1981 / ROUND 14

Canadian Grand Prix

WinnerJacques LaffitePublished race classification

Official poleNelson PiquetSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance277.83 km63 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	10	10	63	2:01:25.205	9
2	John Watson	McLaren	9	9	63	2:01:31.438	6
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	11	11	63	2:03:15.480	4
4	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	15	15	62	+1 lap	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1	62	+1 lap	2
6	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	7	7	62	+1 lap	1
7	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	16	16	62	+1 lap	0
8	Derek Daly	March	20	20	61	+2 laps	0
9	Marc Surer	Theodore	19	19	61	+2 laps	0
10	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	2	60	+3 laps	0
11	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	22	22	59	+4 laps	0
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	14	14	56	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	13	13	51	Spun off	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	4	4	48	Collision	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	5	5	45	Collision	0
DNF	Slim Borgudd	ATS	21	21	39	Spun off	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	6	35	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	23	23	26	Collision	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	3	3	24	Handling	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	12	12	24	Ignition	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	24	24	8	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	17	17	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	18	18	6	Spun off	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	8	8	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Nelson Piquet	1:29.211
2	Carlos Reutemann	1:29.359
3	Alan Jones	1:29.728
4	Alain Prost	1:29.908
5	Nigel Mansell	1:29.997
6	Héctor Rebaque	1:30.182
7	Elio de Angelis	1:30.231
8	René Arnoux	1:30.232
9	John Watson	1:30.566
10	Jacques Laffite	1:30.705
11	Gilles Villeneuve	1:31.115
12	Didier Pironi	1:31.350
13	Andrea de Cesaris	1:31.507
14	Eddie Cheever	1:31.547
15	Bruno Giacomelli	1:31.600
16	Mario Andretti	1:31.740
17	Patrick Tambay	1:31.747
18	Riccardo Patrese	1:31.969
19	Marc Surer	1:32.253
20	Derek Daly	1:32.305
21	Slim Borgudd	1:32.652
22	Michele Alboreto	1:32.709
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:33.432
24	Eliseo Salazar	1:33.848
25	Keke Rosberg	1:34.310
26	Chico Serra	1:36.546
27	Brian Henton	1:36.648
28	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	1:36.720
29	Derek Warwick	1:36.999
30	Beppe Gabbiani	1:37.493

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.