- Winner
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Team
- Ferrari
- Top listed
- Gilles Villeneuve, Alan Jones, and Jacques Laffite
- Race date
- May 31, 1981
- Pole
- Nelson Piquet
- Fastest lap
- Alan Jones
- Classified drivers
- 31
- Circuit
- Circuit de Monaco
The decisive result
Gilles Villeneuve finished first for Ferrari. Alan Jones is listed 2 for Williams, with Jacques Laffite 3 for Ligier.
Grid to finish
Didier Pironi from P17 to P4 (+13), Marc Surer from P19 to P6 (+13), and Eddie Cheever from P15 to P5 (+10) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nelson Piquet started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 6 DNQ, 5 DNPQ, 4 Collision, 3 Engine, and 3 Finished. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:27.470 on lap 48. 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.