1981 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1981 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 May 1981 at the Hockenheimring.

  1981 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 14 races in the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 May 1981
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland^[1]^[2]^[3]
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Graeme Crosby Time 2:12.450 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 2:10.550 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Randy Mamola Third Marco Lucchinelli
350 cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Fernandez Time 2:17.790 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Éric Saul Third Thierry Espié
250 cc
Pole position Rider Anton Mang Time 2:22.510 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Carlos Lavado Third Roland Freymond
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Time 2:31.640 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Stefan Dörflinger Third Hans Müller
50 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:49.690 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Hans-Jürgen Hummel Third Rainer Kunz

Eventual race winner Kenny Roberts on his bike at the 500cc race.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	42'04.700	15
2	Randy Mamola	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+0.440	12
3	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Suzuki	Suzuki	+0.690	10
4	Boet van Dulmen		Yamaha	+16.970	8
5	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	Yamaha	+31.610	6
6	Barry Sheene		Yamaha	+32.560	5
7	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+35.390	4
8	Jack Middelburg	Racing Westland	Suzuki	+39.760	3
9	Marc Fontan	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+50.940	2
10	Franco Uncini		Suzuki	+53.230	1
11	Sadao Asami		Yamaha Motor Company	+1'02.440
12	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1'04.070
13	Graeme Crosby	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'05.060
14	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'28.720
15	Raymond Roche		Suzuki	+1'30.590
16	Kimmo Kopra		Suzuki	+1'30.850
17	Peter Sjöström		Suzuki	+1'34.310
18	Walter Migliorati		Suzuki	+1'36.390
19	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	+1'40.010
20	Henk de Vries	Henk de Vries Motoren	Suzuki	+2'01.840
21	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+2'05.110
22	Alain Rothlisberger		Suzuki	+1 lap
23	Josef Hage	Dieter Braun Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
24	Michael Schmid		Suzuki	+1 lap
25	Bernard Fau		Yamaha	+1 lap
26	Dominique Pernet		Yamaha	+1 lap
27	Gerhard Vogt		Seel-Suzuki	+1 lap
28	Gunter Dreier		Yamaha	+1 lap
29	Marco Greco		Yamaha	+1 lap
30	Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 lap
Ret	Dave Potter		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Retired
Ret	Stuart Avant	Ellis Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Klaus Klein		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Seppo Rossi		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Takazumi Katayama	Honda International Racing	Honda	Retired
Ret	Mike Baldwin		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jon Ekerold	Team Solitude Deutschland	[[Solo (motorcycle)}Solo]]	Retired
Ret	Stefan Klabacher	Saga Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Wolfgang von Muralt		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Keith Huewen	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Adelio Faccioli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Andreas Hofmann		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Jean Lafond		Yamaha	Retired
DNS	Dale Singleton	Beaulieu Racing	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: ^[4]^[5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1981". Archive.fo. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1981 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
3. "Hockenheimring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
4. "1981 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 15 January 2018.
5. "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1981". Motogp.com.

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