| «1981-02» | Brazil Grand Prix - X Grande Premio do Brasil |
| 1981-03-29 | Jacarepagua - Autódromo do Rio de Janeiro - 62 laps × 5.031 km : 311.922 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 62 | 2:00:23.660 | 155.450 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +04.440 | +04.440 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +01:03.080 | +58.640 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | 14 | Marc Surer | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +01:17.030 | +13.950 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +01:26.420 | +09.390 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 62 | +01:26.830 | +00.410 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier • Matra | 62 | +01:30.250 | +03.420 | |
| 8 | 15 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +1 lap | ||
| 9 | 12 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +1 lap | ||
| 10 | 19 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +1 lap | ||
| 11 | 13 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 61 | +1 lap | ||
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 60 | +2 laps | ||
| 13 | 24 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 57 | +5 laps | ||
| DNC | 14 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 49 | |||
| DNC | 6 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 40 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 25 | turbo | |||
| 11 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 22 | suspension | |||
| 21 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 20 | accident | |||
| 5 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 20 | collision | |||
| 17 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 19 | collision | |||
| 20 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 9 | ignition | |||
| 22 | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 0 | collision | |||
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 0 | collision | |||
| 9 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 0 | collision | |||
| DNQ | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATS • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 31 | Miguel Angel Guerra | Osella • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 18 | Eliseo Salazar | March • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 17 | Derek Daly | March • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| WDR | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier • Matra | injury | ||||
| WDR | 14 | Ricardo Londono | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | no superlicense |
Fastest lap - 01:54.302 - 158.454 km/h - Marc Surer (lap 36)
Comments
Race scheduled for 63 laps, stopped after reaching the 2-hour time limit.