Drivers Standings
| 1981 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 50 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Williams-Ford | 49 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 44 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Alain Prost |
Renault | 43 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 |  Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Ford | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 |  Hector Rebaque |
Brabham-Ford | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Eddie Cheever |
Tyrrell-Ford | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Didier Pironi |
Ferrari | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell |
Lotus-Ford | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Marc Surer |
Ensign-Ford & Theodore-Ford | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti |
Alfa Romeo | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris |
McLaren-Ford | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Patrick Tambay |
Ligier-Matra & Theodore-Ford | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Slim Borgudd |
ATS-Ford | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  Eliseo Salazar |
Ensign-Ford & March-Ford | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Ligier-Matra & Osella-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Derek Daly |
March-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr |
Arrows-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Chico Serra |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |  Keke Rosberg |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brian Henton |
Toleman-Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Jan Lammers |
ATS-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ricardo Zunino |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Beppe Gabbiani |
Osella-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Derek Warwick |
Toleman-Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Ligier-Matra | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Miguel Angel Guerra |
Osella-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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