

Team Lotus, a British constructor, competed in the 1981 Formula 1 season with Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell.
Team Lotus finished 7th in the 1981 constructors' championship with 22 points, 1 podium but no wins – 73 points behind champions Williams. Team Lotus's best result was 3rd, by Nigel Mansell at the Belgian 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 (de Angelis, Mansell: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
14 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
| Rd | Grand Prix | de Angelis | Mansell | Pts |
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Short answers about Team Lotus in 1981.
Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell drove for Team Lotus in the 1981 Formula 1 season.
Team Lotus scored 22 points in 1981 and finished 7th in the constructors' championship, 73 points behind champions Williams.
Team Lotus did not win a Grand Prix in 1981; its best result was 3rd.
| 1 | DNF | DNF | 0 |
| 2 | P5 | P11 | 2 |
| 3 | P6 | DNF | 1 |
| 4 | DNS | DNS | 0 |
| 5 | P5 | P3 | 6 |
| 6 | DNF | DNF | 0 |
| 7 | P5 | P6 | 3 |
| 8 | P6 | P7 | 1 |
| 9 | DSQ | – | 0 |
| 10 | P7 | DNF | 0 |
| 11 | P7 | DNF | 0 |
| 12 | P5 | DNF | 2 |
| 13 | P4 | DNF | 3 |
| 14 | P6 | DNF | 1 |
| 15 | DNF | P4 | 3 |