Formula 1 1981 15 1981-10-17 1981-10-17 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/3vsuaf1750518232.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/huj8531750518135.jpg 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. 529000