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1981 F1 Season - Elo Analysis

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Round 1 – United States Grand Prix WestRound 2 – Brazilian Grand PrixRound 3 – Argentine Grand PrixRound 4 – San Marino Grand PrixRound 5 – Belgian Grand PrixRound 6 – Monaco Grand PrixRound 7 – Spanish Grand PrixRound 8 – French Grand PrixRound 9 – British Grand PrixRound 10 – German Grand PrixRound 11 – Austrian Grand PrixRound 12 – Dutch Grand PrixRound 13 – Italian Grand PrixRound 14 – Canadian Grand PrixRound 15 – Caesars Palace Grand Prix

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Final Elo Ratings

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Rank Starting Elo Driver Constructor Qualifying Elo Race Elo Final ELO
1 1686 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1798 1689 1721 ▲ 35
2 1610 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 1759 1689 1712 ▲ 102
3 1594 France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1705 1666 1678 ▲ 84
4 1716 Australia Alan Jones Williams 1724 1630 1658 ▼ 58
5 1675 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1832 1578 1654 ▼ 21
6 1592 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 1905 1537 1650 ▲ 58
7 1563 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1806 1575 1646 ▲ 83
8 1622 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1748 1598 1643 ▲ 21
9 1595 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 1837 1504 1604 ▲ 9
10 1590 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1720 1550 1603 ▲ 13
11 1612 United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1670 1575 1599 ▼ 13
12 1590 Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 1596 1597 1596 ▲ 6
13 1519 France Alain Prost Renault 1560 1571 1567 ▲ 48
14 1500 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 1561 1532 1541 ▲ 41
15 1532 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 1463 1548 1523 ▼ 9
16 1536 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 1444 1554 1521 ▼ 15
17 1500 United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 1569 1493 1515 ▲ 15
18 1500 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 1532 1500 1510 ▲ 10
19 1500 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 1531 1500 1509 ▲ 9
20 1500 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 1450 1508 1491 ▼ 9
21 1500 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1471 1500 1491 ▼ 9
22 1500 Ricardo Londoño Ensign 1468 1500 1490 ▼ 10
23 1547 France Patrick Tambay Ligier 1446 1507 1488 ▼ 59
24 1489 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 1549 1453 1483 ▼ 6
25 1500 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 1474 1469 1472 ▼ 28
26 1500 Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella 1468 1468 1468 ▼ 32
27 1477 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 1541 1435 1467 ▼ 10
28 1424 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 1359 1471 1438 ▲ 14
29 1500 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 1415 1419 1417 ▼ 83
30 1492 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1351 1406 1390 ▼ 102
31 1432 France René Arnoux Renault 1454 1354 1384 ▼ 48
32 1379 Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 1246 1386 1344 ▼ 35

Race-by-Race ELO Changes

Round 1 - United States Grand Prix West

Date: 1981-03-15

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1840 +27 1867 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 1789 -27 1762 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 1752 +4 1756 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P15)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1828 +25 1853 France Didier Pironi (P11)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 6 1662 +38 1700 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P9)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 1464 +50 1514 Italy Elio de Angelis (P13)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 9 1728 -38 1690 United States Mario Andretti (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 10 1524 +44 1568 France Jacques Laffite (P12)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 11 1752 -25 1727 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 1663 -44 1619 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P10)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 13 1681 -50 1631 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P7)
France Alain Prost Renault 14 1536 +27 1563 France René Arnoux (P20)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 1292 -4 1288 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 16 1787 +10 1797 Brazil Chico Serra (P18)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 18 1500 -10 1490 Finland Keke Rosberg (P16)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 20 1478 -27 1451 France Alain Prost (P14)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 22 1471 +46 1517 United Kingdom John Watson (P23)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 23 1639 -46 1593 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P22)
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1663 +18 1681 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 Finished 1504 -18 1486 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 Finished 1658 +13 1671 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P12)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 4 Finished 1595 +26 1621 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P13)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 6 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 7 +2 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 8 +3 Laps 1413 +41 1454 France Alain Prost (P23)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 9 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 10 Fuel system 1566 N/A 1566 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 11 Fuel pump 1457 N/A 1457 France Jacques Laffite (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 12 Accident 1417 -13 1404 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 13 Collision 1530 -26 1504 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 Collision 1564 N/A 1564 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 15 Engine 1512 N/A 1512 Brazil Chico Serra (P7)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 16 Collision N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 17 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 18 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 19 Accident 1500 +37 1537 Italy Elio de Angelis (P22)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 20 Halfshaft 1610 N/A 1610 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 21 Brakes 1595 N/A 1595 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P24)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 22 Accident 1550 -37 1513 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P19)
France Alain Prost Renault 23 Collision 1512 -41 1471 France René Arnoux (P8)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 24 Collision 1500 N/A 1500 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)

Round 2 - Brazilian Grand Prix

Date: 1981-03-29

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 1756 +4 1760 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P11)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 1762 +41 1803 Australia Alan Jones (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 1867 -41 1826 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4 1721 +14 1735 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P21)
France Alain Prost Renault 5 1563 +22 1585 France René Arnoux (P8)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 1690 +33 1723 United States Mario Andretti (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1853 +21 1874 France Didier Pironi (P17)
France René Arnoux Renault 8 1451 -22 1429 France Alain Prost (P5)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 9 1700 -33 1667 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P6)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 1631 +22 1653 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P13)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 11 1288 -4 1284 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 12 1797 +9 1807 Brazil Chico Serra (P22)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 13 1514 -22 1492 Italy Elio de Angelis (P10)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 1500 +23 1523 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P24)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 15 1593 +25 1618 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P20)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 1619 +27 1646 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P23)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 1727 -21 1706 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 18 1500 +32 1532 Ricardo Londoño (P999)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 20 1517 -25 1492 United Kingdom John Watson (P15)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 21 1500 -14 1486 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P4)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 22 1490 -9 1480 Finland Keke Rosberg (P12)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 23 1568 -27 1541 France Jacques Laffite (P16)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 24 1402 -23 1379 United States Eddie Cheever (P14)
Ricardo Londoño Ensign N/A 1500 -32 1468 Switzerland Marc Surer (P18)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 Finished 1486 +48 1534 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 Finished 1681 -48 1633 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 3 Finished 1494 +33 1527 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P19)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 4 Finished 1500 N/A 1500 Ricardo Londoño (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 Finished 1513 +34 1548 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P11)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 Finished 1564 +22 1586 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 7 Finished 1457 -22 1435 France Jacques Laffite (P6)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1595 N/A 1595 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 9 +1 Lap 1512 +31 1543 Brazil Chico Serra (P24)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 10 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 11 +1 Lap 1537 -34 1502 Italy Elio de Angelis (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 12 +2 Laps 1671 +11 1682 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P17)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 13 +5 Laps 1433 +38 1471 United States Eddie Cheever (P14)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 Not classified 1500 -38 1462 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P13)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 Not classified 1504 +42 1546 United States Mario Andretti (P23)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 Turbo 1610 N/A 1610 France Didier Pironi (P20)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 17 Spun off 1404 -11 1393 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P12)
France Alain Prost Renault 18 Collision 1471 +30 1502 France René Arnoux (P22)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 19 Accident 1500 -33 1467 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P3)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 20 Collision 1566 N/A 1566 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 21 Engine 1500 N/A 1500 United Kingdom John Watson (P8)
France René Arnoux Renault 22 Collision 1454 -30 1423 France Alain Prost (P18)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 23 Collision 1621 -42 1579 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P15)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 24 Collision 1500 -31 1469 Finland Keke Rosberg (P9)
Ricardo Londoño Ensign 30 Withdrew 1500 N/A 1500 Switzerland Marc Surer (P4)

Round 3 - Argentine Grand Prix

Date: 1981-04-12

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 1760 +4 1764 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P6)
France Alain Prost Renault 2 1585 +19 1603 France René Arnoux (P5)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 1826 +30 1856 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 1803 -30 1773 Australia Alan Jones (P3)
France René Arnoux Renault 5 1429 -19 1411 France Alain Prost (P2)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 1284 -4 1280 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1874 +18 1892 France Didier Pironi (P12)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 8 1807 +8 1815 Brazil Chico Serra (P20)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 1735 +12 1747 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P19)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 1653 +18 1671 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P15)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 11 1618 +21 1639 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P18)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 1706 -18 1688 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 13 1523 +19 1543 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P24)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 1492 -18 1474 Italy Elio de Angelis (P10)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 17 1667 +37 1704 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P22)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 18 1492 -21 1471 United Kingdom John Watson (P11)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 19 1486 -12 1474 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P9)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 20 1480 -8 1472 Finland Keke Rosberg (P8)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 22 1723 -37 1686 United States Mario Andretti (P17)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 24 1379 -19 1359 United States Eddie Cheever (P13)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 Finished 1682 N/A 1682 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 Finished 1534 +41 1575 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
France Alain Prost Renault 3 Finished 1502 +25 1526 France René Arnoux (P5)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 Finished 1633 -41 1592 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
France René Arnoux Renault 5 Finished 1423 -25 1399 France Alain Prost (P3)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 +1 Lap 1548 N/A 1548 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 7 +1 Lap 1527 +27 1553 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P9)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 8 +1 Lap 1579 N/A 1579 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (PDNF)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 9 +1 Lap 1467 -27 1441 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P7)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 10 Out of fuel 1546 N/A 1546 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 11 +2 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 12 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell 13 +2 Laps 1471 N/A 1471 United States Eddie Cheever (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 14 Transmission 1610 N/A 1610 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 15 Oil leak N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 16 Transmission 1595 N/A 1595 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P11)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 17 Electrical 1393 N/A 1393 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 18 Gearbox 1469 N/A 1469 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 19 Handling N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 20 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 21 Fuel system 1543 N/A 1543 Brazil Chico Serra (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 22 Engine 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Elio de Angelis (P6)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 23 Engine 1566 N/A 1566 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 24 Clutch 1462 N/A 1462 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P13)

Round 4 - San Marino Grand Prix

Date: 1981-05-03

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 1892 +15 1907 France Didier Pironi (P6)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 1773 +39 1813 Australia Alan Jones (P8)
France René Arnoux Renault 3 1411 +48 1459 France Alain Prost (P4)
France Alain Prost Renault 4 1603 -48 1555 France René Arnoux (P3)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 1764 +4 1768 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P13)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 6 1688 -15 1673 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 7 1639 +18 1656 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P14)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 8 1856 -39 1816 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 1646 +19 1665 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P18)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 11 1686 +34 1720 United States Mario Andretti (P12)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 1704 -34 1670 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P11)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 13 1280 -4 1276 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P5)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 14 1471 -18 1454 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 1500 +36 1536 United States Eddie Cheever (P19)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 18 1492 -19 1473 France Jacques Laffite (P10)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 1543 -36 1507 Italy Michele Alboreto (P17)
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 20 1500 +32 1532 Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra (P22)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella 22 1500 -32 1468 Italy Beppe Gabbiani (P20)
Eliseo Salazar March 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 24 1500 +31 1531 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P999)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS N/A 1494 -31 1463 Sweden Slim Borgudd (P24)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus N/A 1671 -48 1623 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P999)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus N/A 1474 +48 1522 Italy Elio de Angelis (P999)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 Finished 1682 +10 1692 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P4)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 2 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 Finished 1575 +34 1608 Australia Alan Jones (P12)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 4 Finished 1393 -10 1383 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 Finished 1566 +36 1602 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 6 Finished 1500 +41 1541 United Kingdom John Watson (P10)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 Finished 1610 -36 1574 France Didier Pironi (P5)
France René Arnoux Renault 8 +1 Lap 1399 N/A 1399 France Alain Prost (PDNF)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 10 +2 Laps 1595 -41 1554 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P6)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 11 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 12 +2 Laps 1592 -34 1559 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 13 +3 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 Netherlands Jan Lammers (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 14 Not classified 1554 N/A 1554 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
Eliseo Salazar March 15 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 Collision 1500 +29 1529 United States Eddie Cheever (P19)
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 17 Collision 1500 +32 1532 Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra (P24)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 Collision 1546 N/A 1546 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 Collision 1462 -29 1433 Italy Michele Alboreto (P16)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 20 Gearbox 1579 N/A 1579 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P18)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 21 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 22 Suspension 1586 N/A 1586 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P14)
France Alain Prost Renault 23 Gearbox 1526 N/A 1526 France René Arnoux (P8)
Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella 24 Accident 1500 -32 1468 Italy Beppe Gabbiani (P17)
Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS 27 Retired 1548 N/A 1548 Sweden Slim Borgudd (P13)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 31 Withdrew 1548 N/A 1548 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 32 Withdrew 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)

Round 5 - Belgian Grand Prix

Date: 1981-05-17

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 1813 +32 1845 Australia Alan Jones (P6)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 1768 +4 1771 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P21)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 3 1673 +51 1724 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4 1747 +11 1758 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P13)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 5 1656 +15 1672 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P23)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 6 1816 -32 1784 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1907 -51 1856 France Didier Pironi (P3)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 8 1507 +35 1541 Italy Michele Alboreto (P19)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 9 1665 +16 1681 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P16)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 10 1522 +41 1563 Italy Elio de Angelis (P14)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 11 1815 +8 1823 Brazil Chico Serra (P20)
France Alain Prost Renault 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 13 1474 -11 1463 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P4)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 1623 -41 1582 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P10)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 16 1473 -16 1457 France Jacques Laffite (P9)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 1720 +28 1747 United States Mario Andretti (P18)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 18 1670 -28 1643 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P17)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 19 1536 -35 1501 United States Eddie Cheever (P8)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 20 1472 -8 1464 Finland Keke Rosberg (P11)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 21 1276 -4 1273 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P2)
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 22 1532 +29 1561 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani (P24)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 23 1454 -15 1438 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 1500 -29 1471 Italy Beppe Gabbiani (P22)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 Finished 1608 +27 1636 Australia Alan Jones (P18)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 Finished 1586 N/A 1586 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 Finished 1502 +36 1539 Italy Elio de Angelis (P5)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 Finished 1574 +35 1609 France Didier Pironi (P8)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 Finished 1548 -36 1511 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P3)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 6 Finished 1433 +41 1474 Italy Michele Alboreto (P12)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 7 Finished 1554 N/A 1554 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 8 Finished 1602 -35 1567 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P4)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 9 Finished 1546 +35 1581 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 10 +1 Lap 1579 -35 1544 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P9)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 11 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 12 +2 Laps 1529 -41 1488 United States Eddie Cheever (P6)
Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 13 +4 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 Italy Beppe Gabbiani (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 14 Accident 1383 +55 1437 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P20)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 15 Transmission 1554 N/A 1554 France Jacques Laffite (P2)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 16 Engine 1469 N/A 1469 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella 17 Engine 1532 N/A 1532 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 18 Accident 1559 -27 1531 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 19 Gearbox 1541 N/A 1541 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 20 Accident 1692 -55 1638 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P14)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 21 Gearbox 1543 N/A 1543 Brazil Chico Serra (PDNF)
France Alain Prost Renault 22 Clutch N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 23 Collision 1553 +22 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P24)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 24 Collision 1441 -22 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P23)

Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix

Date: 1981-05-31

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 1856 +20 1876 France Didier Pironi (P17)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 1563 +34 1597 Italy Elio de Angelis (P6)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 1845 +26 1871 Australia Alan Jones (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 1758 +10 1768 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P14)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 1582 -34 1548 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 7 1784 -26 1758 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Alain Prost Renault 9 1555 +23 1579 France René Arnoux (P13)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 10 1672 +13 1685 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P11)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 11 1438 -13 1425 United Kingdom John Watson (P10)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 1643 +41 1684 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P18)
France René Arnoux Renault 13 1459 -23 1435 France Alain Prost (P9)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 14 1463 -10 1453 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P5)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 15 1541 +28 1570 Italy Michele Alboreto (P20)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 1724 -20 1704 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 1747 -41 1706 United States Mario Andretti (P12)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 20 1501 -28 1473 United States Eddie Cheever (P15)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1609 +28 1637 France Didier Pironi (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 Finished 1531 N/A 1531 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 4 +1 Lap 1567 -28 1539 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 5 +2 Laps 1474 +33 1507 Italy Michele Alboreto (P10)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 6 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 7 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 8 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 9 Engine 1554 N/A 1554 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P19)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 10 Collision 1488 -33 1455 United States Eddie Cheever (P5)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 11 Collision 1581 +29 1610 United States Mario Andretti (P20)
France Alain Prost Renault 12 Engine 1526 N/A 1526 France René Arnoux (P15)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 13 Gearbox 1636 N/A 1636 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 Engine 1511 N/A 1511 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 15 Spun off 1399 N/A 1399 France Alain Prost (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 Gearbox 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 Suspension 1539 N/A 1539 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 18 Fuel system 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 19 Collision 1541 N/A 1541 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 20 Collision 1544 -29 1515 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P11)

Round 7 - Spanish Grand Prix

Date: 1981-06-21

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 1681 +14 1695 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P19)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1758 +42 1800 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 1871 -42 1829 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 4 1685 +12 1697 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P14)
France Alain Prost Renault 5 1579 +20 1598 France René Arnoux (P17)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 1706 +30 1736 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1876 +17 1894 France Didier Pironi (P13)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 8 1684 -30 1654 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P6)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 1771 +3 1775 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P18)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 1548 +36 1584 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P11)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 11 1597 -36 1561 Italy Elio de Angelis (P10)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 1768 +9 1777 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P23)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 13 1704 -17 1686 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 14 1425 -12 1413 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 15 1823 +7 1830 Brazil Chico Serra (P21)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 17 1435 -20 1416 France Alain Prost (P5)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 18 1273 -3 1269 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P9)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 19 1457 -14 1444 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 21 1464 -7 1457 Finland Keke Rosberg (P15)
Derek Daly March 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 23 1453 -9 1444 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P12)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1637 +23 1660 France Didier Pironi (P15)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 Finished 1586 N/A 1586 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 3 Finished 1554 +31 1585 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P24)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 Finished 1636 +23 1659 Australia Alan Jones (P7)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 Finished 1511 +34 1546 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P6)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 6 Finished 1539 -34 1504 Italy Elio de Angelis (P5)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 7 Finished 1531 -23 1508 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 8 Finished 1515 +41 1556 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P10)
France René Arnoux Renault 9 Finished 1399 +43 1442 France Alain Prost (P22)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 10 Finished 1610 -41 1569 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 11 +1 Lap 1469 +39 1508 Finland Keke Rosberg (P12)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 12 +2 Laps 1543 -39 1504 Brazil Chico Serra (P11)
France Patrick Tambay Theodore 13 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 14 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 15 +4 Laps 1539 -23 1516 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
Derek Daly March 16 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 17 Not classified N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 18 Brakes 1554 N/A 1554 France Jacques Laffite (P2)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 19 Gearbox 1437 N/A 1437 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P21)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 20 Ignition 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 21 Accident 1638 N/A 1638 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
France Alain Prost Renault 22 Spun off 1526 -43 1483 France René Arnoux (P9)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 23 Brakes 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (PDNF)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 24 Accident 1541 -31 1510 United Kingdom John Watson (P3)

Round 8 - French Grand Prix

Date: 1981-07-05

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1416 +47 1463 France Alain Prost (P3)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 2 1697 +10 1707 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P5)
France Alain Prost Renault 3 1598 -47 1551 France René Arnoux (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 1775 +3 1778 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P15)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 5 1413 -10 1403 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 1695 +13 1708 France Patrick Tambay (P16)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 7 1829 +29 1859 Australia Alan Jones (P9)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 1584 +30 1614 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 1800 -29 1770 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P7)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 10 1654 +39 1694 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P12)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 1894 +15 1909 France Didier Pironi (P14)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 12 1736 -39 1696 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 13 1561 -30 1531 Italy Elio de Angelis (P8)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 14 1686 -15 1671 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P11)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 1269 -3 1266 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 16 1456 -13 1443 France Jacques Laffite (P6)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 17 1830 +7 1837 Brazil Chico Serra (P24)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 1570 +23 1593 Italy Michele Alboreto (P23)
Derek Daly March 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 23 1473 -23 1450 United States Eddie Cheever (P19)
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 24 1457 -7 1450 Finland Keke Rosberg (P17)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Alain Prost Renault 1 Finished 1483 +28 1511 France René Arnoux (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 2 Finished 1585 +25 1610 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P11)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 Finished 1638 +15 1653 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P9)
France René Arnoux Renault 4 Finished 1442 -28 1414 France Alain Prost (P1)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 +1 Lap 1516 N/A 1516 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 +1 Lap 1546 +28 1574 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P7)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 +1 Lap 1504 -28 1476 Italy Elio de Angelis (P6)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 8 +1 Lap 1556 +33 1589 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P15)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 9 +2 Laps 1437 -15 1422 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 10 +2 Laps 1659 +19 1678 Australia Alan Jones (P17)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 11 +2 Laps 1510 -25 1485 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 12 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 13 +3 Laps 1507 +27 1534 Italy Michele Alboreto (P16)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 +3 Laps 1569 -33 1536 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 +3 Laps 1455 -27 1427 United States Eddie Cheever (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 17 Collision 1508 -19 1489 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P10)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 18 Suspension 1586 N/A 1586 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Derek Daly March 19 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 20 Electrical 1660 N/A 1660 France Didier Pironi (P5)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 21 Wheel bearing 1587 N/A 1587 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 22 Suspension 1504 N/A 1504 Brazil Chico Serra (PDNF)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 23 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi 24 Withdrew 1508 N/A 1508 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)

Round 9 - British Grand Prix

Date: 1981-07-18

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1463 +40 1503 France Alain Prost (P2)
France Alain Prost Renault 2 1551 -40 1511 France René Arnoux (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 1778 +3 1781 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P13)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 4 1671 +51 1722 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 5 1707 +9 1717 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P6)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 6 1403 -9 1393 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 7 1770 +40 1810 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 1909 -51 1858 France Didier Pironi (P4)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 9 1859 -40 1819 Australia Alan Jones (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 1777 +8 1785 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P18)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 11 1694 +32 1726 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P12)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 12 1696 -32 1664 United States Mario Andretti (P11)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 13 1266 -3 1263 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 1708 +11 1719 France Patrick Tambay (P15)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 15 1443 -11 1432 France Jacques Laffite (P14)
Derek Daly March 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 18 1444 -8 1436 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P10)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 19 1450 +45 1494 United States Eddie Cheever (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 23 1593 -45 1549 Italy Michele Alboreto (P19)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 1 Finished 1610 +21 1631 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P22)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 Finished 1678 +16 1694 Australia Alan Jones (P21)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 +1 Lap 1586 N/A 1586 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 4 +1 Lap 1534 N/A 1534 Italy Michele Alboreto (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 5 +1 Lap 1422 N/A 1422 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 6 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 7 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 8 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 9 Distributor 1414 N/A 1414 France Alain Prost (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 Engine 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P24)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 11 Out of fuel N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 Throttle 1589 N/A 1589 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 13 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 Disqualified N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Alain Prost Renault 15 Distributor 1511 N/A 1511 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 16 Clutch 1587 N/A 1587 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 17 Turbo 1516 N/A 1516 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P20)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 18 Tyre 1653 N/A 1653 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P5)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 19 Transmission 1536 N/A 1536 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 20 Spun off 1660 N/A 1660 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 21 Collision 1489 -16 1473 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 22 Spun off 1485 -21 1464 United Kingdom John Watson (P1)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 23 Clutch 1427 N/A 1427 United States Eddie Cheever (P4)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 24 Spun off 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)

Round 10 - German Grand Prix

Date: 1981-08-02

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Alain Prost Renault 1 1511 +31 1542 France René Arnoux (P2)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 1503 -31 1472 France Alain Prost (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 1819 +31 1850 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 1810 -31 1779 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 1722 +44 1766 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 1781 +3 1784 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P16)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 1719 +10 1729 France Patrick Tambay (P11)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 1858 -44 1814 France Didier Pironi (P5)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 9 1717 +9 1725 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P10)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 10 1393 -9 1385 United Kingdom John Watson (P9)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 1432 -10 1421 France Jacques Laffite (P7)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 1726 +26 1752 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P17)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 1785 +8 1793 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P26)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 1614 +24 1639 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P15)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 1531 -24 1506 Italy Elio de Angelis (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 16 1263 -3 1260 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 1664 -26 1638 United States Mario Andretti (P12)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 26 1436 -8 1428 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P13)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 Finished 1653 +13 1666 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P4)
France Alain Prost Renault 2 Finished 1511 +23 1535 France René Arnoux (P13)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished 1586 N/A 1586 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 4 Finished 1422 -13 1409 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 +1 Lap 1631 +18 1649 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P23)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 +1 Lap 1574 N/A 1574 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 9 +1 Lap 1589 +27 1616 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P15)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 +1 Lap 1660 N/A 1660 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 11 +1 Lap 1473 N/A 1473 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 12 +1 Lap 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 13 +1 Lap 1414 -23 1390 France Alain Prost (P2)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 14 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 +2 Laps 1536 -27 1509 United States Mario Andretti (P9)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 16 Not classified N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 17 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 18 Engine 1694 N/A 1694 Australia Alan Jones (P11)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 Engine 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P12)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 20 Transmission 1587 N/A 1587 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
Derek Daly March 21 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 22 Fuel leak 1476 N/A 1476 Italy Elio de Angelis (P7)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 23 Collision 1464 -18 1446 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 24 Electrical 1516 N/A 1516 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P10)

Round 11 - Austrian Grand Prix

Date: 1981-08-16

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1472 +38 1510 France Alain Prost (P2)
France Alain Prost Renault 2 1542 -38 1504 France René Arnoux (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1814 +28 1841 France Didier Pironi (P8)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 1729 +9 1739 France Patrick Tambay (P17)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 1850 +26 1875 Australia Alan Jones (P6)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 6 1779 -26 1754 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 7 1784 +3 1787 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P15)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 8 1766 -28 1739 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 1639 +20 1659 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P11)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 1793 +7 1800 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P24)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 11 1506 -20 1486 Italy Elio de Angelis (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 12 1725 +8 1733 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P18)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 13 1752 +22 1774 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P16)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 1260 -3 1257 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P7)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 16 1638 -22 1616 United States Mario Andretti (P13)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 17 1421 -9 1412 France Jacques Laffite (P4)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 18 1385 -8 1377 United Kingdom John Watson (P12)
Derek Daly March 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 24 1428 -7 1421 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P10)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 Finished 1586 N/A 1586 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 Finished 1390 N/A 1390 France Alain Prost (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 Finished 1666 N/A 1666 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 Finished 1473 +50 1523 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P5)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 Finished 1694 -50 1644 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 Finished 1649 +15 1664 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P8)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 +1 Lap 1574 N/A 1574 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1446 -15 1431 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 +1 Lap 1516 +45 1561 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 10 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 11 +6 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 Engine 1616 N/A 1616 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (PDNF)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 13 Brakes N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 Engine 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (PDNF)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 15 Oil pressure N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 Heat shield fire 1509 N/A 1509 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 18 Clutch 1409 N/A 1409 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 19 Overheating 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
France Alain Prost Renault 20 Suspension 1535 N/A 1535 France René Arnoux (P2)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 21 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 22 Engine 1476 N/A 1476 Italy Elio de Angelis (P7)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 23 Accident 1660 -45 1615 France Didier Pironi (P9)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 24 Distributor N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 12 - Dutch Grand Prix

Date: 1981-08-30

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Alain Prost Renault 1 1504 +33 1536 France René Arnoux (P2)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 1510 -33 1478 France Alain Prost (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 1787 +3 1790 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P15)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 1754 +43 1796 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P5)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 1875 -43 1833 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 1739 +8 1747 France Patrick Tambay (P11)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 7 1774 +18 1792 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P14)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 8 1733 +7 1740 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P999)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 1659 +17 1676 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P17)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 1800 +6 1806 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P21)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 1412 -8 1404 France Jacques Laffite (P6)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 1739 +41 1780 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P16)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 1616 -18 1598 United States Mario Andretti (P7)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 1257 -3 1254 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 1841 -41 1800 France Didier Pironi (P12)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 1486 -17 1469 Italy Elio de Angelis (P9)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 21 1421 -6 1415 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P10)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 22 1549 +27 1576 Italy Michele Alboreto (P25)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 25 1494 -27 1467 United States Eddie Cheever (P22)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren N/A 1377 -7 1370 United Kingdom John Watson (P8)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Alain Prost Renault 1 Finished 1535 N/A 1535 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 Finished 1666 +12 1678 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 Finished 1523 +43 1566 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P18)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 4 +1 Lap 1409 -12 1397 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P2)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 +1 Lap 1574 N/A 1574 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 6 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows 7 +3 Laps 1419 N/A 1419 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 8 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 9 Engine 1427 N/A 1427 United States Eddie Cheever (PDNF)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 10 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 11 Accident 1616 N/A 1616 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 12 Ignition 1664 N/A 1664 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 13 Suspension 1534 N/A 1534 Italy Michele Alboreto (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 14 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 15 Engine 1390 N/A 1390 France Alain Prost (P1)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 16 Tyre 1509 N/A 1509 United States Mario Andretti (P11)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 17 Collision 1586 +32 1618 France Patrick Tambay (P23)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 18 Collision 1644 -43 1601 Australia Alan Jones (P3)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 Suspension 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Siegfried Stohr (P7)
Derek Daly March 20 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 21 Collision 1561 +37 1598 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P24)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 22 Engine 1476 N/A 1476 Italy Elio de Angelis (P5)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 23 Collision 1587 -32 1555 France Jacques Laffite (P17)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 24 Collision 1615 -37 1578 France Didier Pironi (P21)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 25 Withdrew 1431 N/A 1431 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)

Round 13 - Italian Grand Prix

Date: 1981-09-13

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1478 +37 1515 France Alain Prost (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 1833 +29 1861 Australia Alan Jones (P5)
France Alain Prost Renault 3 1536 -37 1499 France René Arnoux (P1)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 1747 +8 1755 France Patrick Tambay (P15)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 5 1796 -29 1768 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 1790 +3 1793 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P14)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 7 1740 +7 1747 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P16)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 8 1780 +34 1814 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 1800 -34 1766 France Didier Pironi (P8)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 10 1598 +48 1646 United States Mario Andretti (P13)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 1676 +15 1691 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P12)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 12 1469 -15 1454 Italy Elio de Angelis (P11)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 13 1792 -48 1744 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P10)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 14 1254 -3 1251 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P6)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 15 1404 -8 1396 France Jacques Laffite (P4)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 16 1370 -7 1363 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 17 1576 +22 1598 Italy Michele Alboreto (P22)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 1467 -22 1445 United States Eddie Cheever (P17)
United Kingdom Brian Henton Toleman 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Alain Prost Renault 1 Finished 1535 +19 1554 France René Arnoux (P19)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 Finished 1566 +35 1601 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 Finished 1601 -35 1566 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 Finished 1574 N/A 1574 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 Finished 1598 N/A 1598 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 Engine 1678 N/A 1678 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 7 Puncture 1431 N/A 1431 United Kingdom John Watson (P15)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 8 +2 Laps 1509 N/A 1509 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Brian Henton Toleman 10 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 11 Engine 1616 N/A 1616 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P8)
Derek Daly March 12 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 13 Puncture 1555 N/A 1555 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 14 Suspension 1476 N/A 1476 Italy Elio de Angelis (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 15 Accident 1664 N/A 1664 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 Accident 1427 +42 1469 United States Eddie Cheever (P21)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 18 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 19 Spun off 1390 -19 1371 France Alain Prost (P1)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 Puncture 1618 N/A 1618 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 21 Spun off 1534 -42 1493 Italy Michele Alboreto (P17)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 22 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 23 Engine 1578 N/A 1578 France Didier Pironi (P5)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 24 Electrical 1397 N/A 1397 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)

Round 14 - Canadian Grand Prix

Date: 1981-09-27

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 1793 +3 1796 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P6)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 2 1861 +24 1885 Australia Alan Jones (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 1768 -24 1744 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
France Alain Prost Renault 4 1499 +33 1532 France René Arnoux (P8)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 5 1454 +51 1505 Italy Elio de Angelis (P7)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 6 1251 -3 1248 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P1)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 1691 -51 1640 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P5)
France René Arnoux Renault 8 1515 -33 1482 France Alain Prost (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 9 1747 +6 1753 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P13)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 1755 +7 1762 France Patrick Tambay (P17)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 1766 +36 1803 France Didier Pironi (P12)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 1814 -36 1777 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P11)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 13 1363 -6 1357 United Kingdom John Watson (P9)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 14 1598 +19 1617 Italy Michele Alboreto (P22)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 15 1646 +41 1687 United States Mario Andretti (P16)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 16 1744 -41 1703 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P15)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 17 1396 -7 1389 France Jacques Laffite (P10)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly March 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 1445 -19 1426 United States Eddie Cheever (P14)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 Finished 1618 +26 1645 France Patrick Tambay (P22)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 2 Finished 1664 +13 1677 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P13)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 Finished 1578 N/A 1578 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 4 +1 Lap 1509 +42 1550 United States Mario Andretti (P7)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 +1 Lap 1678 +11 1689 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P17)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 +1 Lap 1574 +23 1597 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P15)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 7 +1 Lap 1616 -42 1575 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P4)
Derek Daly March 8 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 10 +3 Laps 1566 N/A 1566 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 11 +4 Laps 1469 N/A 1469 United States Eddie Cheever (PDNF)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 12 Engine 1493 N/A 1493 Italy Michele Alboreto (P11)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 13 Spun off 1431 -13 1418 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
France Alain Prost Renault 14 Collision 1554 +17 1571 France René Arnoux (P24)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 Collision 1476 -23 1453 Italy Elio de Angelis (P6)
Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS 16 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 17 Spun off 1397 -11 1386 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P5)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 18 Collision N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 19 Handling 1601 N/A 1601 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P10)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 20 Ignition 1598 N/A 1598 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 21 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 22 Spun off 1555 -26 1529 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 23 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 24 Collision 1371 -17 1354 France Alain Prost (P14)

Round 15 - Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Date: 1981-10-17

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 1885 +20 1905 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1744 -20 1724 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1803 +30 1832 France Didier Pironi (P18)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 1796 +3 1798 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P16)
France Alain Prost Renault 5 1532 +27 1560 France René Arnoux (P13)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 1753 +6 1759 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P14)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 7 1389 +57 1446 France Jacques Laffite (P12)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 8 1687 +34 1720 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 9 1505 +44 1549 Italy Elio de Angelis (P15)
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 10 1703 -34 1670 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P8)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 1762 -57 1705 France Patrick Tambay (P7)
France René Arnoux Renault 13 1482 -27 1454 France Alain Prost (P5)
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 14 1357 -6 1351 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 15 1640 -44 1596 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P9)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 16 1248 -3 1246 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 1426 +48 1474 United States Eddie Cheever (P19)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 18 1777 -30 1748 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 19 1617 -48 1569 Italy Michele Alboreto (P17)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1601 +29 1630 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
France Alain Prost Renault 2 Finished 1571 N/A 1571 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 3 Finished 1550 N/A 1550 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 4 Finished 1453 N/A 1453 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 Finished 1689 N/A 1689 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 Finished 1645 +22 1666 France Patrick Tambay (P22)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 7 Finished 1677 +12 1689 Italy Andrea de Cesaris (P12)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams 8 +1 Lap 1566 -29 1537 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
France Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 +2 Laps 1598 N/A 1598 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 10 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 12 +6 Laps 1418 -12 1406 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 13 Engine 1469 N/A 1469 United States Eddie Cheever (PDNF)
Eliseo Salazar Ensign 14 Not classified N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman 15 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 16 Suspension 1575 N/A 1575 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 17 Disqualified 1578 N/A 1578 France Didier Pironi (P9)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham 18 Throttle 1386 N/A 1386 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P5)
Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore 19 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 20 Engine 1493 N/A 1493 Italy Michele Alboreto (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 21 Electrical 1354 N/A 1354 France Alain Prost (P2)
France Patrick Tambay Ligier 22 Accident 1529 -22 1507 France Jacques Laffite (P6)
Italy Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 23 Water leak 1597 N/A 1597 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell (P4)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 24 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A