Season 1981 · Round 11

Austrian Grand Prix

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1981-08-16 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 53Lap · 314.926km
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier 1:27:36.470
Team win 9pt P1 · P21
16 René Arnoux
Renault +5.170
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +7.340
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Mario Andretti L46 Slim Borgudd L44 Riccardo Patrese L43 Eliseo Salazar L43 Michele Alboreto L40 Bruno Giacomelli L35 Hector Rebaque L32 Siegfried Stohr L27 Alain Prost L26 Patrick Tambay L26 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
53Lap 314.926km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Carlos Reutemann 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P11 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P11 John Watson 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Laffite · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Laffite LAF 1 Laffite LAF Arnoux · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Arnoux ARN 2 Arnoux ARN Piquet · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Jones · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Jones JON 4 Jones JON Reutemann · P5 → P5 5 Reutemann REU 5 Reutemann REU Watson · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT de Angelis · P9 → P7 · +2 9 de Angelis DE 7 de Angelis DE de Cesaris · P18 → P8 · +10 18 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Pironi · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Pironi PIR 9 Pironi PIR Jarier · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Daly · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Daly DAL 11 Daly DAL Andretti · P13 → retired L46 Andretti · retired L46 13 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Borgudd · P21 → retired L44 Borgudd · retired L44 21 Borgudd BOR R Borgudd BOR Patrese · P10 → retired L43 Patrese · retired L43 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Salazar · P20 → retired L43 Salazar · retired L43 20 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Alboreto · P22 → retired L40 Alboreto · retired L40 22 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Giacomelli · P16 → retired L35 Giacomelli · retired L35 16 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Rebaque · P15 → retired L32 Rebaque · retired L32 15 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Stohr · P24 → retired L27 Stohr · retired L27 24 Stohr STO R Stohr STO Prost · P2 → retired L26 Prost · retired L26 2 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Tambay · P17 → retired L26 Tambay · retired L26 17 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Mansell · P11 → retired L23 Mansell · retired L23 11 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Villeneuve · P3 → retired L11 Villeneuve · retired L11 3 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Surer · P23 → retired L0 Surer · retired L0 23 Surer SUR R Surer SUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 53 1:27:36.470 9
2 16 René Arnoux Renault 1 53 +5.170 6
3 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 7 53 +7.340 4
4 1 Alan Jones Williams 6 53 +12.040 3
5 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 53 +31.850 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 12 53 +1:31.140 1
7 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 52 +1 Lap
8 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 18 52 +1 Lap
9 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 8 52 +1 Lap
10 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 14 51 +2 Laps
11 17 Derek Daly March 19 47 +6 Laps
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 13 46 Engine
R 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 21 44 Brakes
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 43 Engine
R 14 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 20 43 Oil pressure
R 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 22 40 Gearbox
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 16 35 Heat shield fire
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 32 Clutch
R 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 24 27 Overheating
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 26 Suspension
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 17 26 Engine
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 11 23 Engine
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 11 Accident
R 33 Marc Surer Theodore 23 0 Distributor
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
16 René Arnoux
2
15 Alain Prost
3
27 Gilles Villeneuve
4
26 Jacques Laffite
5
2 Carlos Reutemann
6
1 Alan Jones
7
5 Nelson Piquet
8
28 Didier Pironi
9
11 Elio de Angelis
10
29 Riccardo Patrese
11
12 Nigel Mansell
12
7 John Watson
13
22 Mario Andretti
14
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
15
6 Hector Rebaque
16
23 Bruno Giacomelli
17
25 Patrick Tambay
18
8 Andrea de Cesaris
19
17 Derek Daly
20
14 Eliseo Salazar
21
9 Slim Borgudd
22
4 Michele Alboreto
23
33 Marc Surer
24
30 Siegfried Stohr
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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