Race · Round 5 of 15 · 17 May 1981

1981 Belgian Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won for Williams from pole at Circuit Zolder. 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Nigel Mansell.

Circuit: Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Belgium
Winner: Carlos ReutemannWilliams
Pole: Carlos Reutemann
Fastest lap: Carlos Reutemann
Entries: 3113 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	FW07C	1	54	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS17	9	54	Finished	6
3	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	10	54	Finished	4
4	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126CK	7	54	Finished	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	14	54	Finished	2
6	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	—	8	54	Finished	1
7	John Watson	McLaren	—	5	54	Finished	0
8	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126CK	3	54	Finished	0
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	17	54	Finished	0
10	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	—	18	53	Finished	0
11	Marc Surer	Ensign	N180B	15	52	Finished	0
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	19	52	Finished	0
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	24	50	Finished	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49C	21	39	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	JS17	16	35	Transmission	0
DNF	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	F8C	20	29	Engine	0
DNF	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	—	22	22	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	FW07C	6	19	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	—	23	11	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49C	2	10	Accident	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	F8C	11	10	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	—	12	2	Clutch	0
DNF	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	A3	13	0	Collision	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	4	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	March	811	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	March	811	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Slim Borgudd	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	TY01	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG181	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	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 zolder-2 · 4.262 km · 15 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
Carlos Reutemann	1	1	54
Jacques Laffite	9	2	54
Nigel Mansell	10	3	54
Gilles Villeneuve	7	4	54
Elio de Angelis	14	5	54
Eddie Cheever	8	6	54
John Watson	5	7	54
Didier Pironi	3	8	54
Bruno Giacomelli	17	9	54
Mario Andretti	18	10	53
Marc Surer	15	11	52
Michele Alboreto	19	12	52
Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	13	50
Héctor Rebaque	21	DNF	39
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	16	DNF	35
Chico Serra	20	DNF	29
Beppe Gabbiani	22	DNF	22
Alan Jones	6	DNF	19
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	11
Nelson Piquet	2	DNF	10
Keke Rosberg	11	DNF	10
Alain Prost	12	DNF	2
Siegfried Stohr	13	DNF	0
Riccardo Patrese	4	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	1:22.280	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:23.130	+0.850	+0.850
3	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:23.470	+1.190	+0.340
4	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:23.670	+1.390	+0.200
5	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:23.730	+1.450	+0.060
6	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1:23.820	+1.540	+0.090
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:23.940	+1.660	+0.120
8	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	3	1:24.380	+2.100	+0.440
9	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:24.410	+2.130	+0.030
10	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:24.440	+2.160	+0.030
11	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	20	1:24.460	+2.180	+0.020
12	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:24.630	+2.350	+0.170
13	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	30	1:24.660	+2.380	+0.030
14	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:24.960	+2.680	+0.300
15	Marc Surer	Ensign	14	1:25.190	+2.910	+0.230
16	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	25	1:25.280	+3.000	+0.090
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:25.310	+3.030	+0.030
18	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	22	1:25.560	+3.280	+0.250
19	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:25.910	+3.630	+0.350
20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	21	1:25.930	+3.650	+0.020
21	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:26.520	+4.240	+0.590
22	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	32	1:26.690	+4.410	+0.170
23	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	8	1:26.950	+4.670	+0.260
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	31	1:27.480	+5.200	+0.530
25	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:27.930	+5.650	+0.450
26	Eliseo Salazar	March	17	1:28.380	+6.100	+0.450
27	Slim Borgudd	ATS	9	1:28.980	+6.700	+0.600
28	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	33	1:32.470	+10.190	+3.490
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	36	1:35.970	+13.690	+3.500
30	Brian Henton	Toleman	35	1:36.370	+14.090	+0.400
31	Derek Daly	March	18	—	—	—

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.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

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: 5 of 1981
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 17 May 1981
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Ford
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.