1981 German Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 2 August 1981
Winner:	Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Alain Prost Renault
Fastest lap:	Alan Jones Williams-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Hockenheim, 45 laps
Round:	10 of 15

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	45	1hr 25m 55.600s	9
2	-1	Alain Prost	Renault	45	+11.520s	6
3	+4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	45	+1m 04.600s	4
4	+12	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	45	+1m 39.690s	3
5	+13	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	45	+1m 50.520s	2
6	+3	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap	1
7	+7	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap
8	+9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap
9	+3	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	44	+1 lap
10	-2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	44	+1 lap
11	-7	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap
12	+12	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap
13	-11	Rene Arnoux	Renault	44	+1 lap
14	+8	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
15	+4	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	43	+2 laps
NC		Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	39	+6 laps
R		Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford Cosworth	35	DNF
R		Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	27	DNF
R		Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth	15	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
R		Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1:47.500
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth
4	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth
5	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
9	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
10	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo
13	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
14	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
15	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
16	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth
18	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo
20	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford Cosworth
21	Derek Daly	March-Ford Cosworth
22	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford Cosworth
23	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford Cosworth
Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart
Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	43
2	Nelson Piquet	35
3	Jacques Laffite	25
4	Alan Jones	24
5	Gilles Villeneuve	21
6	John Watson	20
7	Alain Prost	19
8	Riccardo Patrese	10
9	Eddie Cheever	10
10	Hector Rebaque	8
11	Elio de Angelis	8
12	Didier Pironi	7
13	Nigel Mansell	5
14	Rene Arnoux	5
15	Marc Surer	4
16	Mario Andretti	3
17	Patrick Tambay	1
=	Andrea de Cesaris	1
=	Slim Borgudd	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford Cosworth	67
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	43
3	Ferrari	28
4	Ligier-Matra	25
5	Renault	24
6	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	21
7	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	13
8	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	10
9	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	10
10	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	4
11	Alfa Romeo	3
12	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1
=	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 6th for Nelson Piquet

Constructor: 26th for Brabham

Podiums

Driver: 24th for Jacques Laffite, 11th for Nelson Piquet, 3rd for Alain Prost

Constructor: 97th for Brabham, 30th for Ligier, 11th for Renault

Poles

Driver: 1st for Alain Prost (61st different polesitter, 7th French driver)

Constructor: 14th for Renault

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 8th for Renault

Fastest laps

Driver: 12th for Alan Jones

Constructor: 16th for Williams

Front row starts

Driver: 13th for Rene Arnoux, 3rd for Alain Prost

See also

• German Grand Prix
• Hockenheim Circuit
• 1981 World Championship season