1981 Argentine Grand Prix
- Round
- 3 of 1981
- Circuit
- Autodromo Oscar Galvez
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Constructor
- Brabham
- Entrant
- Brabham-Ford
- Pole position
- Nelson Piquet
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 53 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | 53 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Renault | 2 | 53 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | 53 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 5 | 53 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 10 | 52 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 52 | — | — |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 52 | — | — |
| 9 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 19 | 52 | — | — |
| 10 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 51 | — | Out of fuel |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 18 | 51 | — | — |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | ATS | 23 | 51 | — | — |
| 13 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 24 | 51 | — | — |
| DNQ | Miguel Ángel Guerra | Osella | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Derek Daly | March | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Eliseo Salazar | March | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNF | Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 32 | — | Electrical |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 40 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 8 | 4 | — | Fuel system |
| DNF | John Watson | McLaren | 11 | 36 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | 3 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 13 | 1 | — | Clutch |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 14 | 36 | — | Oil leak |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 15 | 3 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Marc Surer | Ensign | 16 | 14 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 20 | 28 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 21 | 19 | — | Handling |