1981 / ROUND 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

WinnerCarlos ReutemannPublished race classification

Official poleNelson PiquetSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance311.922 km62 laps

Race entries31Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	2	62	2:00:23.660	9
2	Alan Jones	Williams	3	3	62	2:00:28.100	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	4	4	62	2:01:26.740	4
4	Marc Surer	Ensign	18	18	62	2:01:40.690	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	10	10	62	2:01:50.080	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	16	16	62	2:01:50.490	1
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	23	23	62	2:01:53.910	0
8	John Watson	McLaren	15	15	61	+1 lap	0
9	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	12	12	61	+1 lap	0
10	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	19	19	61	+1 lap	0
11	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	13	13	61	+1 lap	0
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1	60	+2 laps	0
13	Ricardo Zunino	Tyrrell	24	24	57	+5 laps	0
NC	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	14	14	49	+13 laps	0
NC	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	6	6	40	+22 laps	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	7	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	11	11	22	Spun off	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	5	5	20	Collision	0
DNF	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	21	21	20	Accident	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	17	17	19	Collision	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	20	20	9	Engine	0
DNF	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	22	22	0	Collision	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	8	8	0	Collision	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	9	9	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	March	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	March	30	—	—	DNQ	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	26	—	—	Car raced by Jarier	0
DNP	Ricardo Londoño	Ensign	—	—	—	Car raced by Surer	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Nelson Piquet	1:35.079
2	Carlos Reutemann	1:35.390
3	Alan Jones	1:36.337
4	Riccardo Patrese	1:36.667
5	Alain Prost	1:36.670
6	Bruno Giacomelli	1:37.283
7	Gilles Villeneuve	1:37.497
8	René Arnoux	1:37.561
9	Mario Andretti	1:37.597
10	Elio de Angelis	1:37.734
11	Héctor Rebaque	1:37.777
12	Keke Rosberg	1:37.981
13	Nigel Mansell	1:38.003
14	Eddie Cheever	1:38.160
15	John Watson	1:38.263
16	Jacques Laffite	1:38.273
17	Didier Pironi	1:38.565
18	Marc Surer	1:38.570
19	Patrick Tambay	1:38.726
20	Andrea de Cesaris	1:38.780
21	Siegfried Stohr	1:39.190
22	Chico Serra	1:39.326
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:39.398
24	Ricardo Zunino	1:39.798
25	Jan Lammers	1:39.844
26	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:40.306
27	Beppe Gabbiani	1:40.709
28	Miguel Ángel Guerra	1:40.984
29	Eliseo Salazar	1:43.267
30	Derek Daly	—

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