1981 / ROUND 15

Caesars Palace Grand Prix

WinnerAlan JonesPublished race classification

Official poleCarlos ReutemannSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance273.75 km75 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Alan Jones	Williams	2	2	75	1:44:09.077	9
2	Alain Prost	Renault	5	5	75	1:44:29.127	6
3	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	8	8	75	1:44:29.507	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	9	9	75	1:44:56.547	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	4	4	75	1:45:25.517	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	12	12	75	1:45:27.257	1
7	John Watson	McLaren	6	6	75	1:45:27.577	0
8	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1	1	74	+1 lap	0
9	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	18	18	73	+2 laps	0
10	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	20	73	+2 laps	0
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	11	11	71	+4 laps	0
12	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	14	14	69	+6 laps	0
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	17	17	67	Engine	0
NC	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	24	24	61	+14 laps	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	22	22	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	10	10	29	Suspension	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	16	16	20	Throttle	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Theodore	23	23	19	Suspension	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	19	19	10	Engine	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	13	13	10	Electrical	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	7	7	2	Accident	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	15	15	2	Water leak	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	21	21	0	Transmission	0
DSQ	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	3	22	Incorrect grid formation	0
DNQ	Slim Borgudd	ATS	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	March	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Arrows	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Carlos Reutemann	1:17.821
2	Alan Jones	1:17.995
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1:18.060
4	Nelson Piquet	1:18.161
5	Alain Prost	1:18.433
6	John Watson	1:18.617
7	Patrick Tambay	1:18.681
8	Bruno Giacomelli	1:18.792
9	Nigel Mansell	1:19.044
10	Mario Andretti	1:19.068
11	Riccardo Patrese	1:19.152
12	Jacques Laffite	1:19.167
13	René Arnoux	1:19.197
14	Andrea de Cesaris	1:19.217
15	Elio de Angelis	1:19.562
16	Héctor Rebaque	1:19.571
17	Michele Alboreto	1:19.774
18	Didier Pironi	1:19.899
19	Eddie Cheever	1:20.475
20	Keke Rosberg	1:20.729
21	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:20.781
22	Derek Warwick	1:21.294
23	Marc Surer	1:21.430
24	Eliseo Salazar	1:21.629
25	Slim Borgudd	1:21.665
26	Chico Serra	1:21.672
27	Derek Daly	1:21.824
28	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	1:22.822
29	Brian Henton	1:22.960
30	Beppe Gabbiani	1:26.634

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