- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Team
- Brabham
- Top listed
- Nelson Piquet, Riccardo Patrese, and Carlos Reutemann
- Race date
- May 3, 1981
- Pole
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Fastest lap
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Classified drivers
- 30
- Circuit
- Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The decisive result
Nelson Piquet finished first for Brabham. Riccardo Patrese is listed 2 for Arrows, with Carlos Reutemann 3 for Williams.
Grid to finish
Marc Surer from P21 to P9 (+12), Slim Borgudd from P24 to P13 (+11), and Héctor Rebaque from P13 to P4 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Gilles Villeneuve started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 7 Finished, 6 DNQ, 4 Collision, 3 +2 laps, and 2 +1 lap. Gilles Villeneuve holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:48.064 on lap 46. 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.