1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix - Wikipedia

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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)

500cc

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

350cc

Pole position
Rider	Anton Mang
Time	1:24.290
Fastest lap
Rider	Unknown
Podium
First	Patrick Fernandez
Second	Anton Mang
Third	Jon Ekerold

250cc

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

125cc

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

50cc

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

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.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Ingersoll Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	48'06.660	15
2	Graeme Crosby	Ingersoll Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+9.890	12
3	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Ingersoll Heron 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

^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.fo. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1981 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "1981 Austrian MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1981". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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