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1981 Pau Grand Prix

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1981 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 8 June 1981
Official name XLI Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles)
Pole position
Driver Minardi-BMW
Time 1:13.07
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Geoff Lees Ralt-Honda
Time 1:15.00
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second March-BMW
Third March-BMW

The 1981 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 8 June 1981 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Geoff Lees, driving the Ralt. Thierry Boutsen finished second and Piero Necchi third.

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid
1 14 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Ralt-Honda 73 1hr 33min 13.91sec 3
2 4 Belgium Thierry Boutsen March-BMW 73 + 0.52 s 4
3 19 Italy Piero Necchi March-BMW 73 + 57.96 s 12
4 12 Italy Carlo Rossi Toleman-Hart 72 + 1 lap 18
5 16 Sweden Eje Elgh Maurer-BMW 72 + 1 lap 6
6 15 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda 72 + 1 lap 16
7 22 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto March-BMW 72 + 1 lap 15
8 1 Sweden Stefan Johansson Lola-Hart 71 + 2 laps 7
9 44 Colombia Ricardo Londoño Toleman-Hart 70 + 3 laps 20
10 77 United Kingdom Jim Crawford Toleman-Hart 69 + 4 laps 10
Ret 7 Italy Riccardo Paletti March-BMW 47 Engine 8
Ret 17 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Maurer-BMW 44 Accident 5
Ret 8 France Richard Dallest AGS-BMW 39 Brakes 9
Ret 3 Italy Corrado Fabi March-BMW 36 Brakes 13
Ret 5 Germany Christian Danner March-BMW 15 Accident 17
Ret 10 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-BMW 3 Collision 1
Ret 2 United Kingdom Kenny Acheson Lola-Hart 3 Collision 2
Ret 34 Italy Oscar Pedersoli Ralt-BMW 1 Accident 14
Ret 20 Italy "Gianfranco" March-BMW 0 Accident
DNS 11 Italy Guido Pardini Lola-BMW Did not start
DNQ 36 United Kingdom Ray Mallock Ralt-Hart Did not qualify
DNQ 38 Germany Harald Brutschin March-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ 39 Germany Bernd Brutschin March-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ 40 United Kingdom Paul Smith March-Hart Did not qualify
DNPQ 21 Switzerland Loris Kessel Merzario-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify
DNPQ 24 Switzerland Jürg Lienhard March-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify
DNPQ 33 United Kingdom Roy Baker March-Hart Did Not Pre-Qualify
Fastest Lap: Geoff Lees (Ralt-Honda) - 1:15.00
Sources:[1][2]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1981
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "XLI Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1981". Formula2.net. 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  2. ^ "1981 Pau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.