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Home / Seasons / 1981 F1 World Championship Season / 1981 German Grand Prix

1981 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 August 1981
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round10 of 15
Race numbers

The 1981 German Grand Prix was the

  • 352nd World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Hockenheim
More 1981 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth451hr 25m 55.600s9
2-1France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault45+11.520s6
3+4France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra45+1m 04.600s4
4+12Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth45+1m 39.690s3
5+13USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth45+1m 50.520s2
6+3United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap1
7+7Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
8+9France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
9+3USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo44+1 lap 
10-2Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari44+1 lap 
11-7Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
12+12Italy flag lazyload Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
13-11France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault44+1 lap 
14+8Switzerland flag Marc SurerTheodore-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
15+4Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo43+2 laps 
NC Chile flag lazyload Eliseo SalazarEnsign-Ford Cosworth39+6 laps 
R Sweden flag lazyload Slim BorguddATS-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayLigier-Matra27DNF 
R Ireland flag lazyload Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R France flag lazyload Didier PironiFerrari1DNF 

Notes

  • Marc Surer ended lap 43 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:47.500

PosDriverConstructor
1France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault
2France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
5France flag lazyload Didier PironiFerrari
6Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
7France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
8Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Patrick TambayLigier-Matra
12USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiAlfa Romeo
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
14Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
16Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth
18USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
20Sweden flag lazyload Slim BorguddATS-Ford Cosworth
21Ireland flag lazyload Derek DalyMarch-Ford Cosworth
22Switzerland flag Marc SurerTheodore-Ford Cosworth
23Chile flag lazyload Eliseo SalazarEnsign-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Siegfried StohrArrows-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonToleman-Hart
Italy flag lazyload Beppe GabbianiOsella-Ford Cosworth
United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Brazil flag lazyload Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1981 German Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann43
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet35
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite25
4Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones24
5Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve21
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson20
7France flag lazyload Alain Prost19
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese10
9USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever10
10Mexico flag lazyload Hector Rebaque8
11Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis8
12France flag lazyload Didier Pironi7
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell5
14France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux5
15Switzerland flag Marc Surer4
16USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti3
17France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay1
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris1
=Sweden flag lazyload Slim Borgudd1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth67
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth43
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari28
4France flag lazyload Ligier-Matra25
5France flag lazyload Renault24
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth10
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth4
11Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo3
12Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Germany flag lazyload ATS-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for McLaren (4th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
6th for Nelson Piquet
26th for Brabham
Podiums
24th for Jacques Laffite, 11th for Nelson Piquet, 3rd for Alain Prost
97th for Brabham, 30th for Ligier (10th constructor to score 30 podiums), 11th for Renault
Poles
1st for Alain Prost (61st different polesitter, 7th French driver)
14th for Renault
Qualifying 1-2
8th for Renault
Fastest laps
12th for Alan Jones
16th for Williams
Front row starts
13th for Rene Arnoux, 3rd for Alain Prost

See also

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

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