Pit Lane F1
1981 Season - Round 10 - 1981-08-02
Nelson Piquet won the 1981 German Grand Prix for Brabham, with Alain Prost (Renault) second and Jacques Laffite (Ligier) third. The win came from P6 on the grid.
Siegfried Stohr (Arrows) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P26 on the grid to P12 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 10 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1981 German Grand Prix, completing round 10 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Hector Rebaque |
| Brabham |
| 16 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 18 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 14 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 17 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 26 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 22 | Suspension | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 23 | Not classified | 0 |
| 17 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 11 | Transmission | 0 |
| 21 | Derek Daly | March | 21 | Suspension | 0 |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 15 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 10 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 5 | Electrical | 0 |
