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| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
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| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1981. | |||
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| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
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| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 50 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 49 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 46 |
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| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 44 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | Renault | 43 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 27 |
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| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 25 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 14 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 |
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| - | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 11 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 10 |
| - | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 |
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| 13 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 9 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 8 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 7 |
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| 16 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 4 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 3 |
| 18 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 1 |
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| - | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1 |
| - | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1 |
| - | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 1 |
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