1981 F1 Drivers
All 36 drivers of the 1981 Formula 1 season across 17 teams, with championship position, points, wins and podiums. Nelson Piquet won the title with 50 points.
1981 grid by team
| Team | Driver | Pos | Points | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | Carlos Reutemann | 2 | 49 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Alan Jones | 3 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Brabham | Nelson Piquet | 1 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Hector Rebaque | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Renault | Alain Prost | 5 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| René Arnoux | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ligier | Jacques Laffite | 4 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Patrick Tambay | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferrari | Gilles Villeneuve | 7 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Didier Pironi | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| McLaren | John Watson | 6 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Andrea de Cesaris | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lotus | Elio de Angelis | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Mansell | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arrows | Riccardo Patrese | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Siegfried Stohr | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyrrell | Eddie Cheever | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michele Alboreto | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricardo Zunino | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alfa Romeo | Bruno Giacomelli | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Andretti | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Theodore | Marc Surer | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATS | Slim Borgudd | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Lammers | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ensign | Eliseo Salazar | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Londoño | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Osella | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beppe Gabbiani | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Ángel Guerra | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| March | Derek Daly | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fittipaldi | Chico Serra | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keke Rosberg | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toleman | Brian Henton | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Warwick | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |