Race 15 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
October 17, 1981
Official name
1st Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Course
Temporary street course
Course length
3.650 km (2.268 miles)
Distance
75 laps, 273.750 km (170.137 miles)
Weather
Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 75 °F (24 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Carlos Reutemann
Williams-Ford
Time
1:17.821
Fastest lap
Driver
Didier Pironi
Ferrari
Time
1:20.156 on lap 49
Podium
First
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford
Second
Alain Prost
Renault
Third
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 17, 1981, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was the fifteenth and final race of the 1981 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 75-lap race was won by Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, with Frenchman Alain Prost second in a Renault and Italian Bruno Giacomelli third in an Alfa Romeo. Brazilian Nelson Piquet finished fifth in his Brabham-Ford to take the Drivers' Championship by one point from Jones's Argentine teammate, Carlos Reutemann, who finished eighth having started from pole position. This was the final win by an Australian driver until Mark Webber won the 2009 German Grand Prix.
^"Weather information for the "1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
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