| «1981-03» | Argentina Grand Prix - XVII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina |
| 1981-04-12 | Buenos Aires - Autodromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez - 53 laps × 5.968 km : 316.304 km |
| Pos | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Speed | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:45.287 | 204.059 km/h | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:46.260 | 202.191 km/h | 43 | +00.973 |
| 3 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:46.350 | 202.020 km/h | 8 | +01.063 |
| 4 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 01:46.570 | 201.603 km/h | 6 | +01.283 |
| 5 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:47.010 | 200.774 km/h | 36 | +01.723 |
| 6 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 01:47.180 | 200.455 km/h | 33 | +01.893 |
| 7 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:47.340 | 200.157 km/h | 31 | +02.053 |
| 8 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:47.650 | 199.580 km/h | 43 | +02.363 |
| 9 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | 01:47.860 | 199.192 km/h | 30 | +02.573 |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:48.300 | 198.382 km/h | 40 | +03.013 |
| 11 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 01:48.320 | 198.346 km/h | 37 | +03.033 |
| 12 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 01:48.490 | 198.035 km/h | 18 | +03.203 |
| 13 | 14 | Marc Surer | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:48.770 | 197.525 km/h | 4 | +03.483 |
| 14 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:48.830 | 197.416 km/h | 28 | +03.543 |
| 15 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 01:48.830 | 197.416 km/h | 37 | +03.543 |
| 16 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 01:48.920 | 197.253 km/h | 3 | +03.633 |
| 17 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:49.010 | 197.090 km/h | 33 | +03.723 |
| 18 | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 01:49.140 | 196.855 km/h | 37 | +03.853 |
| 19 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 01:49.220 | 196.711 km/h | 2 | +03.933 |
| 20 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:49.850 | 195.583 km/h | 18 | +04.563 |
| 21 | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 01:49.950 | 195.405 km/h | 10 | +04.663 |
| 22 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 01:50.060 | 195.210 km/h | 5 | +04.773 |
| 23 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:50.880 | 193.766 km/h | 2 | +05.593 |
| 24 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 03:05.300 | 115.946 km/h | 1 | +01:20.013 |