1981 / ROUND 8

French Grand Prix

1981-07-05 · Dijon-Prenois

WinnerAlain ProstPublished race classification

Official poleRené ArnouxSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance304.08 km80 laps

Race entries29Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Alain Prost	Renault	3	3	80	1:35:48.130	9
2	John Watson	McLaren	2	2	80	1:35:50.420	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	4	4	80	1:36:12.350	4
4	René Arnoux	Renault	1	1	80	1:36:30.430	3
5	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	14	14	79	+1 lap	2
6	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	8	8	79	+1 lap	1
7	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	13	13	79	+1 lap	0
8	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	10	10	79	+1 lap	0
9	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	15	15	78	+2 laps	0
10	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	7	7	78	+2 laps	0
11	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	5	5	78	+2 laps	0
12	Marc Surer	Theodore	21	21	78	+2 laps	0
13	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	19	19	77	+3 laps	0
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	18	18	77	+3 laps	0
15	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	12	12	77	+3 laps	0
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	23	23	77	+3 laps	0
17	Alan Jones	Williams	9	9	76	+4 laps	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	6	6	57	Suspension	0
DNF	Derek Daly	March	20	20	55	Engine	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	11	11	41	Electrical	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	16	16	30	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	17	17	11	Suspension	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	22	22	6	Suspension	0
DNS	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	24	—	—	DNS	0
DNQ	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Slim Borgudd	ATS	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	29	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	René Arnoux	1:05.950
2	John Watson	1:06.360
3	Alain Prost	1:06.360
4	Nelson Piquet	1:06.910
5	Andrea de Cesaris	1:07.030
6	Jacques Laffite	1:07.090
7	Carlos Reutemann	1:07.420
8	Elio de Angelis	1:07.520
9	Alan Jones	1:07.530
10	Mario Andretti	1:07.560
11	Gilles Villeneuve	1:07.600
12	Bruno Giacomelli	1:07.630
13	Nigel Mansell	1:07.720
14	Didier Pironi	1:08.090
15	Héctor Rebaque	1:08.210
16	Patrick Tambay	1:08.470
17	Keke Rosberg	1:09.350
18	Riccardo Patrese	1:09.370
19	Eddie Cheever	1:09.880
20	Derek Daly	1:09.940
21	Marc Surer	1:10.210
22	Eliseo Salazar	1:10.500
23	Michele Alboreto	1:10.640
24	Chico Serra	1:10.860
25	Siegfried Stohr	1:11.240
26	Brian Henton	1:11.280
27	Slim Borgudd	1:12.200
28	Beppe Gabbiani	1:12.240
29	Derek Warwick	1:13.650

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.