| «1981-14» | Canada Grand Prix - XX Grand Prix du Canada |
| 1981-09-27 | Montréal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 63 laps × 4.41 km : 277.83 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 63 | 2:01:25.205 | 137.290 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 63 | +06.233 | +06.233 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 63 | +01:50.275 | +01:44.042 | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 62 | +1 lap | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 16 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 62 | +1 lap | ||
| 8 | 20 | 17 | Derek Daly | March • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +2 laps | ||
| 9 | 19 | 33 | Marc Surer | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +2 laps | ||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 11 | 22 | 4 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 59 | +4 laps | ||
| 12 | 14 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 56 | engine | ||
| 13 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 51 | spin | |||
| 4 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 48 | collision | |||
| 5 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 45 | accident | |||
| 21 | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 40 | accident | |||
| 6 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 35 | spin | |||
| 23 | 32 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella • Ford Cosworth | 26 | collision | |||
| 12 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 24 | ignition | |||
| 3 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 24 | handling | |||
| 24 | 14 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 8 | spin | |||
| 17 | 25 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier • Matra | 6 | spin | |||
| 18 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 6 | accident | |||
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 0 | collision | |||
| DNQ | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 35 | Brian Henton | Toleman • Hart | |||||
| DNQ | 36 | Derek Warwick | Toleman • Hart | |||||
| DNQ | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 30 | Jacques Sr Villeneuve | Arrows • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:49.475 - 145.019 km/h - John Watson (lap 43)
Comments
Race scheduled for 70 laps, stopped after reaching the 2-hour time limit.