1981 Dutch Grand Prix

  1981 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season
The Zandvoort Circuit (1980-1989)
Date	August 30, 1981
Official name	XXVII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.252 km (2.642 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 306.144 km (190.229 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost	Renault
Time	1:18.176
Fastest lap
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:21.83 on lap 15
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Renault
Second	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford
Third	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford

The 1981 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on August 30, 1981.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Alain Prost	Renault	72	1:40:22.43	1	9
2	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	72	+ 8.24	3	6
3	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	72	+ 35.50	4	4
4	6	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	15	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	71	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	70	+ 2 Laps	24	1
7	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford	69	+ 3 Laps	21
8	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	69	+ 3 Laps	20
9	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	68	Engine	25
10	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford	68	+ 4 Laps	23
Ret	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	62	Accident	7
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	50	Ignition	8
Ret	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	46	Suspension	22
Ret	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	29	Transmission	18
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	21	Engine	2
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	19	Tyre	14
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	18	Collision	6
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	18	Collision	5
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	16	Suspension	10
Ret	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	5	Suspension	19
Ret	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	4	Collision	12
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1	Engine	17
Ret	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1	Collision	11
Ret	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	0	Collision	16
DNS	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford		Non Starter
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	45
2	Carlos Reutemann	45
3	Jacques Laffite	34
4	Alan Jones	31
5	Alain Prost	28

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford	76
2	Brabham-Ford	56
3	Renault	39
4	Ligier-Matra	34
5	Ferrari	28

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/369/. Retrieved 2007-06-16. 

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