| 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 15 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | October 17, 1981 | ||
| Official name | 1st Caesars Palace Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ||
| Course | Temporary street course | ||
| Course length | 3.650 km (2.268 miles) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 273.750 km (170.137 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 75 °F (24 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:17.821 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Didier Pironi | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:20.156 on lap 49 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Ford | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Alfa Romeo | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 17, 1981, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was the fifteenth and final race of the 1981 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 75-lap race was won by Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, with Frenchman Alain Prost second in a Renault and Italian Bruno Giacomelli third in an Alfa Romeo. Brazilian Nelson Piquet finished fifth in his Brabham-Ford to take the Drivers' Championship by one point from Jones's Argentine teammate, Carlos Reutemann, who finished eighth having started from pole position. This was the final win by an Australian driver until Mark Webber won the 2009 German Grand Prix.
- ^ "Weather information for the "1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 22, 2013.