The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 10

German Grand Prix

1981  ·  Hockenheimring  ·  2 August 1981  ·  45 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:25:55.6
  2. 2nd Alain Prost Renault · +11.52
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +1:04.600

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Didier Pironi

Retirement Ferrari  —  Electrical

03 Lap 27

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 35

Slim Borgudd

Retirement ATS  —  Engine

05 Lap 39

Eliseo Salazar

Retirement Ensign  —  Not classified

06 On the Charge

Siegfried Stohr

Arrows  —  P26 → P12

07 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P6

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 45 01:25:55.6 9
2 Alain Prost Renault 1 45 +11.52 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 45 +1:04.600 4
4 Hector Rebaque Brabham 16 45 +1:39.690 3
5 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 18 45 +1:50.520 2
6 John Watson McLaren 9 44 +1 Lap 1
7 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 44 +1 Lap
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 17 44 +1 Lap
9 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 44 +1 Lap
10 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 44 +1 Lap
11 Alan Jones Williams 4 44 +1 Lap
12 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 26 44 +1 Lap
13 René Arnoux Renault 2 44 +1 Lap
14 Marc Surer Theodore 22 43 Suspension
15 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 43 +2 Laps
16 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 23 39 Not classified
17 Slim Borgudd ATS 28 35 Engine
18 Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 27 Engine
19 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 27 Engine
20 Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 27 Transmission
21 Derek Daly March 21 15 Suspension
22 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 12 Fuel leak
23 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 10 4 Collision
24 Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 1 Electrical

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