1981 German Grand Prix
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Circuit | Hockenheim, 45 laps |
Round | 10 of 15 |
Race numbers | The 1981 German Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +5 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 45 | 1hr 25m 55.600s | 9 |
2 | -1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 45 | +11.520s | 6 |
3 | +4 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 45 | +1m 04.600s | 4 |
4 | +12 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 45 | +1m 39.690s | 3 |
5 | +13 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 45 | +1m 50.520s | 2 |
6 | +3 | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 44 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +7 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 44 | +1 lap | |
8 | +9 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford Cosworth | 44 | +1 lap | |
9 | +3 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 44 | +1 lap | |
10 | -2 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 44 | +1 lap | |
11 | -7 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 44 | +1 lap | |
12 | +12 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 44 | +1 lap | |
13 | -11 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | 44 | +1 lap | |
14 | +8 | (CHE) Marc Surer | Theodore-Ford Cosworth | 43 | DNF | |
15 | +4 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 43 | +2 laps | |
NC | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +6 laps | ||
R | (SWE) Slim Borgudd | ATS-Ford Cosworth | 35 | DNF | ||
R | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (IRL) Derek Daly | March-Ford Cosworth | 15 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 12 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1 | DNF |
Notes
- Marc Surer ended lap 43 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:47.500
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault |
2 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault |
3 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
4 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth |
5 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari |
6 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
7 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
8 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
9 | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
10 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
11 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ligier-Matra |
12 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo |
13 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth |
14 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
15 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
16 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
17 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford Cosworth |
18 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
19 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo |
20 | (SWE) Slim Borgudd | ATS-Ford Cosworth |
21 | (IRL) Derek Daly | March-Ford Cosworth |
22 | (CHE) Marc Surer | Theodore-Ford Cosworth |
23 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
24 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr | Arrows-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 43 |
2 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 35 |
3 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 25 |
4 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 24 |
5 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | 21 |
6 | (GBR) John Watson | 20 |
7 | (FRA) Alain Prost | 19 |
8 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 10 |
9 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | 10 |
10 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | 8 |
11 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | 8 |
12 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | 7 |
13 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | 5 |
14 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | 5 |
15 | (CHE) Marc Surer | 4 |
16 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 3 |
17 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 1 |
= | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | 1 |
= | (SWE) Slim Borgudd | 1 |
Stats & 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
- 1-2 start
- 8th for Renault
- Fastest laps
- 12th for Alan Jones
- 16th for Williams
- Front row starts
- 13th for Rene Arnoux
- 3rd for Alain Prost