Season 1981 · Round 12

Dutch Grand Prix

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1981-08-30 · Circuit Park Zandvoort · Netherlands · Dutch Grand Prix · 72Lap · 306.144km
15 Alain Prost
Renault 1:40:22.430
Team win 9pt P1 · P15
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +8.240
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
1 Alan Jones
Williams +35.500
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Mario Andretti L62 John Watson L50 Eddie Cheever L46 Jean-Pierre Jarier L29 René Arnoux L21 Bruno Giacomelli L19 Jacques Laffite L18 Carlos Reutemann L18 Riccardo Patrese L16 Derek Daly L5 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 18/36 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P17
Most lead changes · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
72Lap 306.144km 36 races held (1952–) Lap record 1:11.097 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P10 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Alan Jones 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 René Arnoux 3 · GP #1
P3 Mario Andretti 2 · → René Arnoux -1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → René Arnoux -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P5 John Watson 10 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P9 Jean-Pierre Jarier 9 starts · → John Watson -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Jones · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Jones JON 3 Jones JON Rebaque · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Rebaque REB 4 Rebaque REB de Angelis · P9 → P5 · +4 9 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Salazar · P24 → P6 · +18 24 Salazar SAL 6 Salazar SAL Stohr · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Stohr STO 7 Stohr STO Surer · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Alboreto · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Alboreto ALB 9 Alboreto ALB Borgudd · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Borgudd BOR 10 Borgudd BOR Andretti · P7 → retired L62 Andretti · retired L62 7 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Watson · P8 → retired L50 Watson · retired L50 8 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Cheever · P22 → retired L46 Cheever · retired L46 22 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Jarier · P18 → retired L29 Jarier · retired L29 18 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Arnoux · P2 → retired L21 Arnoux · retired L21 2 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Giacomelli · P14 → retired L19 Giacomelli · retired L19 14 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Laffite · P6 → retired L18 Laffite · retired L18 6 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Reutemann · P5 → retired L18 Reutemann · retired L18 5 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Patrese · P10 → retired L16 Patrese · retired L16 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Daly · P19 → retired L5 Daly · retired L5 19 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Pironi · P12 → retired L4 Pironi · retired L4 12 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Mansell · P17 → retired L1 Mansell · retired L1 17 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Tambay · P11 → retired L1 Tambay · retired L1 11 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Villeneuve · P16 → retired L0 Villeneuve · retired L0 16 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL de Cesaris · pit lane → P25 · +1 — de Cesaris DE 25 de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 72 1:40:22.430 9
2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 72 +8.240 6
3 1 Alan Jones Williams 4 72 +35.500 4
4 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 71 +1 Lap 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 71 +1 Lap 2
6 14 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 70 +2 Laps 1
7 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 21 69 +3 Laps
8 33 Marc Surer Theodore 20 69 +3 Laps
9 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 25 68 Engine
10 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 23 68 +4 Laps
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 7 62 Accident
R 7 John Watson McLaren 8 50 Ignition
R 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 22 46 Suspension
R 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 18 29 Transmission
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 21 Engine
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 19 Tyre
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 18 Collision
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 18 Collision
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 16 Suspension
R 17 Derek Daly March 19 5 Suspension
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 4 Collision
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 1 Engine
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 1 Collision
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 0 Collision
W 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
16 René Arnoux
3
5 Nelson Piquet
4
1 Alan Jones
5
2 Carlos Reutemann
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
22 Mario Andretti
8
7 John Watson
9
11 Elio de Angelis
10
29 Riccardo Patrese
11
25 Patrick Tambay
12
28 Didier Pironi
14
23 Bruno Giacomelli
15
6 Hector Rebaque
16
27 Gilles Villeneuve
17
12 Nigel Mansell
18
32 Jean-Pierre Jarier
19
17 Derek Daly
20
33 Marc Surer
21
30 Siegfried Stohr
22
3 Eddie Cheever
23
9 Slim Borgudd
24
14 Eliseo Salazar
25
4 Michele Alboreto
PIT
8 Andrea de Cesaris pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15