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1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

500cc – Marco Lucchinelli (Suzuki) 350cc - Anton Mang (Kawasaki) 250cc – Anton Mang (Kawasaki) 125cc – Ángel Nieto (Minarelli) 50cc – Ricardo Tormo (Bultaco)

The 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 33rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

In the 500cc world championship, two Suzuki teams fought for the title with Marco Lucchinelli riding for Roberto Gallina's Italian Suzuki team and, Randy Mamola riding for the Heron Suzuki team backed by the UK Suzuki importer. Mamola started the season strongly with two victories and two second-place finishes to take the lead in the championship but then, Lucchinelli took command with four victories in the next five races to claim the world championship. Mamola finished in second place for the second year in a row.

Barry Sheene would win the final race of his career with a win in Sweden while a young American named Freddie Spencer made his first foray into the world championships as a member of the Honda factory racing team, riding the four-stroke Honda NR500 up to fifth place at the British Grand Prix before it suffered a mechanical failure.

Germany's Anton Mang scored double world championship victories, defeating defending champion Jon Ekerold for the 350cc title and, winning ten of twelve 250 events to take that title. Frenchman Michel Rougerie, who finished second in 1975 250 championship, was killed when he was hit by another rider after crashing in the 350 race in Yugoslavia. Angel Nieto won his tenth championship by winning eight of twelve rounds on his Minarelli while Ricardo Tormo won the 50cc crown for Bultaco.

Beginning in 1981, motorcycle frame technology evolved quickly as motorcycle manufacturers moved from the steel, featherbed frame chassis first developed in the 1950s, to aluminium frames featuring large, twin beams as first pioneered by Spanish constructor, Antonio Cobas.

1981 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1981:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
22 March	Argentina Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
26 April	Austria Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
3 May	Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring
10 May	Italy Gran Premio delle Nazioni	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
17 May	France Grand Prix de France Moto	Circuit Paul Ricard
24 May	Spain Gran Premio de España	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
31 May	Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
27 June	Netherlands Dutch TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
5 July	Belgium Grand Prix Moto	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
12 July	San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino	Autodromo Dino Ferrari
2 August	UK Marlboro British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit
9 August	Finland Finnish GP	Imatra Circuit
16 August	Sweden Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
30 August	Czechoslovakia Grand Prix ČSSR	Brno Circuit

Calendar changes

The Argentine Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
The Austrian Grand Prix returned on the calendar after a one-year absence. Last year's scheduled running of the event was cancelled due to snowy weather conditions on race week.
The German Grand Prix was moved forward, from 24 August to 3 May.
The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring-Nordschleife to the Hockenheimring for the next three years due to ongoing construction to replace it with a new venue.
The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
The Yugoslavian Grand Prix was moved forward, from 15 June to 31 May.
The Belgian Grand Prix moved from Circuit Zolder to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps after the track problems at Spa-Francorchamps were resolved.
The San Marino Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
The Finnish Grand Prix was moved back, from 27 July to 9 August.
The Swedish Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a one-year absence.

Results and standings

1981 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date:	Race	Location	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner
22 March	Argentina Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires		Spain Angel Nieto	France Jean-François Baldé	South Africa Jon Ekerold		Report
26 April	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Spain Angel Nieto		France Patrick Fernandez	United States Randy Mamola	Report
3 May	Germany German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang	Germany Anton Mang	United States Kenny Roberts	Report
10 May	Italy Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Spain Ricardo Tormo	France Guy Bertin	France Eric Saul	South Africa Jon Ekerold	United States Kenny Roberts	Report
17 May	France French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard		Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang		Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Report
24 May	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang			Report
31 May	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Italy Loris Reggiani		Germany Anton Mang	United States Randy Mamola	Report
27 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	Assen	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang	Germany Anton Mang	Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Report
5 July	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Spain Ricardo Tormo		Germany Anton Mang		Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Report
12 July	San Marino San Marino Grand Prix	Imola	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Italy Loris Reggiani	Germany Anton Mang		Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Report
2 August	UK British Grand Prix	Silverstone		Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang	Germany Anton Mang	Netherlands Jack Middelburg	Report
9 August	Finland Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra		Spain Angel Nieto	Germany Anton Mang		Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Report
16 August	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Spain Ricardo Tormo	Germany Anton Mang		UK Barry Sheene	Report
30 August	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Brno Circuit	Netherlands Theo Timmer		Germany Anton Mang	Germany Anton Mang		Report

500cc riders' standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
15	12

Place	Rider	Team	Machine	AUT
Austria	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	FRA
France	YUG
Yugoslavia	NED
Netherlands	BEL
Belgium	SMR
San Marino	GBR
Great Britain	FIN
Finland	SWE
Sweden	Points
1	Italy Marco Lucchinelli	Nava Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	Ret	3	5	1	2	1	1	1	19	1	9	105
2	United States Randy Mamola	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	1	2	Ret	2	1	Ret	3	4	3	2	13	94
3	United States Kenny Roberts	Yamaha International	YZR500	Ret	1	1	5	3	Ret	2	DNS	2	7	Ret	74
4	UK Barry Sheene	Akai-Yamaha	YZR500	4	6	3	4	5	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	1	72
5	New Zealand Graeme Crosby	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	2	13	2	3	4	Ret	7	3	Ret	5	5	68
6	Netherlands Boet van Dulmen	IMN Yamaha	YZR500	5	4	4	8	7	2	5	Ret	6	Ret	2	64
7	Netherlands Jack Middelburg	Racing Westland Suzuki	RG500	8	8	7	9	DNS	5	6	7	1	4	3	60
8	South Africa Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	KR500	6	Ret	Ret	7	DNS	3	19	5	Ret	3	4	43
9	France Marc Fontan	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	12	9	Ret	10	Ret	13	8	8	5	6	6	25
10	Japan Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	3	7	Ret	6								19
11	France Bernard Fau	GPA Total	RG500	Ret	25		12	12	7	10	Ret	4	Ret	10	14
12	Italy Guido Paci	Belgarda Yamaha	YZR500			6		9	9	12	6	13	Ret	Ret	14
13	Italy Franco Uncini	Uncini-Suzuki	RG500	7	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	7	12
14	Netherlands Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	RG500					14	4	9	Ret				10
15	Finland Seppo Rossi		RG500	15	Ret	16	11	8	11	17	14		8	8	9
16	Italy Gianni Pelletier		RG500	10	Ret	Ret		6	Ret	16	9		Ret	Ret	8
17	Switzerland Michel Frutschi	Hostettler Yamaha	YZR500	Ret	5				16	23	16	Ret	11	Ret	6
18	United Kingdom Dave Potter	Team BP-Yamaha	YZR500		Ret	Ret			6	26		NC			5
19	New Zealand Stuart Avant	Ellis Racing	RG500	Ret	Ret	19	16		19	22		7			4
20	Switzerland Sergio Pellandini		RG500	17	21	10	13	Ret	8	15	11	Ret	Ret	16	4
21	Japan Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha International	YZR500									8	Ret		3
22	United Kingdom Steve Parrish	Mitsui Yamaha	YZR500			DNQ			18	20	Ret	9	10	15	3
23	France Frank Gross		RG500			DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ	Ret			9		2
24	Netherlands Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	RG500	9	14										2
25	France Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500		Ret	9	Ret		17	Ret	12	18	Ret	Ret	2
26	Japan Sadao Asami	Yamaha International	YZR500	23	11	14	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	1
27	United Kingdom Chris Guy		RG500									10			1
28	United Kingdom Keith Huewen	Heron-Suzuki	RG500		Ret	17	Ret		DNQ	13	10	Ret			1
29	Finland Kimmo Kopra		RG500		16		14	10	20	Ret	15		Ret	18	1
	Italy Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli 500-4	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret		11	Ret	11	0
	Switzerland Philippe Coulon	Frankonia-Suzuki	RG500	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	27	Ret	Ret	15	17	0
	France Dominique Pernet		YZR500		26		19	11		18					0
	Italy Leandro Beccheroni		RG500			11									0
	Italy Gianni Rolando		RG500			12	Ret	Ret			Ret		12	Ret	0
	Sweden Peter Sjöström		RG500		17	21	Ret			Ret		12	Ret	22	0
	NED Dick Alblas	Hollande Isolatie	RG500						12						0
	Sweden Lars Johansson		RG500											12	0
	Italy Walter Migliorati		RG500	14	18	13	15	Ret			13				0
	Switzerland Alain Roethlisberger		RG500	22	22	18	22	13						20	0
	Japan Takazumi Katayama	HRC-Honda	NR500	13	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret						0
	Finland Timo Pohjola		RG500										13		0
	Denmark Borge Nielsen		RG500					16		21	Ret		14	14	0
	Venezuela Roberto Pietri		RG500			DNQ	21					14			0
	USA Dale Singleton	Beaulieu Yamaha	YZR500		Ret				Ret	14		Ret			0
	AUS Gregg Hansford	Team Kawasaki	KR500						14	Ret					0
	France Raymond Roche		RG500	Ret	15	15	Ret								0
	Germany Andreas Hofmann		RG500		Ret		20					15			0
	France Christian Estrosi		YZR500	16	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	29	Ret	Ret			0
	Germany Josef Hage	Dieter Braun Team	YZR500	19	23	DNQ	23	17	DNQ			20			0
	France Jean Lafond		RG500		Ret		17								0
	Italy Fabio Biliotti		RG500			Ret					17				0
	Great Britain Graham Wood		YZR500									17			0
	Netherlands Henk de Vries	Henk de Vries Motoren	YZR500	18	20										0
	Brazil Marco Greco		RG500		29	DNQ	24	18							0
	Italy Rafaelle Pasqual		YZR500	Ret			DNQ				18				0
	France Jacques Agopian		RG500				18								0
	Italy Carlo Perugini	Sanvenero	Sanvenero 500			DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ		Ret	23	Ret		0
	Italy Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva	GP500		30	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ		19				0
	Sweden Åke Grahn		YZR500											19	0
	Austria Michael Schmid		RG500	20	24	DNQ									0
	Italy Marco Papa		RG500			20									0
	Germany Jochen Schmid		RG500					20							0
	Sweden Lennart Bäckström		RG500	21			DNQ								0
	Great Britain Alex George		YZR500									21			0
	Sweden Peter Sköld		RG500											21	0
	Great Britain Barry Woodland		RG500									22			0
	Belgium Philippe Chaltin		RG500							24					0
	New Zealand Dennis Ireland		RG500							25		Ret			0
	Germany Gerhard Vogt		RG500		27										0
	Germany Günter Dreier		RG500		28										0
	Great Britain Gary Lingham		RG500							28		Ret			0
	Germany Gustav Reiner	Team Solitude Deutschland	Solo	Ret		Ret	Ret								0
	South Africa Jon Ekerold	Team Solitude Deutschland	Solo	Ret	Ret	DNQ		Ret							0
	USA Mike Baldwin		RG500		Ret		Ret	Ret							0
	Austria Stefan Klabacher	Saga Racing	YZR500	Ret	Ret										0
	Italy Adelio Faccioli		RG500		Ret	Ret									0
	France Patrick Fernandez		YZR500	Ret											0
	Australia Graeme Geddes		YZR500	Ret											0
	Austria Fritz Kerschbaumer	Triumph Club Wien	YZR500	Ret											0
	Switzerland Wolfgang von Muralt		YZR500		Ret										0
	Germany Klaus Klein	FKN			Ret										0
	Germany Peter Ammann		RG500		Ret										0
	France Herve Guilleux		YZR500				Ret								0
	France Hubert Rigal		YZR500				Ret								0
	Italy Sergio Bertocchi		RG500					Ret							0
	USA Freddie Spencer	HRC-Honda	NR500									Ret			0
	Great Britain Steve Henshaw		RG500									Ret			0
	Great Britain John Newbold		RG500									Ret			0
	Italy Corrado Tuzii		RG500									Ret			0
	Finland Seppo Korhonen		RG500										Ret		0
	Sweden Bengt Slydal		RG500											Ret	0
	USA Gina Bovaird		YZR500				DNQ								0
	NED Rob Punt		RG500						DNQ						0

350cc standings

Place	Rider	Machine	ARG
Argentina	AUT
Austria	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	YUG
Yugoslavia	NED
Netherlands	Points
1	West Germany Anton Mang	Kawasaki KR350	7	2	1	2	1	1	103
2	South Africa Jon Ekerold	Yamaha TZ 350	1	3	Ret	1	2		52
3	France Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki KR350	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	49
4	France Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha TZ 350	4	1	Ret	4	7	4	46
5	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	Yamaha TZ 350	3	5	Ret	8	3	2	41
6	UK Keith Huewen	Yamaha TZ 350		6	4	Ret	Ret	7	29
7	France Thierry Espié	Yamaha TZ 350	6	8	3	Ret	5	Ret	24
8	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	Yamaha TZ 350	9	7	25	20	4		20
9	France Eric Saul	Chevallier-Yamaha	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret		18
10	Australia Graeme McGregor	Yamaha TZ 350			7	7		5	14
11	Australia Graeme Geddes	Yamaha TZ 350	8	4	Ret	Ret	Ret		11
12	Germany Martin Wimmer	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret		19	11	10	9	11
13	Germany Gustav Reiner	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret		12	Ret			10
14	Italy Massimo Matteoni	Yamaha TZ 350				3	Ret	Ret	10
15	Australia Jeffrey Sayle	Yamaha TZ 350	5		Ret	Ret		Ret	10
16	Netherlands Mar Schouten	Yamaha TZ 350						6	10
17	Switzerland Wolfgang Von Muralt	Yamaha TZ 350				Ret	13		8
18	Belgium Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret			Ret	Ret		8
19	Netherlands Peter Looijensteijn	Yamaha TZ 350	12	Ret	8	9		8	8
20	Great Britain Charlie Williams	Yamaha TZ 350							6
21	Finland Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha TZ 350			5		Ret		6
22	Italy Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha TZ 350			Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6
23	France Roger Sibille	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret		6	Ret	Ret	16	5
24	South Africa Alan North	Yamaha TZ 350		Ret	13	6		Ret	5
25	Finland Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha TZ 350			26	16	12	Ret	4
26	Great Britain Tony Rogers	Yamaha TZ 350			11	Ret	8		3
27	Belgium Rene Delaby	Yamaha TZ 350			17	14	Ret	14	3
28	Austria Edi Stoellinger	Kawasaki KR350		10	9	12	Ret		3
29	Great Britain Donnie Robinson	Yamaha TZ 350							2
30	Great Britain Tony Head	Yamaha TZ 350		9	Ret	13	11	11	2
31	Italy Paolo Ferretti	Yamaha TZ 350	11	12	10	Ret	14		2
32	France Michel Rougerie	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret	Ret		10	Ret		1
33	Sweden Bengt Elgh	Yamaha TZ 350			21	15		10	1
34	Chile Vincenzo Cascino	Yamaha TZ 350	10		Ret				1
	Switzerland Bruno Kneubuhler	Yamaha TZ 350		11	18	Ret		Ret	0
	Germany Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha TZ 350						12	0
	Great Britain Clive Horton	Yamaha TZ 350			16			13	0
	Argentina Yervant Samirdjian	Yamaha TZ 350	13						0
	Brazil Lucilo Baumer	Yamaha TZ 350	14						0
	France Jean-Louis Albera	Yamaha TZ 350			14				0
	Netherlands Klaas Hernamdt	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret			18	15		0
	Argentina Limberg Moreira	Yamaha TZ 350	15						0
	Germany Werner Hilbk	Yamaha TZ 350			15				0
	Finland Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha TZ 350						15	0
	Argentina Dimas Anggara	Yamaha TZ 350	16						0
	Austria Werner Schmied	Yamaha TZ 350					16		0
	Netherlands Rinus van Kasteren	Yamaha TZ 350			Ret	17	Ret	17	0
	Austria Manfred Obinger	Yamaha TZ 350					17		0
	Yugoslavia Mitja Erjavec	Yamaha TZ 350					18		0
	Yugoslavia Mladen Tomic	Yamaha TZ 350						18	0
	Venezuela Eduardo Aleman	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret			19	Ret		0
	Switzerland Edwin Weibel	Yamaha TZ 350						19	0
	Germany Manfred Herweh	Yamaha TZ 350			20				0
	Germany Alois Tost	Yamaha TZ 350			22				0
	Germany Heinz Chittka	Yamaha TZ 350			23				0
	Germany Bodo Schmidt	Yamaha TZ 350			24				0
	Austria Siegfried Minich	Yamaha TZ 350		Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	0
	Argentina Marcelo Diez	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Brazil Claudio Girotto	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Argentina Fernando Cerdera	Kawasaki KR350	Ret						0
	Venezuela Rafael Olavarria	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	France Pierre Bolle	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Argentina Alfredo Rios	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Argentina Pancracio Catania	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Venezuela Alejandro Aleman	Yamaha TZ 350	Ret						0
	Italy Walter Villa	Yamaha TZ 350		Ret					0
	Italy Arturo Venanzi	Yamaha TZ 350				Ret			0
	Yugoslavia Vojko Princic	Yamaha TZ 350					Ret		0
	Yugoslavia Bozo Janesic	Yamaha TZ 350					Ret		0
	Japan Yoshimasa Matsumoto	Yamaha TZ 350					Ret		0
	Yugoslavia Marijan Kosic	Yamaha TZ 350					Ret		0
	Czechoslovakia Marian Srna	Yamaha TZ 350					Ret		0
	France Jacques Bolle	Yamaha TZ 350						Ret	0
	USA Richard Schlachter	Yamaha TZ 350						Ret	0
	Great Britain Mick Grant	Yamaha TZ 350						Ret	0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Machine	ARG
Argentina	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	FRA
France	ESP
Spain	NED
Netherlands	BEL
Belgium	Points
1	West Germany Anton Mang	Kawasaki	14	1	3	1	1	1	1	160
2	France Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	1	9	6	4	2	6	3	95
3	Switzerland Roland Freymond	Ad Majora	5	3	Ret	Ret	13	4	11	72
4	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Ret	2	Ret	3	3	2	2	56
5	France Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	3	Ret	5	7	6	3	12	43
6	France Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Kawasaki	12	13	10	14	5	7	14	36
7	France Jean-Louis Tournadre	Yamaha		Ret		Ret	16		6	34
8	West Germany Martin Wimmer	Yamaha	6	17	4	16	8	8	Ret	33
9	Belgium Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	9	23	13	Ret	Ret	10	5	26
10	United States Richard Schlachter	Yamaha		6	Ret	Ret	4	9	DNQ	25
11	France Thierry Espie	Chevallier-Yamaha	10	Ret	7	2	10	Ret	Ret	24
12	Italy Maurizio Massimiani	Ad Majora	13	14	2	8	7	13	8	22
13	France Eric Saul	Chevallier-Yamaha	7		1	Ret	20			19
14	Italy Paolo Ferretti	Yamaha	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	19	19	18	16
15	Australia Graeme Geddes	Yamaha	2	11	Ret	22	9		13	14
16	Belgium Jean Marc Toffolo	Armstrong	16		Ret	18	15	Ret	4	12
17	France Christian Estrosi	Yamaha	Ret	12	9	10		18	Ret	12
18	Australia Graeme McGregor	Yamaha		10	Ret	DNQ		11	Ret	11
19	France Roger Sibille	Yamaha	11	18		6	Ret		16	11
20	France Herve Guilleux	Siroko-Rotax	4		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
21	Italy Pier Luigi Conforti	Kawasaki			Ret					8
22	Austria Edi Stoellinger	Kawasaki		7	8					7
23	Finland Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha							17	6
24	Australia Jeffrey Sayle	Armstrong	Ret		14	DNQ		5	Ret	6
25	Spain Angel Nieto	Siroko-Rotax	Ret	5	Ret	DNQ	Ret	12		6
26	France Pierre Bolle	Yamaha				5			Ret	6
27	Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler	Rotax		8	17	15	Ret	14	DNQ	5
28	Spain Sito Pons	Siroko-Rotax				Ret	Ret		7	4
29	France Jacques Bolle	Yamaha							9	4
30	Italy Loris Reggiani	Yamaha	8	Ret	Ret	21	14			3
31	France Andre Gouin	Yamaha		15		13			10	3
32	Great Britain Steve Tonkin	Armstrong							DNQ	1
33	Sweden Bengt Elgh	Yamaha								1
34	Austria Siegfried Minich	Bartol-Yamaha						Ret	DNQ	1
	South Africa Alan North	Yamaha			16	17	11		Ret	0
	Italy Franco Marchegiani	Yamaha		20	11		18	16	Ret	0
	France Alain Beraud	Yamaha				11			Ret	0
	Italy Sauro Pazzaglia	MBA			Ret	DNQ	12	Ret		0
	Great Britain Tony Rogers	Yamaha				12			Ret	0
	Italy Germano Conti	MBA			12					0
	Germany Karl-Thomas Grassel	Yamaha	Ret	16	15	23	17			0
	France Pierre Tocco	Yamaha		Ret		20			15	0
	Netherlands Mar Schouten	MBA						15	Ret	0
	Venezuela Eduardo Aleman	Yamaha	15							0
	Austria August Auinger	Rotax						17	Ret	0
	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	Egli	17			DNQ				0
	Brazil Lauro Assakawa	Yamaha	18							0
	Italy Gianpaolo Marchetti	MBA	Ret	19	Ret					0
	France Antoine Longo	Yamaha				19				0
	Germany Gerhard Waibel	Yamaha							19	0
	Netherlands Rinus van Kasteren	Yamaha						20		0
	Belgium Olivier Liegeois	Yamaha							20	0
	Great Britain Clive Horton	Armstrong		25	Ret		Ret	21	DNQ	0
	Italy Massimo Matteoni	Tre Stelle		21	Ret					0
	Great Britain Tony Head	Yamaha		Ret			21		DNQ	0
	Germany Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha		22						0
	Spain Carlos Morante	Yamaha					22			0
	Germany Jurgen Schmit	Yamaha		24						0
	France Jean-Louis Albera	Kawasaki				24				0
	Belgium Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha		26					DNQ	0
	Germany Bernd Schappacher	Rotax		27						0
	Great Britain Johnny Scott	Yamaha		28						0
	Germany Franz Schwarz	Yamaha		29						0
	Germany Gerhard Vogt	Rotax		30						0
	Netherlands Peter Looijestein	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	DNQ	0
	USA Eddie Lawson	Kawasaki		Ret	Ret	Ret				0
	France Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	Ret			Ret	Ret			0
	Netherlands Klaas Hernamdt	Yamaha	Ret	Ret				Ret		0
	Switzerland Hans Müller	MBA			Ret	Ret		Ret		0
	Finland Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha		Ret		Ret				0
	Germany Herbert Hauf	FKN		Ret				Ret		0
	France Jean-Jacques Peyre	Yamaha				Ret			Ret	0
	Venezuela Ivan Palazzese	Yamaha	Ret							0
	Germany Michael Lederer	Yamaha		Ret						0
	Japan Sadao Asami	Yamaha		Ret						0
	Germany Stefan Jannsen	Yamaha		Ret						0
	Great Britain Mick Grant	Armstrong							Ret	0
	Belgium Michel Simeon	Yamaha							DNS	0

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Machine	ARG
Argentina	AUT
Austria	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	FRA
France	ESP
Spain	YUG
Yugoslavia	NED
Netherlands	SMR
San Marino	Points	Place	Rider	Machine	ARG
Argentina	AUT
Austria	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	FRA
France	ESP
Spain	YUG
Yugoslavia	NED
Netherlands	SMR
San Marino	Points
1	Spain Angel Nieto	Minarelli	1	1	1	4	1	1	Ret	1	2	140
2	Italy Loris Reggiani	Minarelli	2	2	Ret	2	6	5	1	2	1	95
3	Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi	MBA	5	3	Ret	Ret	3	3	2	3	3	84
4	Switzerland Hans Müller	MBA		6	3	5	4	4	3	4	17	58
5	France Jacques Bolle	Motobécane	3	Ret	Ret	3	26	6	11	Ret	5	55
6	France Guy Bertin	Sanvenero	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	40
7	Venezuela Iván Palazzese	MBA	Ret				7	2	6	5	Ret	37
8	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Sanvenero	12		Ret					8	4	36
9	Italy Maurizio Vitali	MBA		8	14	7	5	Ret	4	6	Ret	36
10	Argentina Hugo Vignetti	MBA	Ret	Ret			Ret	8	7		6	30
11	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	MBA			2	6	11	7	5			27
12	France Jean Claude Selini	MBA			Ret	16	9		9	9		18
13	Argentina Willy Perez	MBA	4	11	17	8	15	11	Ret	15	10	15
14	Austria August Auinger	Bartol		Ret	Ret	Ret	8		10	7	9	14
15	Germany Gerhard Waibel	MBA		5			12		8	Ret	8	12
16	Finland Johnny Wickstroem	MBA		15	8		16	Ret		13	13	10
17	Sweden Per Edward Carlsson	MBA	7	7	Ret	18	10			11	16	9
18	Italy Eugenio Lazzarini	Iprem		4	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret		Ret	8
19	Germany Gert Bender	Bender			4							8
20	Netherlands Anton Straver	MBA		13	16	Ret	Ret			16	12	8
21	France Thierry Noblesse	MBA		14	5	Ret	Ret				11	7
22	Netherlands Henk Van Kessel	EGA		10	6			10	Ret	14		7
23	Venezuela Ivan Troisi	MBA	6									5
24	France Michel Galbit	MBA			15	13	14		12			5
25	Italy Roberto Ruosi	MBA				Ret					7	4
26	Hungary Janos Drapal	MBA			7	Ret				Ret		4
27	Spain Fernando González de Nicolas	MBA	8									3
28	Austria Hans Hummel	MBA		9	Ret							2
29	Switzerland Joe Genoud	MBA			9	Ret	20	13	13	20	15	2
30	Italy Maurizio Musco	MBA				9						2
31	France Yves Dupont	MBA		12		Ret	13	9	Ret	Ret		2
32	Sweden Jan Bäckström	MBA									DNQ	2
33	Australia Barry Smith	MBA	9									2
34	Belgium Olivier Liegeois	MBA									14	1
35	Germany Alfred Waibel	MBA			10	Ret		Ret				1
36	Italy Michele Ettore	MBA				10						1
37	Austria Erich Klein	MBA		Ret	12		22		15	12	Ret	1
38	Argentina Norberto Gatti	Minarelli	10									1
	Germany Stefan Jannsen	MBA			11	14						0
	Argentina Fabian Gonzales	MBA	11									0
	Great Britain Peter Hubbard	MBA				11						0
	Netherlands Ton Spek	MBA		17		12	Ret					0
	France Jacky Hutteau	Afam			13		18	Ret	Ret		18	0
	Netherlands Theo Timmer	MBA		16	22	Ret		14	14		Ret	0
	France Bernard Gatti	MBA						15	18			0
	Italy Libero Piccirillo	MBA				15						0
	Czechoslovakia Peter Balaz	MBA					24		16	22	19	0
	Belgium Chris Baert	MBA			24			16	20			0
	France Joel Benniza	MBA				17	Ret					0
	France Paul Bordes	MBA					17					0
	Yugoslavia Janez Pintar	Hess							17			0
	Netherlands Jan Eggens	EGA								17		0
	Netherlands Jan Huberts	Sanvenero			18					18		0
	France Frédéric Michel	MBA			26		19					0
	Germany Norbert Peschke	MBA			19							0
	Yugoslavia Marijan Kosic	MBA							19			0
	Netherlands Boy van Erp	MBA								19		0
	Czechoslovakia Zbynek Havrda	MBA			20							0
	Belgium Lucio Pietroniro	MBA					21			23	Ret	0
	Germany Robert Bauer	MBA			21							0
	Austria Werner Schmied	MBA							21			0
	Netherlands Peter van Niel	MBA								21		0
	Germany Walter Kaletsch	MBA			23							0
	Algeria Bady Hassaine	MBA					23					0
	Monaco Joël Malatino	MBA					25				Ret	0
	France François Wirtz	MBA			25							0
	Great Britain Spencer Crabbe	MBA					27					0
	Switzerland Reiner Koster	MBA					Ret		Ret		DNQ	0
	Italy Nardone	MBA				Ret					Ret	0
	Italy Italo Zerbini	MBA							Ret		Ret	0
	Argentina Francisco Incorvaia	MBA	Ret									0
	Italy Pierluigi Aldrovandi	MBA				Ret						0
	Italy Ivan Villini	MBA				Ret						0
	Great Britain John Kernan	MBA				Ret						0
	Italy Rino Zuliani	MBA				Ret						0
	France Patrick Herouard	Sanvenero					Ret					0
	Switzerland Jean-Michel Perret	MBA					Ret					0
	Spain Antonio Garcia	MBA						Ret				0
	Spain Juan Carlos Gonzales	MBA						Ret				0
	Spain Pablo Cegarra	MBA						Ret				0
	Yugoslavia Zdravko Ljeljak	MBA							Ret			0
	Yugoslavia Vladimir Hegel	MBA							Ret			0
	Yugoslavia Alojz Pavlic	MBA							Ret			0
	Italy Maurizio Goretti	MBA									Ret	0

50cc standings

Place	Rider	Machine	GER
Germany	NAT
Italy	ESP
Spain	YUG
Yugoslavia	NED
Netherlands	BEL
Belgium	SMR
San Marino	Points
1	Spain Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	90
2	Netherlands Theo Timmer	Bultaco	Ret	5	4	4	4	3	3	65
3	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	1	2	2	2	Ret			51
4	Austria Hans Hummel	Sachs	2	6		8	6	5	5	43
5	West Germany Hagen Klein	Kreidler	Ret	3	6	5	5	Ret	6	40
6	Switzerland Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	Ret	Ret	5	3	3	4	Ret	39
7	Netherlands Henk van Kessel	Kreidler	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	36
8	Italy Giuseppe Ascareggi	Minarelli		4					4	28
9	Italy Claudio Lusuardi	Villa	8	8	7	6			7	23
10	Netherlands George Looijesteyn	Kreidler	5	7	Ret		17	6	8	21
11	West Germany Rainer Kunz	Kreidler	3				Ret	Ret		20
12	France Yves Dupont	ABF	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	Ret		14
13	Spain Joaquim Gali	Bultaco	12	12	10	9	9	7	9	11
14	West Germany Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	Ret	9	8	Ret	7	21	10	10
15	Austria Otto Machinek	Kreidler	4	Ret		Ret	16	20	13	8
16	West Germany Kasimer Rapczynski	Kreidler	6			Ret	Ret	22	22	6
17	France Pascal Kambourian	Kreidler		10	9			8		6
18	Germany Gerhard Bauer	Kreidler	7				12	11		4
19	Germany Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	Ret	14	12	11	Ret	9	12	4
20	Netherlands Jos van Dongen	Kreidler	15				8	15		3
21	Germany Klaus Kull	Kreidler	9					26	23	2
22	Belgium Chris Baert	Kreidler	19	18	14	10		10	Ret	2
23	Germany Herbert Engelhardt	Kreidler	10							1
24	Germany Rainer Scheidhauer	Kreidler		Ret		15	10	13		1
	France Yves le Toumelin	TYL	11	Ret	11		13			0
	Yugoslavia Zdravko Matulja	Tomos		11		Ret	Ret	12	Ret	0
	Italy Giuliano Gerani	BBFT		16					11	0
	Netherlands Floor Maasland	FMT					11			0
	Germany Gerhard Singer	Kreidler		Ret	Ret	12	14	19	25	0
	Switzerland Joe Genoud	RYB		15	13	18	Ret	14	24	0
	Spain Ramon Gali	Kreidler	13		15		15	16	16	0
	Italy Salvatore Milano	UFO		13					Ret	0
	Czechoslovakia Zbynek Havdra	Kreidler				13				0
	France Bruno di Carlo	MDC	16	Ret		14		17		0
	Italy Claudio Granata	Kreidler		Ret					14	0
	Germany Dieter Göppner	Kreidler	14							0
	Italy Giuliano Tabanelli	Ringhini		19					15	0
	Switzerland Reiner Koster	Malanca	17	20	16	Ret	20	Ret	21	0
	Yugoslavia Zlatko Adamovic	Kreidler				16				0
	Yugoslavia Peter Verbic	Kreidler	18	17		Ret			Ret	0
	Great Britain Spencer Crabbe	MBA		Ret		17		25		0
	Italy Enrico Cereda	Kreidler		Ret					17	0
	Spain Jose M. Baena	Kreidler			17					0
	Germany Thomas Engl	PCR						18	18	0
	Spain Vicente Ferrer	Kreidler			18					0
	Netherlands Bertus Grinwis	PCR					18			0
	Netherlands Jan Welvaarts	Kreidler					19			0
	Italy Enzo Saffiotti	UFO							19	0
	Germany Henry Nagel	Kreidler	20							0
	Italy Pasquale Buonfante	UFO							20	0
	Netherlands Paul Rimmelzwaan	Kreidler					21			0
	Finland Mika-Sakari Komu	Kreidler						23		0
	Norway Ove Skifjeld	Kreidler						24		0
	Belgium Dirk van der Donckt	Kreidler						27		0
	Belgium Robert Evrard	Kreidler						28		0
	Yugoslavia Hulric	Kreidler		Ret						0
	Spain Daniel Mateos	Kreidler			Ret					0
	Spain Alfonso Maner	Kreidler			Ret					0
	Spain Pedro Cegarra	Kreidler			Ret					0
	Spain Antonio Garcia	Kreidler			Ret					0
	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Kreidler				Ret				0
	Yugoslavia Bojan Miklos	Kreidler				Ret				0
	Yugoslavia Darko Keletic	Kreidler				Ret				0
	France Michel De Poligny	Kreidler				Ret				0
	Germany Uli Merz	Kreidler				Ret				0
	Belgium Serge Julin	JVM						Ret		0
	Belgium Guido Delys	Jumathi						Ret		0
	Italy Renzo Fabbri	Kreidler							Ret	0

Bibliography

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
"Michel Rougerie career profile".
"Framing the Future: The Legacy of Antonio Cobas".
"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
(15 January 2018). "1981 World Motorcycle Championship".

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