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15 Mar 1981

1981 USA West Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 80 1:50'41.33 2 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 80 + 9.19 3 6
3 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 80 + 34.92 4 4
4 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 80 + 49.31 6 3
5 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 1'06.70 8 2
6 33 Patrick Tambay Theodore-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17 1
7 21 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 18
8 16 Rene Arnoux Renault 77 + 3 Laps 20
Ret 14 Marc Surer Ensign-Ford 70 Fuel System 19
Ret 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 67 Fuel System 11
Ret 25 Jean Pierre Jarier Ligier-Matra 64 Fuel Pump 10
Ret 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham-Ford 49 Accident 15
Ret 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 41 Collision 9
Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 41 Collision 12
Ret 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 41 Engine 16
Ret 9 Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 41 Collision 21
Ret 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 33 Fuel System 1
Ret 32 Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford 26 Accident 24
Ret 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 25 Accident 7
Ret 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 17 Halfshaft 5
Ret 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 16 Brakes 23
Ret 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 13 Accident 13
Ret 15 Alain Prost Renault 0 Collision 14
Ret 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 22
DNQ 4 Kevin Cogon Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ 17 Derek Daly March-Ford
DNQ 31 Miguel Angel Guerra Osella-Ford
DNQ 20 Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford
DNQ 18 Eliseo Salazar March-Ford

Fastest Lap: Alan  Jones 1'20.901