Dutch Grand Prix 1981

Zandvoort
30 August 1981
72 laps
306.1 km
4.252 km a lap

Pole positionAlain ProstRenault · 1:18.176
Fastest lapAlan Jones1:21.830 · lap 15
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Alain Prost	15	Renault	1	72	1:40:22.430	9
2	Nelson Piquet	5	Brabham · Ford	3	72	+8.240	6
3	Alan Jonesfastest lap	1	Williams · Ford	4	72	+35.500	4
4	Héctor Rebaque	6	Brabham · Ford	15	71	+1 lap	3
5	Elio de Angelis	11	Lotus · Ford	9	71	+1 lap	2
6	Eliseo Salazar	14	Ensign · Ford	24	70	+2 laps	1
7	Siegfried Stohr	30	Arrows · Ford	21	69	+3 laps
8	Marc Surer	33	Theodore · Ford	20	69	+3 laps
9	Michele Alboreto	4	Tyrrell · Ford	25	68	Engine
10	Slim Borgudd	9	ATS · Ford	23	68	+4 laps
DNF	Mario Andretti	22	Alfa Romeo	7	62	Accident
DNF	John Watson	7	McLaren · Ford	8	50	Ignition
DNF	Eddie Cheever	3	Tyrrell · Ford	22	46	Suspension
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	32	Osella · Ford	18	29	Transmission
DNF	René Arnoux	16	Renault	2	21	Engine
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	23	Alfa Romeo	14	19	Tyre
DNF	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Matra	6	18	Collision
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	2	Williams · Ford	5	18	Collision
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	29	Arrows · Ford	10	16	Suspension
DNF	Derek Daly	17	March · Ford	19	5	Suspension
DNF	Didier Pironi	28	Ferrari	12	4	Collision
DNF	Nigel Mansell	12	Lotus · Ford	17	1	Engine
DNF	Patrick Tambay	25	Ligier · Matra	11	0	Collision
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	27	Ferrari	16	0	Collision
DNS	Andrea de Cesaris	8	McLaren · Ford	13
DNQ	Brian Henton	35	Toleman · Hart	–
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	20	Fittipaldi · Ford	–
DNQ	Chico Serra	21	Fittipaldi · Ford	–
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	31	Osella · Ford	–
DNQ	Derek Warwick	36	Toleman · Hart	–

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1:18.176
2	René Arnoux	Renault	1:18.255	+0.079
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:18.652	+0.476
4	Alan Jones	Williams	1:18.672	+0.496
5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1:18.844	+0.668
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:19.018	+0.842
7	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1:19.040	+0.864
8	John Watson	McLaren	1:19.312	+1.136
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:19.738	+1.562
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:19.864	+1.688
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	1:19.979	+1.803
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:20.248	+2.072
13	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	1:20.377	+2.201
14	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:20.384	+2.208
15	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	1:20.547	+2.371
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:20.595	+2.419
17	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	1:20.663	+2.487
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	1:21.086	+2.910
19	Derek Daly	March	1:21.391	+3.215
20	Marc Surer	Theodore	1:21.454	+3.278
21	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	1:21.568	+3.392
22	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	1:21.698	+3.522
23	Slim Borgudd	ATS	1:21.760	+3.584
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	1:22.024	+3.848
25	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:22.030	+3.854
26	Brian Henton	Toleman	1:22.226	+4.050
27	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	1:23.518	+5.342
28	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	1:23.613	+5.437
29	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	1:23.898	+5.722
30	Derek Warwick	Toleman	1:24.028	+5.852

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alan Jones	15	1:21.830

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 12. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 12
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Nelson Piquet	45	▲1
2	Carlos Reutemann	45	▼1
3	Jacques Laffite	34
4	Alan Jones	31
5	Alain Prost	28	▲2
6	Gilles Villeneuve	21	▼1
7	John Watson	21	▼1
8	René Arnoux	11
9	Héctor Rebaque	11	▲2
10	Riccardo Patrese	10	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 12
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Williams	76
2	Brabham	56
3	Renault	39	▲1
4	Ligier	34	▼1
5	Ferrari	28
6	McLaren	22
7	Lotus	15
8	Arrows	10
9	Tyrrell	10
10	Ensign	5