1981_French_Grand_Prix

1981 French Grand Prix

1981 French Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 1981 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 5 July 1981. It was the eighth race of the 1981 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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The 80-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a Renault. On home soil, Prost scored the first of an eventual 51 Grand Prix victories, in a race that was stopped after 58 laps due to heavy rain and then restarted, with aggregate times determining the final positions. John Watson finished second in his McLaren-Ford, while Nelson Piquet, who had been leading in his Brabham-Ford when the race was stopped, finished third.

Prior to the race, Jean-Pierre Jabouille decided to retire from Formula One, having not fully recovered from the leg injuries he had sustained in Canada the previous year. His place at Ligier was taken for the rest of the season by Patrick Tambay, who moved from Theodore.[2]

Classification

Qualifying

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Race

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Championship standings after the race

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

References

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    "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1981". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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    "Grand Prix Results: French GP, 1981". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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    Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1981). AUTOCOURSE 1981–82. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 156. ISBN 0-905138-17-1.
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    "1981 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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    "1981 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 5 July 1981. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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    "France 1981 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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