French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 5th July 1981 (UTC)
Sun 5th July 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-07-05T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
8

Status

Location
Dijon-Prenois

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Description

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.
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.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	1:35:48.13
02	John Watson	+0:02.29
03	Nelson Piquet	+0:24.22
04	René Arnoux	+0:42.30
05	Didier Pironi	+1 Lap
06	Elio de Angelis	+1 Lap
07	Nigel Mansell	+1 Lap
08	Mario Andretti	+1 Lap
09	Hector Rebaque	+2 Laps
10	Carlos Reutemann	+2 Laps
11	Andrea De Cesaris	+2 Laps
12	Marc Surer	+2 Laps
13	Eddie Cheever	+3 Laps
14	Riccardo Patrese	+3 Laps
15	Bruno Giacomelli	+3 Laps
16	Michele Alboreto	+3 Laps
17	Alan Jones	DNF
18	Jacques Laffite	DNF
19	Derek Daly	DNF
20	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
21	Patrick Tambay	DNF
22	Keke Rosberg	DNF
23	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
24	Chico Serra	DNF
25	Siegfried Stohr	Did not qualify
26	Brian Henton	Did not qualify
27	Slim Borgudd	Did not qualify
28	Beppe Gabbiani	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Did not qualify