- Winner
- Alan Jones
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Alan Jones, Carlos Reutemann, and Nelson Piquet
- Race date
- March 15, 1981
- Pole
- Riccardo Patrese
- Fastest lap
- Alan Jones
- Classified drivers
- 29
- Circuit
- Long Beach
The decisive result
Alan Jones finished first for Williams. Carlos Reutemann is listed 2 for Williams, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Brabham.
Grid to finish
René Arnoux from P20 to P8 (+12), Patrick Tambay from P17 to P6 (+11), and Chico Serra from P18 to P7 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Riccardo Patrese started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 Collision, 5 DNQ, 5 Finished, 4 Accident, and 3 Fuel system. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:20.901 on lap 31. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.