Round	Piquet	Reutemann	Jones	Laffite	Prost	Watson
R1 · United States GP West	4	6	9	0	0	0
R2 · Brazilian GP	4	15	15	1	0	0
R3 · Argentine GP	13	21	18	1	4	0
R4 · San Marino GP	22	25	18	1	4	0
R5 · Belgian GP	22	34	18	7	4	0
R6 · Monaco GP	22	34	24	11	4	0
R7 · Spanish GP	22	37	24	17	4	4
R8 · French GP	26	37	24	17	13	10
R9 · British GP	26	43	24	21	13	19
R10 · German GP	35	43	24	25	19	20
R11 · Austrian GP	39	45	27	34	19	21
R12 · Dutch GP	45	45	31	34	28	21
R13 · Italian GP	46	49	37	34	37	21
R14 · Canadian GP	48	49	37	43	37	27
R15 · Caesars Palace GP	50	49	46	44	43	27

Pos	Driver	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	Nelson Piquet Brabham	3		50
2	Carlos Reutemann Williams	2	−1	49
3	Alan Jones Williams	2	−4	46
4	Jacques Laffite Ligier	2	−6	44
5	Alain Prost Renault	3	−7	43
6	John Watson McLaren	1	−23	27
7	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	2	−25	25
8	Elio de Angelis Team Lotus		−36	14
9	René Arnoux Renault		−39	11
10	Hector Rebaque Brabham		−39	11
11	Riccardo Patrese Arrows		−40	10
12	Eddie Cheever Tyrrell		−40	10
13	Didier Pironi Ferrari		−41	9
14	Nigel Mansell Team Lotus		−42	8
15	Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo		−43	7
16	Marc Surer Theodore		−46	4
17	Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo		−47	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris McLaren		−49	1
19	Patrick Tambay Ligier		−49	1
20	Slim Borgudd ATS		−49	1
21	Eliseo Salazar Ensign		−49	1
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella		−50	0
-	Derek Daly March		−50	0
-	Siegfried Stohr Arrows		−50	0
-	Chico Serra Fittipaldi		−50	0
-	Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi		−50	0
-	Michele Alboreto Tyrrell		−50	0
-	Brian Henton Toleman		−50	0
-	Jan Lammers ATS		−50	0
-	Ricardo Zunino Tyrrell		−50	0
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella		−50	0
-	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier		−50	0
-	Derek Warwick Toleman		−50	0
-	Beppe Gabbiani Osella		−50	0
-	Miguel Ángel Guerra Osella		−50	0
-	Ricardo Londoño Ensign		−50	0

Teams

Constructors' championship

Cumulative points

Williams
Brabham
Renault
Ligier
Ferrari
McLaren
Rest of field

Show data table

Round	Williams	Brabham	Renault	Ligier	Ferrari	McLaren
R1 · United States GP West	15	4	0	0	0	0
R2 · Brazilian GP	30	4	0	1	0	0
R3 · Argentine GP	39	13	6	1	0	0
R4 · San Marino GP	43	25	6	1	2	1
R5 · Belgian GP	52	25	6	7	5	1
R6 · Monaco GP	58	25	6	11	17	1
R7 · Spanish GP	61	25	6	17	26	5
R8 · French GP	61	29	18	17	28	11
R9 · British GP	67	31	18	21	28	20
R10 · German GP	67	43	24	25	28	21
R11 · Austrian GP	72	47	30	34	28	22
R12 · Dutch GP	76	56	39	34	28	22
R13 · Italian GP	86	57	48	34	30	22
R14 · Canadian GP	86	59	48	43	34	28
R15 · Caesars Palace GP	95	61	54	44	34	28

Pos	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	Williams	4		95
2	Brabham	3	−34	61
3	Renault	3	−41	54
4	Ligier	2	−51	44
5	Ferrari	2	−61	34
6	McLaren	1	−67	28
7	Team Lotus		−73	22
8	Arrows		−85	10
9	Alfa Romeo		−85	10
10	Tyrrell		−85	10
11	Ensign		−90	5
12	Theodore		−94	1
13	ATS		−94	1
-	March		−95	0
-	Fittipaldi		−95	0
-	Osella		−95	0
-	Toleman		−95	0

Head to head

Teammate battles

Williams

REU Carlos Reutemann15 racesAlan Jones JON

Qualifying (grid): 10; 5
Race: 5; 4
Points: 49; 46

Not classified: REU 3 · JON 3

Brabham

PIQ Nelson Piquet14 racesHector Rebaque REB

Qualifying (grid): 14; 0
Race: 4; 0
Points: 50; 11

Not classified: PIQ 3 · REB 9

Renault

PRO Alain Prost14 racesRené Arnoux ARN

Qualifying (grid): 9; 5
Race: 3; 0
Points: 43; 11

Not classified: PRO 8 · ARN 6

Ligier

LAF Jacques Laffite8 racesPatrick Tambay TAM

Qualifying (grid): 7; 1
Race: 0; 0
Points: 27; 0

Not classified: LAF 3 · TAM 8

LAF Jacques Laffite3 racesJean-Pierre Jabouille JAB

Qualifying (grid): 3; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 12; 0

Not classified: LAF 1 · JAB 3

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

LAF vs JAR · 2 races · qualifying 1–1 · race 1–0 · points 1–0

Ferrari

VIL Gilles Villeneuve15 racesDidier Pironi PIR

Qualifying (grid): 10; 5
Race: 3; 1
Points: 25; 9

Not classified: VIL 9 · PIR 7

McLaren

WAT John Watson15 racesAndrea de Cesaris CES

Qualifying (grid): 13; 1
Race: 3; 1
Points: 27; 1

Not classified: WAT 5 · CES 9

Team Lotus

ANG Elio de Angelis14 racesNigel Mansell MAN

Qualifying (grid): 8; 5
Race: 3; 1
Points: 14; 8

Not classified: ANG 4 · MAN 9

Arrows

PAT Riccardo Patrese9 racesSiegfried Stohr STO

Qualifying (grid): 9; 0
Race: 1; 0
Points: 4; 0

Not classified: PAT 6 · STO 6

Alfa Romeo

GIA Bruno Giacomelli15 racesMario Andretti AND

Qualifying (grid): 7; 8
Race: 2; 4
Points: 7; 3

Not classified: GIA 7 · AND 8

Tyrrell

CHE Eddie Cheever9 racesMichele Alboreto ALB

Qualifying (grid): 6; 3
Race: 2; 1
Points: 6; 0

Not classified: CHE 4 · ALB 4

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

CHE vs ZUN · 2 races · qualifying 2–0 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

ATS

BOR Slim Borgudd1 raceJan Lammers LAM

Qualifying: 0; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: BOR 0 · LAM 1

Fittipaldi

SER Chico Serra6 racesKeke Rosberg ROS

Qualifying (grid): 0; 6
Race: 1; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: SER 4 · ROS 4

Osella

GAB Beppe Gabbiani1 raceMiguel Ángel Guerra GUE

Qualifying (grid): 1; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: GAB 1 · GUE 1

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

GHI vs GAB · 1 race · qualifying 0–1 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Over the races in which both drivers had a result for the team. Qualifying: who qualified ahead (from the starting grid: there is no qualifying data for this season). Race: who finished ahead, counted only when both were classified. Points: race and sprint points from those races, before dropped results (not every result counted towards the championship).