1981 French Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 8 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season
Dijon-Prenois.svg
Date July 5, 1981
Location Dijon
Course
3.801 km (2.361 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 304.08 km (188.88 mi)
Weather Wet
Pole position
Driver France René Arnoux Renault
Time 1:05.95
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Renault
Time 1:09.14 on lap 64
Podium
First France Alain Prost Renault
Second United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford
Third Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford

The 1981 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon on July 5, 1981.

Contents

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 France Alain Prost Renault 80 1:35:48.13 3 9
2 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 80 + 2.29 2 6
3 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 80 + 24.22 4 4
4 16 France René Arnoux Renault 80 + 42.30 1 3
5 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 14 2
6 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 8 1
7 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 13  
8 22 United States Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 79 + 1 Lap 10  
9 6 Mexico Hector Rebaque Brabham-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 15  
10 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 7  
11 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 5  
12 33 Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 21  
13 3 United States Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 19  
14 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 18  
15 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 77 + 3 Laps 12  
16 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 23  
17 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 76 Collision 9  
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 57 Suspension 6  
Ret 17 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford 55 Engine 20  
Ret 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 41 Electrical 11  
Ret 25 France Patrick Tambay Ligier-Matra 30 Wheel Bearing 16  
Ret 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 11 Suspension 17  
Ret 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford 6 Suspension 22  
DNS 21 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 0 Non starter 24  
DNQ 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford    
DNQ 35 United Kingdom Brian Henton Toleman-Hart    
DNQ 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford    
DNQ 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford    
DNQ 36 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart        

Notes

  • Alain Prost's first F1 victory
  • Race was stopped after 58 laps due to rain. Aggregate time was used.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Argentina Carlos Reutemann 37
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet 26
3 Australia Alan Jones 24
4 Canada Gilles Villeneuve 21
5 France Jacques Laffite 17
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom Williams-Ford 61
2 United Kingdom Brabham-Ford 29
3 Italy Ferrari 28
4 France Renault 18
5 France Ligier-Matra 17
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/365/. Retrieved 2007-06-16. 


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