Season
1981
Race
8. French Grand Prix
1981 French Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 47.3625, 4.89913
- Altitude
- 484 m
- Race number
- 350
Race winner
Winning driver
9.0 pts
- Race
- 9.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 37 | 2 |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 24 | 1 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 22 | 2 |
| 4 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 21 | 2 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | John Watson | McLaren | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Alain Prost | Renault | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1 | 0 |
| — | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jarier | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 |
| — | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Siegfried Stohr | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jan Lammers | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Ricardo Zunino | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Slim Borgudd | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Piercarlo Ghinzani | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 0 | 0 |
| — | Derek Daly | March | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Beppe Gabbiani | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Miguel Ángel Guerra | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Ricardo Londoño | — | 0 | 0 |