Race · Round 12 of 15 · 30 August 1981

1981 Dutch Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Renault from pole at Circuit Zandvoort. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit ZandvoortZandvoort, Netherlands
Winner: Alain ProstRenault
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alan Jones
Entries: 3010 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Renault	—	1	72	Finished	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	3	72	Finished	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	4	72	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	15	71	Finished	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	9	71	Finished	2
6	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	N180B	24	70	Finished	1
7	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	21	69	Finished	0
8	Marc Surer	Theodore	TY01	20	69	Finished	0
9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	25	68	Engine	0
10	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	23	68	Finished	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	7	62	Accident	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	—	8	50	Ignition	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	22	46	Suspension	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	18	29	Transmission	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	2	21	Engine	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	14	19	Tyre	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	6	18	Collision	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	5	18	Collision	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	10	16	Suspension	0
DNF	Derek Daly	March	811	19	5	Suspension	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	12	4	Collision	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	17	1	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	JS17	11	0	Collision	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	16	0	Collision	0
DNS	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	13	—	DNS	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout zandvoort-4 · 4.252 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	1	1	72
Nelson Piquet	3	2	72
Alan Jones	4	3	72
Héctor Rebaque	15	4	71
Elio de Angelis	9	5	71
Eliseo Salazar	24	6	70
Siegfried Stohr	21	7	69
Marc Surer	20	8	69
Michele Alboreto	25	9	68
Slim Borgudd	23	10	68
Mario Andretti	7	DNF	62
John Watson	8	DNF	50
Eddie Cheever	22	DNF	46
Jean-Pierre Jarier	18	DNF	29
Rene Arnoux	2	DNF	21
Bruno Giacomelli	14	DNF	19
Jacques Laffite	6	DNF	18
Carlos Reutemann	5	DNF	18
Riccardo Patrese	10	DNF	16
Derek Daly	19	DNF	5
Didier Pironi	12	DNF	4
Nigel Mansell	17	DNF	1
Patrick Tambay	11	DNF	0
Gilles Villeneuve	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:18.176	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:18.255	+0.079	+0.079
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:18.652	+0.476	+0.397
4	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:18.672	+0.496	+0.020
5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:18.844	+0.668	+0.172
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:19.018	+0.842	+0.174
7	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:19.040	+0.864	+0.022
8	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:19.312	+1.136	+0.272
9	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:19.738	+1.562	+0.426
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:19.864	+1.688	+0.126
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	25	1:19.979	+1.803	+0.115
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:20.248	+2.072	+0.269
13	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:20.377	+2.201	+0.129
14	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:20.384	+2.208	+0.007
15	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:20.547	+2.371	+0.163
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:20.595	+2.419	+0.048
17	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:20.663	+2.487	+0.068
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	32	1:21.086	+2.910	+0.423
19	Derek Daly	March	17	1:21.391	+3.215	+0.305
20	Marc Surer	Theodore	33	1:21.454	+3.278	+0.063
21	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:21.568	+3.392	+0.114
22	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:21.698	+3.522	+0.130
23	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:21.760	+3.584	+0.062
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	14	1:22.024	+3.848	+0.264
25	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:22.030	+3.854	+0.006
26	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:22.226	+4.050	+0.196
27	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:23.518	+5.342	+1.292
28	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:23.613	+5.437	+0.095
29	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	31	1:23.898	+5.722	+0.285
30	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:24.028	+5.852	+0.130

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

6 more photographs

Everything filed under 1981 Dutch Grand Prix on Wikimedia Commons

The cars in this race

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A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1981
Grand Prix: Dutch Grand Prix
Dates: 30 Aug 1981
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.