Season 1981
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Agenda
| Date | Location | Circuit | Country |
| 15 / 03 | Los Angeles | Long Beach | United States |
| 29 / 03 | Rio de Janeiro | Jacarepagua | Brazil |
| 12 / 04 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Formula1 circuit | Argentine |
| 03 / 05 | Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | San Marino |
| 17 / 05 | Heusden-Zolder | Circuit Zolder, Omloop Terlamen Zolder | Belgium |
| 31 / 05 | Monte Carlo | Circuit de Monaco | Monaco |
| 21 / 06 | Madrid | Circuit Jarama | Spain |
| 05 / 07 | Dijon-Prenois | Circuit de Dijon-Prenois | France |
| 18 / 07 | Silverstone | Silverstone | Great Britain |
| 02 / 08 | Hockenheim | Hockenheimring | Germany |
| 16 / 08 | Osterreichring | A1 Ring | Austria |
| 30 / 08 | Zandvoort | Circuit Park Zandvoort | The Netherlands |
| 13 / 09 | Monza | Autodromo Nationale di Monza | Italy |
| 27 / 09 | Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Canada |
| 17 / 10 | Las Vegas | Caesars Palace | United States (Las Vegas) |
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| Placing | Driver | Nationality | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham-Cosworth | 50 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Williams-Cosworth | 49 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Australia | Williams-Cosworth | 46 | |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | France | Talbot Ligier-Matra | 44 | |
| 5 | Alain Prost | France | Renault | 43 | |
| 6 | John Watson | Great Britain | McLaren-Cosworth | 27 | |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | 25 | |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Lotus-Cosworth | 14 | |
| 9 | Rene Arnoux | France | Renault | 11 | |
| 10 | Hector Rebaque | Mexico | Brabham-Cosworth | 11 | |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | United States of America | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 10 | |
| 12 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Arrows-Cosworth | 10 | |
| 13 | Didier Pironi | France | Ferrari | 9 | |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Lotus-Cosworth | 8 | |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Italy | Alfa Romeo | 7 | |
| 16 | Marc Surer | Switzerland | Ensign-Cosworth | 4 | |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | United States of America | Alfa Romeo | 3 | |
| 18 | Eliseo Salazar | Chili | March-Cosworth | 1 | |
| 19 | Patrick Tambay | France | Theodore-Cosworth | 1 | |
| 20 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | McLaren-Cosworth | 1 | |
| 21 | Slim Borgudd | Sweden | ATS-Cosworth | 1 |
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| Placing | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Williams-Cosworth | 95 | |
| 2 | Brabham-Cosworth | 61 | |
| 3 | Renault | 54 | |
| 4 | Ferrari | 34 | |
| 5 | Ligier-Cosworth | 33 | |
| 6 | McLaren-Cosworth | 28 | |
| 7 | Lotus-Cosworth | 22 | |
| 8 | Talbot Ligier-Matra | 11 | |
| 9 | Arrows-Cosworth | 10 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 10 | |
| 11 | Alfa Romeo | 10 | |
| 12 | Ensign-Cosworth | 5 | |
| 13 | ATS-Cosworth | 1 | |
| 14 | Theodore-Cosworth | 1 |
Notes: Talbot Ligier-Matra = Ligier-Cosworth
