Race · Round 13 of 15 · 13 September 1981

1981 Italian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Renault from 3rd on the grid at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Alain ProstRenault
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Carlos Reutemann
Entries: 3010 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Renault	—	3	52	Finished	9
2	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	5	52	Finished	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	2	52	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	11	52	Finished	3
5	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	8	52	Finished	2
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	6	51	Engine	1
7	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	16	51	Puncture	0
8	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	10	50	Finished	0
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	18	50	Finished	0
10	Brian Henton	Toleman	TG181	23	49	Finished	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	13	41	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Daly	March	811	19	37	Gearbox	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	JS17	15	22	Puncture	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	12	21	Suspension	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	—	7	19	Accident	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	20	19	Gearbox	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	22	16	Accident	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	N180B	24	13	Spun off	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	1	12	Spun off	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	4	11	Puncture	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	17	11	Spun off	0
DNF	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	21	10	Spun off	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	9	6	Engine	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	14	0	Electrical	0
DNQ	Marc Surer	Theodore	TY01	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	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 monza-6 · 5.8 km · 10 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
Alain Prost	3	1	52
Alan Jones	5	2	52
Carlos Reutemann	2	3	52
Elio de Angelis	11	4	52
Didier Pironi	8	5	52
Nelson Piquet	6	6	51
Andrea de Cesaris	16	7	51
Bruno Giacomelli	10	8	50
Jean-Pierre Jarier	18	9	50
Brian Henton	23	10	49
Mario Andretti	13	DNF	41
Derek Daly	19	DNF	37
Patrick Tambay	15	DNF	22
Nigel Mansell	12	DNF	21
John Watson	7	DNF	19
Riccardo Patrese	20	DNF	19
Michele Alboreto	22	DNF	16
Eliseo Salazar	24	DNF	13
Rene Arnoux	1	DNF	12
Jacques Laffite	4	DNF	11
Eddie Cheever	17	DNF	11
Slim Borgudd	21	DNF	10
Gilles Villeneuve	9	DNF	6
Héctor Rebaque	14	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:33.467	—	—
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:34.140	+0.673	+0.673
3	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:34.374	+0.907	+0.234
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:35.062	+1.595	+0.688
5	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:35.358	+1.891	+0.296
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:35.449	+1.982	+0.091
7	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:35.557	+2.090	+0.108
8	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:35.596	+2.129	+0.039
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:35.627	+2.160	+0.031
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:35.946	+2.479	+0.319
11	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:36.158	+2.691	+0.212
12	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:36.210	+2.743	+0.052
13	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:36.296	+2.829	+0.086
14	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:36.472	+3.005	+0.176
15	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	25	1:36.515	+3.048	+0.043
16	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:37.019	+3.552	+0.504
17	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:37.160	+3.693	+0.141
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	32	1:37.264	+3.797	+0.104
19	Derek Daly	March	17	1:37.309	+3.842	+0.045
20	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:37.355	+3.888	+0.046
21	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:37.807	+4.340	+0.452
22	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:37.912	+4.445	+0.105
23	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:38.012	+4.545	+0.100
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	14	1:38.053	+4.586	+0.041
25	Marc Surer	Theodore	33	1:38.114	+4.647	+0.061
26	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	31	1:38.474	+5.007	+0.360
27	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:39.279	+5.812	+0.805
28	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:39.713	+6.246	+0.434
29	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:40.345	+6.878	+0.632
30	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:40.437	+6.970	+0.092

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: 13 of 1981
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Sep 1981
Layout raced: Revised chicanes · 5.8 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.