Race · Round 11 of 15 · 16 August 1981

1981 Austrian Grand Prix

Jacques Laffite won for Ligier from 4th on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Jacques LaffiteLigier
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Jacques Laffite
Entries: 2811 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	4	53	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	1	53	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	7	53	Finished	4
4	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	6	53	Finished	3
5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	5	53	Finished	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	—	12	53	Finished	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	9	52	Finished	0
8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	18	52	Finished	0
9	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	8	52	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	14	51	Finished	0
11	Derek Daly	March	811	19	47	Finished	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	13	46	Engine	0
DNF	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	21	44	Brakes	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	10	43	Engine	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	N180B	20	43	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	22	40	Gearbox	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	16	35	Fire	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	15	31	Clutch	0
DNF	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	24	27	Overheating	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	—	2	26	Suspension	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	JS17	17	26	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	11	23	Engine	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	3	11	Accident	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Theodore	TY01	23	0	Distributor	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	—	—	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 spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 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
Jacques Laffite	4	1	53
Rene Arnoux	1	2	53
Nelson Piquet	7	3	53
Alan Jones	6	4	53
Carlos Reutemann	5	5	53
John Watson	12	6	53
Elio de Angelis	9	7	52
Andrea de Cesaris	18	8	52
Didier Pironi	8	9	52
Jean-Pierre Jarier	14	10	51
Derek Daly	19	11	47
Mario Andretti	13	DNF	46
Slim Borgudd	21	DNF	44
Riccardo Patrese	10	DNF	43
Eliseo Salazar	20	DNF	43
Michele Alboreto	22	DNF	40
Bruno Giacomelli	16	DNF	35
Héctor Rebaque	15	DNF	31
Siegfried Stohr	24	DNF	27
Alain Prost	2	DNF	26
Patrick Tambay	17	DNF	26
Nigel Mansell	11	DNF	23
Gilles Villeneuve	3	DNF	11
Marc Surer	23	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:32.018	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:32.321	+0.303	+0.303
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:33.334	+1.316	+1.013
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:34.398	+2.380	+1.064
5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:34.531	+2.513	+0.133
6	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:34.654	+2.636	+0.123
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:34.871	+2.853	+0.217
8	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:35.037	+3.019	+0.166
9	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:35.294	+3.276	+0.257
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:35.442	+3.424	+0.148
11	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:35.569	+3.551	+0.127
12	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:35.977	+3.959	+0.408
13	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:36.079	+4.061	+0.102
14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	32	1:36.117	+4.099	+0.038
15	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:36.150	+4.132	+0.033
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:36.216	+4.198	+0.066
17	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	25	1:36.233	+4.215	+0.017
18	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:36.657	+4.639	+0.424
19	Derek Daly	March	17	1:37.230	+5.212	+0.573
20	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	14	1:37.631	+5.613	+0.401
21	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:37.709	+5.691	+0.078
22	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:38.084	+6.066	+0.375
23	Marc Surer	Theodore	33	1:38.522	+6.504	+0.438
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:38.546	+6.528	+0.024
25	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:38.583	+6.565	+0.037
26	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:38.593	+6.575	+0.010
27	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:38.691	+6.673	+0.098
28	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	31	1:41.198	+9.180	+2.507

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: 11 of 1981
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Aug 1981
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ligier
Entrant: Ligier-Matra
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.