Race · Round 10 of 15 · 2 August 1981

1981 German Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Brabham from 6th on the grid at Hockenheimring. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Nelson PiquetBrabham
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alan Jones
Entries: 3015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	6	45	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	Renault	—	1	45	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	7	45	Finished	4
4	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	16	45	Finished	3
5	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	18	45	Finished	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	—	9	44	Finished	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	14	44	Finished	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	17	44	Finished	0
9	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	12	44	Finished	0
10	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	8	44	Finished	0
11	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	4	44	Finished	0	fastest lap
12	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	24	44	Finished	0
13	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	2	44	Finished	0
14	Marc Surer	Theodore	TY01	22	43	Suspension	0
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	19	43	Finished	0
NC	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	N180B	23	39	NC	0
DNF	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	20	35	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	3	27	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	13	27	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	JS17	11	27	Transmission	0
DNF	Derek Daly	March	811	21	15	Suspension	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	15	12	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	10	4	Collision	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	5	1	Electrical	0
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout hockenheimring-1 · 6.79 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nelson Piquet	6	1	45
Alain Prost	1	2	45
Jacques Laffite	7	3	45
Héctor Rebaque	16	4	45
Eddie Cheever	18	5	45
John Watson	9	6	44
Elio de Angelis	14	7	44
Jean-Pierre Jarier	17	8	44
Mario Andretti	12	9	44
Gilles Villeneuve	8	10	44
Alan Jones	4	11	44
Siegfried Stohr	24	12	44
Rene Arnoux	2	13	44
Marc Surer	22	14	43
Bruno Giacomelli	19	15	43
Eliseo Salazar	23	NC	39
Slim Borgudd	20	DNF	35
Carlos Reutemann	3	DNF	27
Riccardo Patrese	13	DNF	27
Patrick Tambay	11	DNF	27
Derek Daly	21	DNF	15
Nigel Mansell	15	DNF	12
Andrea de Cesaris	10	DNF	4
Didier Pironi	5	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:47.500	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:47.960	+0.460	+0.460
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:48.430	+0.930	+0.470
4	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:48.490	+0.990	+0.060
5	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:49.000	+1.500	+0.510
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:49.030	+1.530	+0.030
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:49.280	+1.780	+0.250
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:49.440	+1.940	+0.160
9	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:49.520	+2.020	+0.080
10	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:49.580	+2.080	+0.060
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	25	1:50.000	+2.500	+0.420
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:50.640	+3.140	+0.640
13	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:50.650	+3.150	+0.010
14	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:50.740	+3.240	+0.090
15	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:50.860	+3.360	+0.120
16	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:51.170	+3.670	+0.310
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	32	1:52.190	+4.690	+1.020
18	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:52.190	+4.690	+0.000
19	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:52.210	+4.710	+0.020
20	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:52.540	+5.040	+0.330
21	Derek Daly	March	17	1:52.650	+5.150	+0.110
22	Marc Surer	Theodore	33	1:52.850	+5.350	+0.200
23	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	14	1:53.160	+5.660	+0.310
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:53.190	+5.690	+0.030
25	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:53.280	+5.780	+0.090
26	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:53.310	+5.810	+0.030
27	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	31	1:53.390	+5.890	+0.080
28	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:53.580	+6.080	+0.190
29	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:53.690	+6.190	+0.110
30	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:54.890	+7.390	+1.200

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1981
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Aug 1981
Layout raced: Forest circuit · 6.79 km · 14 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brabham
Entrant: Brabham-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.