
Monaco 1981
Round 6 • May 31, 1981
Circuit
Monaco
Monaco's unforgiving streets become the stage for high drama as championship hopefuls Alain Prost and Carlos Reutemann lock horns in a tense battle of skill and strategy. With the tight corners of the principality leaving no room for error, drivers grapple not just with each other, but with the relentless demands of one of the sport's most iconic circuits. As the pressure mounts and the barriers inch ever closer, this race becomes a test of nerve and precision where every decision could be the difference between triumph and disaster.
| Pos | Driver | Time/Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | 1:54:23.380 | 9 |
| 2 | Alan Jones | +39.910 | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | +1:29.240 | 4 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | +2 laps | 2 |
| 6 | Marc Surer | +2 laps | 1 |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | +4 laps | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | - | - | - |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | - | - | - |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | - | - | - |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | - | - | - |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | - | - | - |
| 6 | Elio De Angelis | - | - | - |
| 7 | Alan Jones | - | - | - |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | - | - | - |
| 9 | Alain Prost | - | - | - |
| 10 | John Watson | - | - | - |
| 11 | Andrea De Cesaris | - | - | - |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | - | - | - |
| 13 | Rene Arnoux | - | - | - |
| 14 | Siegfried Stohr | - | - | - |
| 15 | Eddie Cheever | - | - | - |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | - | - | - |
| 17 | Didier Pironi | - | - | - |
| 18 | Bruno Giacomelli | - | - | - |
| 19 | Marc Surer | - | - | - |
| 20 | Michele Alboreto | - | - | - |