1981 Drivers' Championship — Win Odds
Equal/random Monte Carlo over the remaining races. Fastest-lap and pole bonuses are excluded from the simulation.
| Driver | Win Odds | Status | Points | Max Avail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Piquet | 100.0% | clinched | 50 | 0 |
| Carlos Reutemann | 0.0% | eliminated | 49 | 0 |
| Alan Jones | 0.0% | eliminated | 46 | 0 |
| Jacques Laffite | 0.0% | eliminated | 44 | 0 |
| Alain Prost | 0.0% | eliminated | 43 | 0 |
| John Watson | 0.0% | eliminated | 27 | 0 |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 0.0% | eliminated | 25 | 0 |
| Elio de Angelis | 0.0% | eliminated | 14 | 0 |
| René Arnoux | 0.0% | eliminated | 11 | 0 |
| Hector Rebaque | 0.0% | eliminated | 11 | 0 |
| Riccardo Patrese | 0.0% | eliminated | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie Cheever | 0.0% | eliminated | 10 | 0 |
| Didier Pironi | 0.0% | eliminated | 9 | 0 |
| Nigel Mansell | 0.0% | eliminated | 8 | 0 |
| Bruno Giacomelli | 0.0% | eliminated | 7 | 0 |
| Marc Surer | 0.0% | eliminated | 4 | 0 |
| Mario Andretti | 0.0% | eliminated | 3 | 0 |
| Andrea de Cesaris | 0.0% | eliminated | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Tambay | 0.0% | eliminated | 1 | 0 |
| Slim Borgudd | 0.0% | eliminated | 1 | 0 |
| Eliseo Salazar | 0.0% | eliminated | 1 | 0 |
| Beppe Gabbiani | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Pierre Jarier | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Keke Rosberg | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Lammers | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Serra | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Londoño | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Siegfried Stohr | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Zunino | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Michele Alboreto | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Ángel Guerra | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Daly | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Henton | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Warwick | 0.0% | eliminated | 0 | 0 |
The 1981 championship is complete.