	+1:18.175
07	John Watson	+1:18.497
08	Carlos Reutemann	+1 Lap
09	Didier Pironi	+2 Laps
10	Keke Rosberg	+2 Laps
11	Riccardo Patrese	+4 Laps
12	Andrea De Cesaris	+6 Laps
13	Michele Alboreto	DNF
14	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
15	Derek Warwick	DNF
16	Mario Andretti	DNF
17	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
18	Hector Rebaque	DNF
19	Marc Surer	DNF
20	Eddie Cheever	DNF
21	René Arnoux	DNF
22	Patrick Tambay	DNF
23	Elio de Angelis	DNF
24	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
25	Slim Borgudd	Did not qualify
26	Chico Serra	Did not qualify
27	Derek Daly	Did not qualify
28	Jacques Villeneuve	Did not qualify
29	Brian Henton	Did not qualify
30	Beppe Gabbiani	Did not qualify