The 1980 Le Mans winner Jean Rondeau returned next year with five cars (three in Group 6 and two in Le Mans GTP). All were the new M379C version, which had revised aerodynamics and an updated braking system. Two of the Group 6 cars were running the new 3.3-litre 530 bhp Cosworth DFL engine, a special endurance version of the Cosworth DFV. Those cars were run by Rondeau with Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (his winning co-driver) again, and Henri Pescarolo this time with French F1 driver Patrick Tambay. The third Group 6 car had Jean Ragnotti, who had won the year’s Monte Carlo Rally, with Jean-Louis Lafosse. The two GTP entries were 60 kg heavier, with shorter windscreens and heavier wings. Their drivers were Le Mans local François Migault and Gordon Spice in one; and Jean-Louis Schlesser / Philippe Streiff / Jacky Haran in the other. A Group 6 car driven by Lafosse crashed on lap 28. The driver was killed instantly. Two remaining Group 6 Group 6 cars retired later due to technical reasons. Two GTP Rondeau cars continued to race and finished 2nd (Schlesser / Streiff / Haran) and 3rd (Migault / Spice) overall.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 1981 | Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Drivers | No. | Entrant |
| Gordon Spice / François Migault | 7 | Jean Rondeau |
| Class | Position | Note |
| GTP | 3 | |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Spark | |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
| S8459 | 
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