1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 April 1981 at the Salzburgring.

  1981 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 14 races in the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 26 1981
Official name	Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.246 km (2.638 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Graeme Crosby Time 1:20.790 Fastest lap Rider Randy Mamola Time 1:20.740 Podium First Randy Mamola Second Graeme Crosby Third Hiroyuki Kawasaki
350 cc
Pole position Rider Anton Mang Time 1:24.290 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Patrick Fernandez Second Anton Mang Third Jon Ekerold
250 cc
Pole position Rider No 250cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 250cc race was held Podium First No 250cc race was held Second No 250cc race was held Third No 250cc race was held
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Time 1:32.330 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Loris Reggiani Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
50 cc
Pole position Rider No 50cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 50cc was held Podium First No 50cc was held Second No 50cc was held Third No 50cc was held

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	48'06.660	15
2	Graeme Crosby	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+9.890	12
3	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+18.480	10
4	Barry Sheene		Yamaha	+20.870	8
5	Boet van Dulmen		Yamaha	+21.810	6
6	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+38.100	5
7	Franco Uncini		Suzuki	+48.560	4
8	Jack Middelburg	Racing Westland	Suzuki	+50.410	3
9	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'17.310	2
10	Gianni Pelletier		Morbidelli	+1 lap	1
11	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Marc Fontan	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1 lap
13	Takazumi Katayama	Honda International Racing	Honda	+1 lap
14	Walter Migliorati		Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Seppo Rossi		Suzuki	+1 lap
16	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+1 lap
18	Henk de Vries	Henk de Vries Motoren	Suzuki	+1 lap
19	Josef Hage	Dieter Braun Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
20	Michael Schmid		Suzuki	+1 lap
21	Alain Rothlisberger		Suzuki	+1 lap
22	Lennart Bäckström		Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Sadao Asami		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Stuart Avant	Ellis Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Team Solitude Deutschland	Solo	Retired
Ret	Raffaele Pasqual		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Graeme Geddes		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Patrick Fernandez		Bimota-Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jon Ekerold	Team Solitude Deutschland	Solo	Retired
DNS	Raymond Roche		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Stefan Klabacher	Saga Racing	Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Fritz Kerschbaumer	Triumph Club Wien	Yamaha	Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.fo. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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. "Motor Racing Programme Covers". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
4. "1981 Austrian MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
5. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1981". Motogp.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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