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1981 Canadian GP
1981 Las Vegas GP
1982 South African GP
1982 Las Vegas GP
I
Caesar's Palace Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Saturday 17 October 1981
Start time
14:00
Event
Las Vegas GP
Circuit
Las Vegas
Event Format
Race of 75 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#15 of
15
in 1981
#357 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
75
Circuit Perimeter
3650 m
Race Distance
3650 × 75 = 273.750 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Anti-clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
30
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
13
Debutants
Las Vegas GP
(
Event
),
Las Vegas
(
Circuit
)
Milestones
Car 31
– 100th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
TAG Williams Team
– 1st Pole Position (
Entrant
)
TAG Williams Team
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
Keke Rosberg
– 50th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
398
),
2.
Most Fastest Laps
–
Ferrari
(
93
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
920
),
4.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
March
(
50
),
5.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
85
)
World Championship standings
1
Nélson Piquet
50
2
Carlos Reutemann
49
3
Alan Jones
46
4
Jacques Laffite
44
5
Alain Prost
43
6
John Watson
27
7
Gilles Villeneuve
25
8
Elio de Angelis
14
9
René Arnoux
11
10
Hector Rebaque
11
11
Riccardo Patrese
10
12
Eddie Cheever
10
13
Didier Pironi
9
14
Nigel Mansell
8
15
Bruno Giacomelli
7
16
Marc Surer
4
17
Mario Andretti
3
18
Andrea de Cesaris
1
Eliseo Salazar
1
Patrick Tambay
1
Slim Borgudd
1
1
Williams
/
Ford
95
2
Brabham
/
Ford
61
3
Renault
/
Renault
54
4
Ligier
/
Matra
44
5
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
34
6
McLaren
/
Ford
28
7
Lotus
/
Ford
22
8
Arrows
/
Ford
10
9
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
10
10
Tyrrell
/
Ford
10
11
Ensign
/
Ford
5
12
ATS
/
Ford
1
Theodore
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 1
Car 2
Car 28
Entrant
TAG Williams Team
TAG Williams Team
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
Driver
Alan Jones
Carlos Reutemann
Didier Pironi
Car
Williams
FW07D
Williams
FW07C
Ferrari
126CK
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ferrari
1.5 V6T
Time
1:44'09.077
1'17.821
1'20.156
Speed
157.703 km/h
168.849 km/h
163.930 km/h
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