1981 Long Beach Formula 1 Grand Prix
15 March 1981
Long Beach Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲ 1 | Alan Jones | FL | Williams | 1:50:41.330 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | ▲ 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | -00:09.190 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | ▲ 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:51:16.250 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | ▲ 2 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:51:30.640 | 6 | 3 | |
| 5 | ▲ 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:51:48.030 | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | ▲ 11 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | -1 lap | 17 | 1 | |
| 7 | ▲ 11 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | -2 laps | 18 | ||
| 8 | ▲ 12 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | -3 laps | 20 | ||
| 9 | ▲ 10 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 70 laps | 19 | ||
| 10 | ▲ 1 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 67 laps | 11 | ||
| 11 | ▼ 1 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Talbot | 64 laps | 10 | ||
| 12 | ▲ 3 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 49 laps | 15 | ||
| 13 | ▼ 1 | Jacques Laffite | Talbot | 41 laps | 12 | ||
| 14 | ▼ 5 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 41 laps | 9 | ||
| 15 | ▲ 6 | Jan Lammers | ATS | 41 laps | 21 | ||
| 16 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 41 laps | 16 | |||
| 17 | ▼ 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 33 laps | 1 | ||
| 18 | ▲ 6 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | 26 laps | 24 | ||
| 19 | ▼ 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 25 laps | 7 | ||
| 20 | ▼ 15 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 17 laps | 5 | ||
| 21 | ▲ 2 | John Watson | McLaren | 16 laps | 23 | ||
| 22 | ▼ 9 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 13 laps | 13 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 9 | Alain Prost | Renault | 0 laps | 14 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 2 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 0 laps | 22 | ||
| 25 | ▼ 25 | Kevin Cogan | Tyrrell | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 26 | ▼ 26 | Derek Daly | RAM | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 27 | ▼ 27 | Miguel Angel Guerra | Osella | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 28 | ▼ 28 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 29 | ▼ 29 | Eliseo Salazar | RAM | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap Alan Jones : 1:20.901
First
| Type | Driver | #Future |
|---|---|---|
| race | Chico Serra | 31 |
| race | Eliseo Salazar | 36 |
| race | Miguel Angel Guerra | 3 |
| race | Siegfried Stohr | 12 |
| pole | Riccardo Patrese | 7 |
Last
| Type | Driver | #Past |
|---|---|---|
| race | Kevin Cogan | 1 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Carlos Reutemann | 130 | 16 |
| race | Elio de Angelis | 30 | 79 |
| race | Jan Lammers | 30 | 10 |
| race | Patrick Tambay | 40 | 83 |