Race 8 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
5 July 1981
Official name
67e Grand Prix de France[1]
Location
Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
3.801 km (2.361 miles)
Distance
80 laps, 304.08 km (188.88 miles)
Weather
Dry, then wet at half distance, then dry again
Pole position
Driver
René Arnoux
Renault
Time
1:05.95
Fastest lap
Driver
Alain Prost
Renault
Time
1:09.14 on lap 64
Podium
First
Alain Prost
Renault
Second
John Watson
McLaren-Ford
Third
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford
Lap leaders
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.
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]
^"Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1981". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^"Grand Prix Results: French GP, 1981". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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