1981 French Grand Prix

1981 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season

Date	July 5, 1981
Location	Dijon
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.801 km (2.361 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 304.08 km (188.88 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:05.95
Fastest lap
Driver	Alain Prost	Renault
Time	1:09.14 on lap 64
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Renault
Second	John Watson	McLaren-Ford
Third	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford

The 1981 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon on July 5, 1981. The race was the first of an eventual 51 Grand Prix wins for Renault driver Alain Prost.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Alain Prost	Renault	80	1:35:48.13	3	9
2	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	80	+ 2.29	2	6
3	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	80	+ 24.22	4	4
4	16	René Arnoux	Renault	80	+ 42.30	1	3
5	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	79	+ 1 Lap	14	2
6	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	8	1
7	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	13
8	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	79	+ 1 Lap	10
9	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	15
10	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	7
11	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	5
12	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	78	+ 2 Laps	21
13	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+ 3 Laps	19
14	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	77	+ 3 Laps	18
15	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	77	+ 3 Laps	12
16	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+ 3 Laps	23
17	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	76	Collision	9
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	57	Suspension	6
Ret	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	55	Engine	20
Ret	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	41	Electrical	11
Ret	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	30	Wheel Bearing	16
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	11	Suspension	17
Ret	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	6	Suspension	22
DNS	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	0	Non starter	24
DNQ	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart
Source:^[1]

Notes

Alain Prost's first F1 victory
Race was stopped after 58 laps due to rain. Aggregate time was used.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	37
2	Nelson Piquet	26
3	Alan Jones	24
4	Gilles Villeneuve	21
5	Jacques Laffite	17

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford	61
2	Brabham-Ford	29
3	Ferrari	28
4	Renault	18
5	Ligier-Matra	17

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

↑ "1981 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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