Dubai Grand Prix drivers 1981 – in pictures

  • Sir Stirling Moss was among the famous motor racing drivers at the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. Action Images / Sporting Pictures
    Sir Stirling Moss was among the famous motor racing drivers at the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. Action Images / Sporting Pictures
  • Also racing at Dubai 1981 was the Australian Jack Brabham, pictured here at the French Formula 2 Grand Prix on September 11, 1966 which he won, covering the 257 kilometres in 1 hour 35 minutes and 12 seconds. AFP
    Also racing at Dubai 1981 was the Australian Jack Brabham, pictured here at the French Formula 2 Grand Prix on September 11, 1966 which he won, covering the 257 kilometres in 1 hour 35 minutes and 12 seconds. AFP
  • Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times Formula One world champion, sits in the Mercedes Benz w-196-R, in which he won the Belgium Grand Prix in 1955. Fangio went on to compete in Dubai 1981. Reuters
    Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times Formula One world champion, sits in the Mercedes Benz w-196-R, in which he won the Belgium Grand Prix in 1955. Fangio went on to compete in Dubai 1981. Reuters
  • British driver John Surtees during a Formula Two competition at Rouen, 1972. Nine years later he was involved in the Dubai race. AFP
    British driver John Surtees during a Formula Two competition at Rouen, 1972. Nine years later he was involved in the Dubai race. AFP
  • Denny Hulme of New Zealand. Daily Express/Getty Images
    Denny Hulme of New Zealand. Daily Express/Getty Images
  • JPS Lotus British racing driver Nigel Mansell in Monaco in 1982 talking to a technician. Mansell was one of the drivers invited to the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. AFP
    JPS Lotus British racing driver Nigel Mansell in Monaco in 1982 talking to a technician. Mansell was one of the drivers invited to the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. AFP