French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 5th July 1981 Local
Sun 5th July 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
Round 8

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Location

Dijon-Prenois

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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	Renault F1 Team	1:35:48.13
02	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:02.29
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+0:24.22
04	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+0:42.30
05	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
06	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
07	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
08	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
09	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	+2 Laps
10	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
11	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+2 Laps
12	Marc Surer	Theodore Racing	+2 Laps
13	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+3 Laps
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
17	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
18	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
19	Derek Daly	March Engineering	DNF
20	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
21	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	DNF
22	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
23	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign Racing	DNF
24	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
25	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
26	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
27	Slim Borgudd	ATS	Did not qualify
28	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify