- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Team
- Brabham
- Top listed
- Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost, and Jacques Laffite
- Race date
- August 2, 1981
- Pole
- Alain Prost
- Fastest lap
- Alan Jones
- Classified drivers
- 30
- Circuit
- Hockenheimring
The decisive result
Nelson Piquet finished first for Brabham. Alain Prost is listed 2 for Renault, with Jacques Laffite 3 for Ligier.
Grid to finish
Eddie Cheever from P18 to P5 (+13), Héctor Rebaque from P16 to P4 (+12), and Siegfried Stohr from P24 to P12 (+12) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Alain Prost started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 8 +1 lap, 6 DNQ, 5 Finished, 3 Engine, and 2 Suspension. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:52.420 on lap 4. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.