German Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won the 1981 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring.
Circuit Hockenheimring
LocationHockenheim, Germany
Date2 August 1981
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | 45 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 45 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | 45 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 16 | 45 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 18 | 45 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | 44 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 14 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 17 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 26 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | 44 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 22 | 43 | Suspension | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 43 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 23 | 39 | Not classified | 0 |
| 17 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 28 | 35 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | 27 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | 27 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 11 | 27 | Transmission | 0 |
| 21 | Derek Daly | March | 21 | 15 | Suspension | 0 |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 15 | 12 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 10 | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 5 | 1 | Electrical | 0 |