Jump to content

1981 New Zealand Grand Prix

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1981 New Zealand Grand Prix
27th New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date 10 January 1981
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 169.2 km (105.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Ford
Time 0.57.9
Podium
First Ralt-Ford
Second Ralt-Ford
Third Ralt-Ford

The 1981 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 10 January 1981. It was the 27th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix and was run over two heats of 30 laps each, with the final results being an aggregate of the two. The event was won by New Zealander Dave McMillan. The podium was completed by fellow Kiwis David Oxton and Steve Millen.

Classification

[edit]

Qualifying

[edit]
Pos No. Driver Car Time Gap
1 7 New Zealand Steve Millen Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA 0:57.9
2 18 New Zealand David Oxton Ralt RT4/80 / Ford BDA 0:58.4 + 0.5 s
3 1 New Zealand Dave McMillan Ralt RT4/81 / Nissan LZ14 0:59.0 + 1.1 s
4 4 Australia John Smith March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 0:59.0 + 1.1 s
5 11 New Zealand Ken Smith March 782/79B / Ford BDA 0:59.1 + 1.2 s
6 31 New Zealand Rob Wilson March 80A / Ford BDA 0:59.3 + 1.4 s
7 3 Australia Charlie O'Brien Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA 0:59.3 + 1.4 s
8 19 New Zealand Grant Campbell Chevron B39 / Ford BDA 0:59.7 + 1.8 s
9 5 United Kingdom Adrian Reynard Cuda JR5 / Ford BDA 1:00.0 + 2.1 s
10 6 New Zealand Eric Morgan Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 1:00.3 + 2.4 s
11 12 New Zealand Tom Donovan March 77B / Ford BDA 1:01.0 + 3.1 s
12 New Zealand Dave Saunders March 77B / Ford BDA 1:01.5 + 3.6 s
13 New Zealand Rex Hart Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA 1:02.0 + 4.1 s
14 New Zealand Robin Irving Modus M3 / Ford BDA Masport 1:05.3 + 7.4 s

Grand Prix

[edit]
Pos No. Driver Car Heat 1 Heat 2 Laps Pts
1 1 New Zealand Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA 1st 3rd 60 13
2 18 New Zealand David Oxton Ralt RT4/80 / Ford BDA 2nd 2nd 60 12
3 7 New Zealand Steve Millen Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Ret 1st 60 9
4 4 Australia John Smith March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 3rd 4th 60 7
5 3 Australia Charlie O'Brien Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA 4th 5th 60 5
6 5 United Kingdom Adrian Reynard Cuda JR5 / Ford BDA 5th 7th 59 2
7 19 New Zealand Grant Campbell Chevron B39 / Ford BDA 6th 9th 59 1
8 31 New Zealand Rob Wilson March 80A / Ford BDA 9th 6th 60 1
9 6 New Zealand Eric Morgan Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 7th 8th 59
Ret 11 New Zealand Ken Smith March 782/79B / Ford BDA 10th Ret 37
Ret 12 New Zealand Tom Donovan March 77B / Ford BDA Ret Ret 35
Ret New Zealand Robin Irving Modus M3 / Ford BDA 8th Ret 32
Ret New Zealand Rex Hart Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA Ret DNS 0
Ret New Zealand Dave Saunders March 77B / Ford BDA Ret DNS 0
DNS 1 New Zealand Dave McMillan Ralt RT4/81 / Nissan LZ14 Withdrew 0
Source(s): [1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, 10 Jan 1981". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1981
Succeeded by