1981 Formula 1 drivers' standings

Final standings after 15 rounds.

Nelson Piquet won the 1981 drivers' championship with 50 points.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	50
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	49
3	Alan Jones	Williams	2	46
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	44
5	Alain Prost	Renault	3	43
6	John Watson	McLaren	1	27
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	25
8	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	0	14
9	René Arnoux	Renault	0	11
10	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	0	11
11	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	10
12	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	0	10
13	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	0	9
14	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	0	8
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	7
16	Marc Surer	Ensign, Theodore	0	4
17	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	0	1
19	Patrick Tambay	Theodore, Ligier	0	1
20	Slim Borgudd	ATS	0	1
21	Eliseo Salazar	March, Osella, Ensign	0	1
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier, Osella	0	0
-	Derek Daly	March	0	0
-	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	0	0
-	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	0	0