Race · Round 1 of 15 · 15 March 1981

1981 United States Grand Prix West

Alan Jones won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Long Beach. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Long BeachLong Beach, California, United States of America
Winner: Alan JonesWilliams
Pole: Riccardo Patrese
Fastest lap: Alan Jones
Entries: 298 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	2	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	3	80	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	4	80	Finished	4
4	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	6	80	Finished	3
5	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	8	80	Finished	2
6	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	TY01	17	79	Finished	1
7	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	18	78	Finished	0
8	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	20	77	Finished	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Ensign	N180B	19	70	Fuel system	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	11	67	Fuel system	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS17	10	64	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	15	49	Accident	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	9	41	Collision	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	12	41	Collision	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	16	41	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	ATS	—	21	41	Collision	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	1	33	Fuel system	0
DNF	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	24	26	Accident	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	7	25	Accident	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	5	17	Halfshaft	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	—	23	16	Brakes	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	13	13	Accident	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	—	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	22	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Kevin Cogan	Tyrrell	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	March	811	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	March	811	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout long-beach-1 · 3.251 km · 13 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alan Jones	2	1	80
Carlos Reutemann	3	2	80
Nelson Piquet	4	3	80
Mario Andretti	6	4	80
Eddie Cheever	8	5	80
Patrick Tambay	17	6	79
Chico Serra	18	7	78
Rene Arnoux	20	8	77
Marc Surer	19	DNF	70
Didier Pironi	11	DNF	67
Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	DNF	64
Héctor Rebaque	15	DNF	49
Bruno Giacomelli	9	DNF	41
Jacques Laffite	12	DNF	41
Keke Rosberg	16	DNF	41
Jan Lammers	21	DNF	41
Riccardo Patrese	1	DNF	33
Beppe Gabbiani	24	DNF	26
Nigel Mansell	7	DNF	25
Gilles Villeneuve	5	DNF	17
John Watson	23	DNF	16
Elio de Angelis	13	DNF	13
Alain Prost	14	DNF	0
Andrea de Cesaris	22	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:19.399	—	—
2	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:19.408	+0.009	+0.009
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:20.149	+0.750	+0.741
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:20.289	+0.890	+0.140
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:20.462	+1.063	+0.173
6	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:20.476	+1.077	+0.014
7	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:20.573	+1.174	+0.097
8	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:20.643	+1.244	+0.070
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:20.664	+1.265	+0.021
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	1:20.787	+1.388	+0.123
11	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:20.909	+1.510	+0.122
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:20.925	+1.526	+0.016
13	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:20.928	+1.529	+0.003
14	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:20.980	+1.581	+0.052
15	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:21.000	+1.601	+0.020
16	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:21.001	+1.602	+0.001
17	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	33	1:21.298	+1.899	+0.297
18	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:21.409	+2.010	+0.111
19	Marc Surer	Ensign	14	1:21.522	+2.123	+0.113
20	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:21.540	+2.141	+0.018
21	Jan Lammers	ATS	9	1:21.758	+2.359	+0.218
22	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:22.028	+2.629	+0.270
23	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:22.183	+2.784	+0.155
24	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	32	1:22.213	+2.814	+0.030
25	Kevin Cogan	Tyrrell	4	1:22.284	+2.885	+0.071
26	Derek Daly	March	17	1:22.356	+2.957	+0.072
27	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Osella	31	1:22.673	+3.274	+0.317
28	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:23.504	+4.105	+0.831
29	Eliseo Salazar	March	18	1:24.383	+4.984	+0.879

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 1981
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix West
Dates: 15 Mar 1981
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.