Canadian Grand Prix
1981 · Round 14 · Montreal, Canada · Sep 27, 1981Race summary
Victory went to Laffite (from 10th on the grid), with a 6.230s margin. Daly made the biggest gain, from 20th on the grid to 8th (up 12 places). Reutemann had a difficult race, dropping from 2nd to 10th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 63 | 2:01:25.200 | 9 |
| 2 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | 63 | +6.230 | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | 63 | +1:50.270 | 4 |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 62 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 62 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | 62 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 62 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Derek Daly | March | 20 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 19 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 22 | 59 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 14 | 56 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 13 | 51 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Alain Prost | Renault | 4 | 48 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 5 | 45 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 21 | 40 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 35 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 23 | 26 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | 24 | Handling | 0 |
| – | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | 24 | Ignition | 0 |
| – | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 24 | 8 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 17 | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 18 | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | 0 | Collision | 0 |