1981 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

1981 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 14 races in the; 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 August 1981
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	No 500cc race was held
Podium
First	No 500cc race was held
Second	No 500cc race was held
Third	No 500cc race was held
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Anton Mang
Podium
First	Anton Mang
Second	Jean-François Baldé
Third	Gustav Reiner
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Anton Mang
Podium
First	Anton Mang
Second	Roland Freymond
Third	Jean-Louis Tournadre
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	No 125cc race was held
Podium
First	No 125cc race was held
Second	No 125cc race was held
Third	No 125cc race was held
80cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	No 80cc race was held
Podium
First	No 80cc race was held
Second	No 80cc race was held
Third	No 80cc race was held
50cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger
Podium
First	Theo Timmer
Second	Giuseppe Ascareggi
Third	Reiner Kunz

The 1981 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth and final round of the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 August 1981 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czechoslovakia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

350cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	48'42.770	15
2	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	50'06.720	12
3	Gustav Reiner	Yamaha	50'06.720	10
4	Wolfgang von Muralt	Yamaha	50'25.060	8
5	Jacques Cornu	Yamaha	50'26.230	6
6	Mar Schouten	Yamaha	50'26.830	5
7	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	50'27.470	4
8	Martin Wimmer	Yamaha	50'30.790	3
9	René Delaby	Yamaha	50'30.790	2
10	Paolo Ferretti	Yamaha	50'33.970	1
11	Tony Head	Yamaha	50'44.390
12	Graeme Gedds	Yamaha	51'09.030
13	Attilio Riondato	Yamaha	52'09.030
14	Claude Berger	Yamaha	52'09.470
15	Roger Sibille	Yamaha	52'09.810
16	Franz Kaserer	Yamaha	52'17.870
17	Herbert Hauf	Yamaha	52'41.940
18	Rinus van Kasteren	Yamaha	53'06.390
19	Nedy Crotta	Yamaha	+1 lap
20	Arpád Juhos	Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Walter Villa	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Edwin Weibel	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Bohumil Stasa	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Steve Williams	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Siegfried Minich	Bartol	Retired
Ret	Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Pierre Bolle	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Frédérigue Duval	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Peter Balaz	Yamaha	Retired
Source:^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	42'43.250	15
2	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	43'09.490	12
3	Jean-Louis Tournadre	Yamaha	43'12.600	10
4	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	43'13.150	8
5	Roger Sibille	Yamaha	43'23.450	6
6	Paolo Ferretti	Ad Majora	43'23.900	5
7	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Kawasaki	43'24.210	4
8	Martin Wimmer	Yamaha	43'32.770	3
9	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	43'33.160	2
10	Siegfried Minich	Yamaha	43'55.430	1
11	Bruno Kneubühler	Rotax	43'57.100
12	Franco Merchegiani	Yamaha	43'57.500
13	Jacques Cornu	Yamaha	44'12.560
14	Guy Batesti	Yamaha	44'15.160
15	André Gouin	Yamaha	44'21.110
16	Manfred Obinger	Yamaha	44'21.500
17	Karl-Thomas Grässel	Yamaha	44'22.190
18	Pierre Tocco	Yamaha	44'22.400
19	Walter Villa	Yamaha	44'43.740
20	Pier-Paolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	44'44.000
21	Jean-Jacques Peyre	Yamaha	44'55.490
22	August Auinger	Rotax	44'56.820
23	Gerhard Singer	Yamaha	45'23.810
24	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	45'24.530
25	Graeme Geddes	Yamaha	45'40.090
26	Bohumil Stasa	Yamaha	45'40.090
27	Steve Williams	Yamaha	46'07.900
28	Peter Balaz	Yamaha	46'10.120
Ret	Frédérigue Duval	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Richard Schlachter	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Hervé Guilleux	Siroco	Retired
Ret	Jean-Marc Toffolo	Armstrong	Retired
Ret	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Alain Béraud	Yamaha	Fatal accident^[6]
Ret	Jacques Bolle	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Loris Reggiani	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Herbert Hauf	FKN	Retired
Source:^[7]

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Theo Timmer	Bultaco	38'40.140	15
2	Giuseppe Ascareggi	Minarelli	38'52.230	12
3	Reiner Kunz	Kreidler	39'05.140	10
4	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	39'06.700	8
5	Hans-Jürgen Hummel	Sachs	39'19.190	6
6	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	39'38.020	5
7	Claudio Lusuardi	Villa	40'11.490	4
8	George Looijesteijn	Kreidler	40'24.910	3
9	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	40'29.730	2
10	Kasimir Rapsczynski	Kreidler	40'30.110	1
11	Reiner Scheidhauer	Kreidler	40'49.210
12	Jos van Dongen	Kreidler	40'49.530
13	Yves Dupont	Kreidler	40'50.750
14	Zbynek Havdra	Kreidler	41'22.010
15	Klaus Kull	Kreidler	41'59.630
16	Reiner Koster	Kreidler	42'23.770
17	Chris Baert	CVD	+1 lap
18	Zbynek Havdra Jr.	Kreidler	+1 lap
19	Henk van Kessel	Kreidler	+1 lap
20	Mika-Sakari Kumo	Kreidler	+1 lap
21	Dirk van deer Donckt	Kreidler	+1 lap
22	Bedrich Fendrich	Juventa	+1 lap
Ret	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Otto Machinek	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Jiři Safránek	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Gerhard Singer	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Michel de Poligny	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Ramon Galí	Kreidler	Retired
Ret	Joe Genoud	RYB	Retired
Ret	Thomas Engl	PCR	Retired
Ret	Hans Spaan	Kreidler	Retired
Source:^[8]

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