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1981 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
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Swedish Sweden Swedish TThttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1981_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725171959/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1981_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1981 25 July 2015 25 July 2015 Archive.todayhttp://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1981.html 1981 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 10 October 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/anderstorp.html Anderstorp Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com Scandinavian Raceway Scandinavian Raceway 1978.svg 2.505 4.031 13 14 16 August 1981 Barry Sheene GBR 1:39.542 Barry Sheene GBR 1:43.000 Barry Sheene GBR Boet van Dulmen NED Jack Middelburg NED No 350cc race was held No 350cc race was held No 350cc race was held No 350cc race was held No 350cc race was held Unknown Unknown Anton Mang BRD Roland Freymond SUI Jean-François Baldé FRA Unknown Unknown Ricardo Tormo ESP Guy Bertin FRA Iván Palazzese VEN 1930 No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held
The 1981 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 August 1981 at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, Sweden.
This would prove to be 2-time 500cc world champion Barry Sheene's last victory in the premier class, as well as his 7th Anderstorp victory, a record he still holds as of 2022.
Classification
500 cc
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 GBR Barry Sheene Yamaha 55'24.040 15 2 NED Boet van Dulmen Yamaha +0.821 12 3 NED Jack Middelburg Racing Westland Suzuki +38.519 10 4 RSA 1928 Kork Ballington Team Kawasaki Kawasaki +50.487 8 5 NZL Graeme Crosby Ingersoll Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +51.287 6 6 FRA Marc Fontan Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +56.103 5 7 ITA Franco Uncini Suzuki +56.426 4 8 FIN Seppo Rossi Suzuki +57.025 3 9 ITA Marco Lucchinelli Team Nava Suzuki Suzuki +1'20.487 2 10 FRA Bernard Fau Yamaha +1'24.921 1 11 ITA Graziano Rossi Morbidelli Morbidelli +1 lap 12 SWE Lars Johansson Suzuki +1 lap 13 USA Randy Mamola Ingersoll Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +1 lap 14 DEN Børge Nielsen Suzuki +1 lap 15 GBR Steve Parrish Team Mitsui Yamaha Yamaha +1 lap 16 SUI Sergio Pellandini Suzuki +1 lap 17 SUI Philippe Coulon Suzuki +1 lap 18 FIN Kimmo Kopra Suzuki +1 lap 19 SWE Ake Grahn Hallman & Eneqvist Motor Yamaha +1 lap 20 SUI Alain Rothlisberger Suzuki +1 lap 21 SWE Peter Sköld Suzuki +1 lap 22 SWE Peter Sjöström Suzuki +1 lap Ret USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired Ret SUI Michel Frutschi Elf Motor Racing Team Yamaha Retired Ret ITA Gianni Pelletier Suzuki Retired Ret FRA Christian Sarron Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Retired Ret JPN Sadao Asami Yamaha Retired Ret ITA Guido Paci Yamaha Accident Ret NOR Bengt Slydal Suzuki Retired Ret ITA Gianni Rolando Lombardini Retired Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1981-swedish-motogp 1981 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 15 January 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 10 October 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1981/SWE/500cc SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1981 Motogp.com 10 October 2018 10 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174641/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1981/SWE/500cc dead
References
Swedish Grand Prix 1981 1981 Finnish Grand Prix 1981 Czechoslovak Grand Prix 1979 Swedish Grand Prix 1982 Swedish Grand Prix
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