| «1981-06» | Monaco Grand Prix - XXXIX Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco |
| 1981-05-31 | Monaco - 76 laps × 3.312 km : 251.712 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.710 | 139.111 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 01:25.788 | +00.078 (+0.091%) | +00.078 |
| 3 | 3 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.815 | +00.105 (+0.123%) | +00.027 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.010 | +00.300 (+0.350%) | +00.195 |
| 5 | 5 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.040 | +00.330 (+0.385%) | +00.030 |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.259 | +00.549 (+0.641%) | +00.219 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.538 | +00.828 (+0.966%) | +00.279 |
| 8 | 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 01:26.704 | +00.994 (+1.160%) | +00.166 |
| 9 | 9 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 01:26.953 | +01.243 (+1.450%) | +00.249 |
| 10 | 10 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.058 | +01.348 (+1.573%) | +00.105 |
| 11 | 11 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.122 | +01.412 (+1.647%) | +00.064 |
| 12 | 12 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 01:27.512 | +01.802 (+2.102%) | +00.390 |
| 13 | 13 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 01:27.513 | +01.803 (+2.104%) | +00.001 |
| 14 | 14 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.564 | +01.854 (+2.163%) | +00.051 |
| 15 | 15 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.594 | +01.884 (+2.198%) | +00.030 |
| 16 | 16 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.939 | +02.229 (+2.601%) | +00.345 |
| 17 | 17 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 01:28.266 | +02.556 (+2.982%) | +00.327 |
| 18 | 18 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 01:28.323 | +02.613 (+3.049%) | +00.057 |
| 19 | 19 | 14 | Marc Surer | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.339 | +02.629 (+3.067%) | +00.016 |
| 20 | 20 | 4 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.358 | +02.648 (+3.089%) | +00.019 |
| 21 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.436 | +02.726 (+3.180%) | +00.078 | |
| 22 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier • Matra | 01:28.841 | +03.131 (+3.653%) | +00.405 | |
| 23 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.188 | +03.478 (+4.058%) | +00.347 | |
| 24 | 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.434 | +03.724 (+4.345%) | +00.246 | |
| 25 | 32 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.649 | +03.939 (+4.596%) | +00.215 | |
| 26 | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.795 | +04.085 (+4.766%) | +00.146 | |
| 27 | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.285 | +07.575 (+8.838%) | +03.490 | |
| 28 | 18 | Derek Daly | March • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.800 | +08.090 (+9.439%) | +00.515 | |
| 29 | 17 | Eliseo Salazar | March • Ford Cosworth | 01:35.249 | +09.539 (+11.129%) | +01.449 | |
| 30 | 35 | Brian Henton | Toleman • Hart | 01:37.528 | +11.818 (+13.788%) | +02.279 | |
| 31 | 36 | Derek Warwick | Toleman • Hart | 01:41.966 | +16.256 (+18.966%) | +04.438 |