Renault, a French constructor, competed in the 1981 Formula 1 season with Alain Prost and René Arnoux.
Renault finished 3rd in the 1981 constructors' championship with 54 points, 3 wins and 7 podiums – 41 points behind champions Williams. Renault won 3 Grands Prix, the last of them the Italian Grand Prix.
Final 1981 results after 15 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Share of the team's points (race and sprint).
Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Prost, Arnoux: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
14 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
Short answers about Renault in 1981.
Alain Prost and René Arnoux drove for Renault in the 1981 Formula 1 season.
Renault scored 54 points in 1981 and finished 3rd in the constructors' championship, 41 points behind champions Williams.
Renault won 3 of 15 Grands Prix in 1981, with 7 podium finishes.
| 1 |
 United States Grand Prix West |
| DNF |
| P8 |
0 |
| 2 |  Brazilian Grand Prix | DNF | DNF | 0 |
| 3 |  Argentine Grand Prix | P3 | P5 | 6 |
| 4 |  San Marino Grand Prix | DNF | P8 | 0 |
| 5 |  Belgian Grand Prix | DNF | – | 0 |
| 6 |  Monaco Grand Prix | DNF | DNF | 0 |
| 7 |  Spanish Grand Prix | DNF | P9 | 0 |
| 8 |  French Grand Prix | P1 | P4 | 12 |
| 9 |  British Grand Prix | DNF | P9 | 0 |
| 10 |  German Grand Prix | P2 | P13 | 6 |
| 11 |  Austrian Grand Prix | DNF | P2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Dutch Grand Prix | P1 | DNF | 9 |
| 13 | Italian Grand Prix | P1 | DNF | 9 |
| 14 |  Canadian Grand Prix | DNF | DNF | 0 |
| 15 | Caesars Palace Grand Prix | P2 | DNF | 6 |
