1981 season/Round 5
Belgian Grand Prix 1981
- Zolder
- Heusden-Zolder
- 17 May 1981
- 54 laps
- 230.1 km
- 4.262 km a lap
- P1Carlos ReutemannWilliams1:16:31.610
- P2Jacques LaffiteLigier+36.060
- P3Nigel MansellLotus+43.690
- Pole positionCarlos ReutemannWilliams · 1:22.280
- Fastest lapCarlos Reutemann1:23.300 · lap 37
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | 37 | 1:23.300 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | 34 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 22 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones | 18 | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | 10 | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | 7 | ▲8 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | 5 | ▲3 |
| 7 | Alain Prost | 4 | ▼2 |
| 7 | Nigel Mansell | 4 | |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | 3 | |
| 9 | Héctor Rebaque | 3 | ▼3 |