Results · 1981
Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Gap | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Alan Jones  |
Williams | 75 | 1:44:09.077 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 Alain Prost  |
Renault | 75 | +20.048s | 6 |
| 3 | 23 Bruno Giacomelli  |
Alfa Romeo | 75 | +20.428s | 4 |
| 4 | 12 Nigel Mansell  |
Team Lotus | 75 | +47.473s | 3 |
| 5 | 5 Nelson Piquet  |
Brabham | 75 | +1:16.438s | 2 |
| 6 | 26 Jacques Laffite |
Ligier | 75 | +1:18.175s | 1 |
| 7 | 7 John Watson |
McLaren | 75 | +1:18.497s | |
| 8 | 2 Carlos Reutemann  |
Williams | 74 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | 28 Didier Pironi |
Ferrari | 73 | +2 laps | |
| 10 | 20 Keke Rosberg  |
Fittipaldi | 73 | +2 laps | |
| 11 | 29 Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows | 71 | +4 laps | |
| 12 | 8 Andrea de Cesaris |
McLaren | 69 | +6 laps | |
| 13 | 4 Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell | 67 | Engine | |
| — | 14 Eliseo Salazar  |
Ensign | 61 | DNF | |
| — | 36 Derek Warwick |
Toleman | 43 | DNF | |
| — | 22 Mario Andretti |
Alfa Romeo | 29 | DNF | |
| — | 27 Gilles Villeneuve  |
Ferrari | 22 | Disqualified | |
| — | 6 Hector Rebaque  |
Brabham | 20 | DNF | |
| — | 33 Marc Surer  |
Theodore | 19 | DNF | |
| — | 3 Eddie Cheever |
Tyrrell | 10 | DNF | |
| — | 16 René Arnoux |
Renault | 10 | DNF | |
| — | 25 Patrick Tambay |
Ligier | 2 | DNF | |
| — | 11 Elio de Angelis |
Team Lotus | 2 | DNF | |
| — | 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Osella | DNF |