Season 1981 · Round 10

German Grand Prix

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1981-08-02 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 305.505km
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:25:55.600
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
15 Alain Prost
Renault +11.520
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +1:04.600
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Eliseo Salazar L39 Slim Borgudd L35 Carlos Reutemann L27 Riccardo Patrese L27 Patrick Tambay L27 Derek Daly L15 Nigel Mansell L12 Andrea de Cesaris L4 Didier Pironi L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 305.505km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Piquet · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Prost · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Laffite · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Rebaque · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Rebaque REB 4 Rebaque REB Cheever · P18 → P5 · +13 18 Cheever CHE 5 Cheever CHE Watson · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT de Angelis · P14 → P7 · +7 14 de Angelis DE 7 de Angelis DE Jarier · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Jarier JAR 8 Jarier JAR Andretti · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Andretti AND 9 Andretti AND Villeneuve · P8 → P10 · -2 8 Villeneuve VIL 10 Villeneuve VIL Jones · P4 → P11 · -7 4 Jones JON 11 Jones JON Stohr · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Stohr STO 12 Stohr STO Arnoux · P2 → P13 · -11 2 Arnoux ARN 13 Arnoux ARN Surer · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Surer SUR 14 Surer SUR Giacomelli · P17 → P15 · +2 17 Giacomelli GIA 15 Giacomelli GIA Salazar · P23 → retired L39 Salazar · retired L39 23 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Borgudd · P28 → retired L35 Borgudd · retired L35 28 Borgudd BOR R Borgudd BOR Reutemann · P3 → retired L27 Reutemann · retired L27 3 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Patrese · P13 → retired L27 Patrese · retired L27 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Tambay · P11 → retired L27 Tambay · retired L27 11 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Daly · P21 → retired L15 Daly · retired L15 21 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Mansell · P15 → retired L12 Mansell · retired L12 15 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN de Cesaris · P10 → retired L4 de Cesaris · retired L4 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Pironi · P5 → retired L1 Pironi · retired L1 5 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 45 1:25:55.600 9
2 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 45 +11.520 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 45 +1:04.600 4
4 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 16 45 +1:39.690 3
5 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 18 45 +1:50.520 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 9 44 +1 Lap 1
7 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 44 +1 Lap
8 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 17 44 +1 Lap
9 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 12 44 +1 Lap
10 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 44 +1 Lap
11 1 Alan Jones Williams 4 44 +1 Lap
12 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 26 44 +1 Lap
13 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 44 +1 Lap
14 33 Marc Surer Theodore 22 43 Suspension
15 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 43 +2 Laps
R 14 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 23 39 Not classified
R 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 28 35 Engine
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 27 Engine
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 27 Engine
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 27 Transmission
R 17 Derek Daly March 21 15 Suspension
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 15 12 Fuel leak
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 10 4 Collision
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 5 1 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
16 René Arnoux
3
2 Carlos Reutemann
4
1 Alan Jones
5
28 Didier Pironi
6
5 Nelson Piquet
7
26 Jacques Laffite
8
27 Gilles Villeneuve
9
7 John Watson
10
8 Andrea de Cesaris
11
25 Patrick Tambay
12
22 Mario Andretti
13
29 Riccardo Patrese
14
11 Elio de Angelis
15
12 Nigel Mansell
16
6 Hector Rebaque
17
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
23 Bruno Giacomelli
18
3 Eddie Cheever
21
17 Derek Daly
22
33 Marc Surer
23
14 Eliseo Salazar
26
30 Siegfried Stohr
28
9 Slim Borgudd
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15