Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 16th August 1981 (UTC)
Sun 16th August 1981 (Local)

Timestamp
1981-08-16T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
11

Status

Location
Red Bull Ring

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Description

The 1981 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 16 August 1981. It was the eleventh race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship.
The 53-lap race was won by Frenchman Jacques Laffite, driving a Talbot Ligier-Matra. Compatriot René Arnoux finished second in a Renault, having started from pole position, with Brazilian Nelson Piquet third in a Brabham-Ford. Piquet moved to within six points of Drivers' Championship leader, Argentine Carlos Reutemann, who finished fifth in his Williams-Ford.

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Result List

01	Jacques Laffite	1:27:36.47
02	René Arnoux	+0:05.17
03	Nelson Piquet	+0:07.34
04	Alan Jones	+0:12.04
05	Carlos Reutemann	+0:31.85
06	John Watson	+1:31.14
07	Elio de Angelis	+1 Lap
08	Andrea De Cesaris	+1 Lap
09	Didier Pironi	+1 Lap
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+2 Laps
11	Derek Daly	+6 Laps
12	Mario Andretti	DNF
13	Slim Borgudd	DNF
14	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
15	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
16	Michele Alboreto	DNF
17	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
18	Hector Rebaque	DNF
19	Siegfried Stohr	DNF
20	Alain Prost	DNF
21	Patrick Tambay	DNF
22	Nigel Mansell	DNF
23	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
24	Marc Surer	DNF
25	Eddie Cheever	Did not qualify
26	Derek Warwick	Did not qualify
27	Brian Henton	Did not qualify
28	Beppe Gabbiani	Did not qualify