- Winner
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Team
- Ferrari
- Top listed
- Gilles Villeneuve, Jacques Laffite, and John Watson
- Race date
- June 21, 1981
- Pole
- Jacques Laffite
- Fastest lap
- Alan Jones
- Classified drivers
- 30
- Circuit
- Circuito del Jarama
The decisive result
Gilles Villeneuve finished first for Ferrari. Jacques Laffite is listed 2 for Ligier, with John Watson 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Chico Serra from P21 to P11 (+10), Eliseo Salazar from P24 to P14 (+10), and René Arnoux from P17 to P9 (+8) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Jacques Laffite started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 10 Finished, 6 DNQ, 2 +2 laps, 2 Accident, and 2 Brakes. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:17.818 on lap 5. 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.