Hockenheimring · 2 August 1981
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham Piquet 9 + Rebaque 3 | Piquet 9 + Rebaque 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | Renault Prost 6 + Arnoux 0 | Prost 6 + Arnoux 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ligier Laffite 4 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 4 + Tambay 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Cheever 2 | Cheever 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | McLaren Watson 1 + Cesaris 0 | Watson 1 + Cesaris 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Angelis 0 + Mansell 0 | Angelis 0 + Mansell 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ferrari Villeneuve 0 + Pironi 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Williams Jones 0 + Reutemann 0 | Jones 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Arrows Stohr 0 + Patrese 0 | Stohr 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ensign Salazar 0 | Salazar 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | ATS Borgudd 0 | Borgudd 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | March Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | 1:25:55.600 | 45 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | +11.520s | 45 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1:04.600 | 45 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | +1:39.690 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:50.520 | 45 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | — | 44 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 9 | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 11 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 12 | Siegfried Stohr Arrows | Arrows | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 13 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | — | 44 | — | — | |
| 14 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | — | 43 | — | — | |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | — | 43 | — | — | |
| 16 | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | — | 39 | — | — | |
| 17 | Slim Borgudd ATS | ATS | — | 35 | — | — | |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 21 | Derek Daly March | March | — | 15 | — | — | |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 12 | — | — | |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | — | 4 | — | — | |
| 24 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 1 | — | — |