1981 MotoGP

11 Grands Prix. Marco Lucchinelli heads the published standings with 105 points on a Suzuki.

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Races11

Winners5different race winners

Riders classified93in the published standings

Makers9

Calendar every race, in order

Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Maker	Pole	Fastest lap
1981-04-26	Großer Preis von Österreich · Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	—	—
1981-05-03	Großer Preis von Deutschland · Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	—	—
1981-05-10	Gran Premio delle Nazioni · Grand Prix	Monza	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	—	—
1981-05-17	Grand Prix de France Moto · Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	—	—
1981-05-31	Yu Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Rijeka	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	—	—
1981-06-27	Dutch TT Assen · Grand Prix	Assen	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	—	—
1981-07-05	Grand Prix Moto · Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	—	—
1981-07-12	Gran Premio di San Marino · Grand Prix	Imola	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	—	—
1981-08-02	Marlboro British Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Silverstone	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	—	—
1981-08-09	Finnish GP · Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	—	—
1981-08-16	Swedish TT · Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Barry Sheene	Yamaha	—	—

Riders’ standings published

Pos	Rider	Maker	Points
1	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	105
2	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	94
3	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	74
4	Barry Sheene	Yamaha	72
5	Graeme Crosby	Suzuki	68
6	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	64
7	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	60
8	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	43
9	Marc Fontan	Yamaha	25
10	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Suzuki	19
11	Bernard Fau	Suzuki	14
12	Guido Paci	Yamaha	14
13	Franco Uncini	Suzuki	12
14	Willem Zoet	Suzuki	10
15	Seppo Rossi	Suzuki	9
16	Gianni Pelletier	Suzuki	8
17	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	6
18	Dave Potter	Yamaha	5
19	Stuart Avant	Suzuki	4
20	Sergio Pellandini	Suzuki	4
21	Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha	3
22	Steve Parrish	Yamaha	3
23	Frank Gross	Suzuki	2
24	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	2
25	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	2
26	Sadao Asami	Yamaha	1
27	Chris Guy	Suzuki	1
28	Keith Huewen	Suzuki	1
29	Kimmo Kopra	Suzuki	1
None	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli 500-4	0
None	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	0
None	Dominique Pernet	Yamaha	0
None	Leandro Beccheroni	Suzuki	0
None	Gianni Rolando	Suzuki	0
None	Peter Sjöström	Suzuki	0
None	Dick Alblas	Suzuki	0
None	Lars Johansson	Suzuki	0
None	Walter Migliorati	Suzuki	0
None	Alain Roethlisberger	Suzuki	0
None	Takazumi Katayama	Honda	0
None	Timo Pohjola	Suzuki	0
None	Børge Nielsen	Suzuki	0
None	Roberto Pietri	Suzuki	0
None	Dale Singleton	Yamaha	0
None	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	0
None	Raymond Roche	Suzuki	0
None	Andreas Hofmann	Suzuki	0
None	Christian Estrosi	Yamaha	0
None	Josef Hage	Yamaha	0
None	Jean Lafond	Suzuki	0
None	Fabio Biliotti	Suzuki	0
None	Graham Wood	Yamaha	0
None	Henk De Vries	Yamaha	0
None	Marco Greco	Suzuki	0
None	Rafaelle Pasqual	Yamaha	0
None	Jacques Agopian	Suzuki	0
None	Carlo Perugini	Sanvenero	0
None	Virginio Ferrari	GP500	0
None	Åke Grahn	Yamaha	0
None	Michael Schmid	Suzuki	0
None	Marco Papa	Suzuki	0
None	Jochen Schmid	Suzuki	0
None	Lennart Bäckström	Suzuki	0
None	Alex George	Yamaha	0
None	Peter Sköld	Suzuki	0
None	Barry Woodland	Suzuki	0
None	Philippe Chaltin	Suzuki	0
None	Dennis Ireland	Suzuki	0
None	Gerhard Vogt	Suzuki	0
None	Günter Dreier	Suzuki	0
None	Gary Lingham	Suzuki	0
None	Gustav Reiner	Solo	0
None	Jon Ekerold	Solo	0
None	Mike Baldwin	Suzuki	0
None	Stefan Klabacher	Yamaha	0
None	Adelio Faccioli	Suzuki	0
None	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	0
None	Graeme Geddes	Yamaha	0
None	Fritz Kerschbaumer	Yamaha	0
None	Wolfgang von Muralt	Yamaha	0
None	Klaus Klein		0
None	Peter Ammann	Suzuki	0
None	Herve Guilleux	Yamaha	0
None	Hubert Rigal	Yamaha	0
None	Sergio Bertocchi	Suzuki	0
None	Freddie Spencer	Honda	0
None	Steve Henshaw	Suzuki	0
None	John Newbold	Suzuki	0
None	Corrado Tuzii	Suzuki	0
None	Seppo Korhonen	Suzuki	0
None	Bengt Slydal	Suzuki	0
None	Gina Bovaird	Yamaha	0
None	Rob Punt	Suzuki	0

Manufacturers

No manufacturers’ table in the archive for this season.