Grand Prix of Germany 1981

 Grand Prix of Germany 1981

Racing data
10th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLIII Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	2nd August 1981
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	305.505 km in 45 laps of 6.789 km
Weather:	cloudy and humid
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 47.50 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alan Jones	Williams
Time:	1: 52.42 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Second:	Alain Prost	Renault
Third:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier

The 1981 German Grand Prix took place in Hockenheim on August 2nd and was the tenth race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Two weeks after John Watson's victory at his home Grand Prix , an unchanged field of participants entered the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.

Tyrrell driver Eddie Cheever completed the first Grand Prix outing of the new racing car with the designation 011 this weekend . The team also switched from Michelin to Avon tires.

training

The high-speed track with the long straights at the time was ideal for the turbo-powered vehicles, so that Alain Prost was able to qualify for pole position ahead of his Renault team- mate René Arnoux . The two Williams drivers Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones formed the second row from Didier Pironi and Nelson Piquet , who had not suffered any serious injuries in his accident at Silverstone . Jacques Laffite , Gilles Villeneuve and the two McLaren drivers John Watson and Andrea de Cesaris completed the top ten on the grid.

run

While Prost was able to defend his top position after the start, Arnoux lost second place to Reutemann. On the first of the long straight, Pironi also passed his compatriot. When Piquet started to overtake in the east curve , the two cars touched. Arnoux's right rear tire was damaged, so that he had to go to the pits at the end of the first lap. Meanwhile, Piquet was overtaken by Laffite and Jones.

Pironi retired on the second lap with engine failure, whereupon Prost led ahead of Reutemann, Jones, Laffite and Piquet.

After Jones had overtaken his team-mate Reutemann in the fifth lap, he dueled Prost for the lead, which he finally won on lap 21. Piquet had previously briefly added a three-way battle to the duel, but fell behind Reutemann again on lap 15 due to problems with his tires.

Reutemann's failure on lap 28 due to engine failure brought Héctor Rebaque and Eddie Cheever into the points.

When it started to rain lightly after around two thirds of the race distance, the Brabham BT49 proved to be superior to the Renault RE30 on slippery slopes. Piquet was able to overtake Prost on lap 37. When Jones fell behind due to misfiring and finally had to make a pit stop, Piquet took the lead and defended it to the finish.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
TAG Williams team	1	Alan Jones	Williams FW07C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Carlos Reutemann
Tyrrell Racing Team	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell 011		A.
	4th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 010
Parmalat Racing Team	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49C		G
	6th	Hector Rebaque
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1		M.
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
Team ATS	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS D5		A.
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 87		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign N180B		A.
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
March Grand Prix Team	17th	Derek Daly	March 811	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi F8C		M.
	21st	Chico Serra
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Patrick Tambay	Ligier JS17	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	M.
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 126CK	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	M.
	28	Didier Pironi
Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	30th	Siegfried Stohr
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella FA1B		M.
	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Theodore Racing Team	33	Marc Surer	Theodore TY01		A.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Brian Henton	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Derek Warwick

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 48.09	226.112 km / h	1: 47.50	227.353 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 47.96	226.384 km / h	1: 48.08	226.132 km / h	02
03	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 50.20	221.782 km / h	1: 48.43	225.403 km / h	03
04th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 48.49	225.278 km / h	1: 49.38	223.445 km / h	04th
05	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 49.00	224.224 km / h	1: 49.97	222.246 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 49.03	224.162 km / h	1: 49.26	223.690 km / h	06th
07th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 50.27	221.641 km / h	1: 49.28	223.649 km / h	07th
08th	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 49.44	223.322 km / h	1: 50.24	221.702 km / h	08th
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 49.52	223.159 km / h	1: 50.36	221.461 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	1: 50.07	222.044 km / h	1: 49.58	223.037 km / h	10
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1: 50.00	222.185 km / h	1: 50.61	220.960 km / h	11
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.64	220.900 km / h	1: 50.73	220.721 km / h	12
13	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 50.68	220.820 km / h	1: 50.65	220.880 km / h	13
14th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 52.36	217.519 km / h	1: 50.74	220.701 km / h	14th
15th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 51.98	218.257 km / h	1: 50.86	220.462 km / h	15th
16	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1: 51.17	219.847 km / h	1: 51.49	219.216 km / h	16
17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 52.19	217.848 km / h	1: 52.95	216.382 km / h	17th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 52.19	217.848 km / h	1: 52.44	217.364 km / h	18th
19th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 52.21	217.809 km / h	1: 52.59	217.074 km / h	19th
20th	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	1: 52.54	217.171 km / h	1: 54.14	214.127 km / h	20th
21st	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 55.80	211.057 km / h	1: 52.65	216.959 km / h	21st
22nd	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	1: 52.85	216.574 km / h	1: 53.50	215.334 km / h	22nd
23	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	1: 55.58	211.459 km / h	1: 53.16	215.981 km / h	23
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	1: 53.19	215.924 km / h	1: 53.33	215.657 km / h	24
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 53.28	215.752 km / h	1: 53.38	215.562 km / h	-
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1: 53.31	215.695 km / h	1: 54.77	212.951 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	1: 55.53	211.550 km / h	1: 53.39	215.543 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 54.59	213.286 km / h	1: 53.58	215.182 km / h	-
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 53.69	214.974 km / h	1: 54.19	214.033 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 55.22	212.119 km / h	1: 54.89	212.729 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	45	0	1: 25: 55.60	06th	1: 52.68
02	Alain Prost	Renault	45	0	+ 11.52	01	1: 53.51
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	45	0	+1: 04.60	07th	1: 54.96
04th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	45	0	+1: 39.69	16	1: 54.48
05	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	45	0	+1: 50.52	18th	1: 55.25
06th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 55.56
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 55.98
08th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 56.61
09	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	44	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 56.21
10	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	44	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 56.26
11	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 52.42
12	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	24	1: 56.70
13	René Arnoux	Renault	44	1	+ 1 lap	02	1: 56.20
14th	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	43	1	DNF	22nd	1: 56.89	Suspension damage
15th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	43	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 55.56
-	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	40	1	NC	23	1: 54.61	Unrated
-	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	35	0	DNF	20th	1: 56.74	Engine failure
-	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	27	0	DNF	03	1: 53.69	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	27	0	DNF	13	1: 54.84	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	27	0	DNF	11	1: 55.31	Wheel bearing damage
-	Derek Daly	March-Ford	15th	1	DNF	21st	1: 56.15	broken tie rod
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	12	0	DNF	15th	1: 55.55	Loss of fuel
-	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	04th	0	DNF	10	1: 55.82	accident
-	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	01	0	DNF	05	2: 01.67	Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Carlos Reutemann Williams 43 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 35 03  Jacques Laffite Ligier 25th 04th  Alan Jones Williams 24 05  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 21st 06th  John Watson McLaren 20th 07th  Alain Prost Renault 19th 08th  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 09  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10 10  Elio de Angelis lotus 8th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Hector Rebaque Brabham 8th 12  Didier Pironi Ferrari 7th 13  René Arnoux Renault 5 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 5 15th  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 16  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 18th  Slim Borgudd ATS 1 19th  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 67 02  Brabham 43 03  Ferrari 28 04th  Ligier 25th 05  Renault 24 06th  McLaren 21st 07th  lotus 13

Item constructor Points 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 10 10  Ensign 4th 11  Alfa Romeo 3 12  Theodore 1 13  ATS 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 23, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website