{{Short description|Hockenheimring racing competition}} {{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report | Grand Prix = German | flag = West Germany | Official_Name = Großer Preis von Deutschland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1981_heden.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150725171959/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1981_heden.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-07-25 |title=Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1981 |date= |accessdate=2018-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1981.html|title=1981 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=Progcovers.com|accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/hockenheim.html |title=Hockenheimring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project |publisher=Progcovers.com |date= |accessdate=2018-07-09}}</ref> | Location = [[Hockenheimring]] | Image = Hockenheimring (pre-2002) moto.svg | Course_mi = 4.218 | Course_km = 6.789 | Race_No = 3 | Season_No = 14 | Date = 3 May | Year = 1981 | Pole_Rider_500 = [[Graeme Crosby]] | Pole_Rider_500_Country = NZL | Pole_Time_500 = 2:12.450 | Fast_Rider_500 = [[Kenny Roberts]] | Fast_Rider_500_Country = USA | Fast_Time_500 = 2:10.550 | First_Rider_500 = [[Kenny Roberts]] | First_Rider_500_Country = USA | Second_Rider_500 = [[Randy Mamola]] | Second_Rider_500_Country = USA | Third_Rider_500 = [[Marco Lucchinelli]] | Third_Rider_500_Country = ITA | Pole_Rider_350 = [[Patrick Fernandez]] | Pole_Rider_350_Country = FRA | Pole_Time_350 = 2:17.790 | Fast_Rider_350 = Unknown | Fast_Rider_350_Country = | Fast_Time_350 = | First_Rider_350 = [[Anton Mang]] | First_Rider_350_Country = BRD | Second_Rider_350 = [[Éric Saul]] | Second_Rider_350_Country = FRA | Third_Rider_350 = [[Thierry Espié]] | Third_Rider_350_Country = FRA | Pole_Rider_250 = [[Anton Mang]] | Pole_Rider_250_Country = BRD | Pole_Time_250 = 2:22.510 | Fast_Rider_250 = Unknown | Fast_Rider_250_Country = | Fast_Time_250 = | First_Rider_250 = [[Anton Mang]] | First_Rider_250_Country = BRD | Second_Rider_250 = [[Carlos Lavado]] | Second_Rider_250_Country = VEN | Second_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix = 1930 | Third_Rider_250 = [[Roland Freymond]] | Third_Rider_250_Country = SUI | Pole_Rider_125 = [[Ángel Nieto]] | Pole_Rider_125_Country = ESP | Pole_Time_125 = 2:31.640 | Fast_Rider_125 = Unknown | Fast_Rider_125_Country = | First_Rider_125 = [[Ángel Nieto]] | First_Rider_125_Country = ESP | Second_Rider_125 = [[Stefan Dörflinger]] | Second_Rider_125_Country = SUI | Third_Rider_125 = [[Hans Müller (motorcyclist)|Hans Müller]] | Third_Rider_125_Country = SUI | Pole_Rider_50 = [[Stefan Dörflinger]] | Pole_Rider_50_Country = SUI | Pole_Time_50 = 2:49.690 | Fast_Rider_50 = Unknown | Fast_Rider_50_Country = | First_Rider_50 = [[Eugenio Lazzarini]] | First_Rider_50_Country = ITA | Second_Rider_50 = Hans-Jürgen Hummel | Second_Rider_50_Country = AUT | Third_Rider_50 = Rainer Kunz | Third_Rider_50_Country = BRD }}
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]].
[[File:Kenny Roberts.JPG|thumb|Eventual race winner Kenny Roberts on his bike at the 500cc race.]]
==Classification== ===500 cc=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Pos. ! Rider ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Time/Retired ! Points |- ! 1 | {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Kenny Roberts]]''' | '''Yamaha Motor Company''' | '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''' | 42'04.700 | '''15''' |- ! 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Randy Mamola]]''' | '''Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki''' | '''[[Suzuki]]''' | +0.440 | '''12''' |- ! 3 | {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Marco Lucchinelli]]''' | '''Team Nava Suzuki''' | '''[[Suzuki]]''' | +0.690 | '''10''' |- ! 4 | {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Boet van Dulmen]]''' | | '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''' | +16.970 | '''8''' |- ! 5 | {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Michel Frutschi]]''' | Elf Motor Racing Team | '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''' | +31.610 | '''6''' |- ! 6 | {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Barry Sheene]]''' | | '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''' | +32.560 | '''5''' |- ! 7 | {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Hiroyuki Kawasaki]]''' | Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki | '''[[Suzuki]]''' | +35.390 | '''4''' |- ! 8 | {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Jack Middelburg]]''' | Racing Westland | '''[[Suzuki]]''' | +39.760 | '''3''' |- ! 9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Marc Fontan]]''' | Team Sonauto Gauloises | '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]''' | +50.940 | '''2''' |- ! 10 | {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Franco Uncini]]''' | | '''[[Suzuki]]''' | +53.230 | '''1''' |- ! 11 | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sadao Asami]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company]] | +1'02.440 | |- ! 12 | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Philippe Coulon]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'04.070 | |- ! 13 | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Graeme Crosby]] | Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki | [[Suzuki]] | +1'05.060 | |- ! 14 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Wil Hartog]] | Riemersma Racing | [[Suzuki]] | +1'28.720 | |- ! 15 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Roche]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'30.590 | |- ! 16 | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kimmo Kopra]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'30.850 | |- ! 17 | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Sjöström]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'34.310 | |- ! 18 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Walter Migliorati]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'36.390 | |- ! 19 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christian Estrosi]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1'40.010 | |- ! 20 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Henk de Vries]] | Henk de Vries Motoren | [[Suzuki]] | +2'01.840 | |- ! 21 | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Sergio Pellandini]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +2'05.110 | |- ! 22 | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Alain Rothlisberger]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1 lap | |- ! 23 | {{flagicon|BRD}} [[Josef Hage]] | Dieter Braun Team | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | +1 lap | |- ! 24 | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Michael Schmid (motorcyclist)|Michael Schmid]] | | [[Suzuki]] | +1 lap | |- ! 25 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Fau]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | +1 lap | |- ! 26 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dominique Pernet]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | +1 lap | |- ! 27 | {{flagicon|BRD}} [[Gerhard Vogt (motorcyclist)|Gerhard Vogt]] | | [[Suzuki|Seel-Suzuki]] | +1 lap | |- ! 28 | {{flagicon|BRD}} [[Gunter Dreier]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | +1 lap | |- ! 29 | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marco Greco]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | +1 lap | |- ! 30 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Virginio Ferrari]] | Cagiva Corse | [[Cagiva]] | +1 lap | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dave Potter (motorcyclist)|Dave Potter]] | | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Kork Ballington]] | Team Kawasaki | [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine|Kawasaki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Stuart Avant]] | Ellis Racing | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|BRD}} [[Klaus Klein (motorcyclist)|Klaus Klein]] | | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Seppo Rossi]] | | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takazumi Katayama]] | Honda International Racing | [[Honda]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Baldwin (motorcyclist)|Mike Baldwin]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Jon Ekerold]] | Team Solitude Deutschland | [[Solo (motorcycle)|Solo]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stefan Klabacher]] | Saga Racing | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Wolfgang von Muralt]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Keith Huewen]] | Heron Suzuki GB | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Adelio Faccioli]] | | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Andreas Hofmann (motorcycle racer)|Andreas Hofmann]] | | [[Suzuki]] | Retired | |- ! Ret | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Lafond]] | | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | Retired | |- ! DNS | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dale Singleton]] | Beaulieu Racing | [[Suzuki]] | Did not start | |- ! DNS | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christian Sarron]] | Team Sonauto Gauloises | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | Did not start | |- !colspan=8| Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1981-german-motogp|title=1981 German MotoGP|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|date=15 January 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1981/WGER/500cc|title=WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1981|website=Motogp.com}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{MotoGP_race_report | Name_of_race = [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] | Year_of_race = 1981 | Previous_race_in_season = [[1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|1981 Austrian Grand Prix]] | Next_race_in_season = [[1981 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|1981 Nations Grand Prix]] | Previous_year's_race = [[1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix|1980 German Grand Prix]] | Next_year's_race = [[1982 German motorcycle Grand Prix|1982 German Grand Prix]] }}
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