1981 Dutch Grand Prix

F1 Netherlands Dutch 30 August 1981 Circuit Park Zandvoort-1980.svg The Zandvoort Circuit (1980–1989) 12 15 XXVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands Permanent racing facility 2.642 4.252 72 190.229 306.144 Sunny, dry Alain Prost Renault 1:18.176 France Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:21.83 15 Australia Alain Prost Renault France Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Brazil 1968 Alan Jones Williams-Ford Australia NED The 1981 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 30 August 1981. It was the twelfth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship. The 72-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a Renault. Nelson Piquet finished second in a Brabham-Ford, with Alan Jones third in a Williams-Ford. With Carlos Reutemann failing to finish in the other Williams-Ford after colliding with Jacques Laffite's Ligier-Matra, Piquet moved into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, with the same number of points as Reutemann but more wins. Qualifying report thumb|Williams team principal Frank Williams (right) talks with Carlos Reutemann (centre) during the practice session. The Fittipaldi team returned after missing the previous race in Austria due to a lack of engines. However both their drivers, Keke Rosberg and Chico Serra, failed to qualify. For the fourth consecutive race, the Renaults filled the front row, with Alain Prost 0.079 seconds ahead of René Arnoux. Nelson Piquet was third in his Brabham, followed by the two Williams of Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann and the Ligier of Jacques Laffite. The top ten was completed by Mario Andretti in the Alfa Romeo, John Watson in the McLaren, Elio de Angelis in the Lotus and Riccardo Patrese in the Arrows. Qualifying classification Pos No Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 15France Alain Prost Renault 1:18.279 1:18.176 2 16France René Arnoux Renault 1:18.255 1:18.301 +0.079 3 5Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:19.236 1:18.652 +0.476 4 1Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:18.672 1:19.133 +0.496 5 2Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:19.067 1:18.844 +0.668 6 26France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:19.386 1:19.018 +0.842 7 22USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 1:19.896 1:19.040 +0.864 8 7UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:19.312 1:19.651 +1.136 9 11Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:21.662 1:19.738 +1.562 10 29Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:21.010 1:19.864 +1.688 11 25France Patrick Tambay Ligier-Matra 1:20.802 1:19.979 +1.803 12 28France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:21.293 1:20.248 +2.072 13 8Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford 1:20.651 1:20.377 +2.201 14 23Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:20.384 1:20.495 +2.208 15 6Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:20.547 1:20.872 +2.371 16 27Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:21.049 1:20.595 +2.419 17 12UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:21.106 1:20.663 +2.487 18 32France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:21.086 1:21.294 +2.910 19 17Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford 1:22.274 1:21.391 +3.215 20 33Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford 1:22.389 1:21.454 +3.278 21 30Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford 1:21.568 1:21.713 +3.392 22 3USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.849 1:21.698 +3.522 23 9Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford 1:21.760 1:22.302 +3.584 24 14Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford 1:22.382 1:22.024 +3.848 25 4Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.976 1:22.030 +3.854DNQ Did not qualify 35UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart 1:22.226 1:24.167 +4.050DNQ Did not qualify 20Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:23.518 6:09.795 +5.342DNQ Did not qualify 21Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:23.677 1:23.613 +5.437DNQ Did not qualify 31Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford no time 1:23.898 +5.722DNQ Did not qualify 36UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:25.104 1:24.028 +5.852Source:Hamilton Maurice 1981 AUTOCOURSE 1981–82 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 196 0-905138-17-1 Race report left|thumb|Arnoux runs second ahead of Jones, Piquet, Laffite and Reutemann in the early stages of the race. At the start, Prost led the field into Tarzan, with teammate Arnoux following closely behind. Further back in the midfield, Gilles Villeneuve crashed his Ferrari into the back of Bruno Giacomelli's Alfa Romeo, vaulting over the Alfa before spinning out of the race. As the field wound toward the second corner, Andretti and Reutemann collided, leaving Andretti's car with a broken nose. Before the end of the first lap, another incident occurred when Patrick Tambay in the second Ligier and Didier Pironi in the second Ferrari came together. Tambay retired instantly, whilst Pironi carried on for three more laps before also pulling out of the race. At the front of the field, Arnoux was unable to keep up with the pace and dropped four places, behind Jones, Piquet, Laffite and Reutemann. With Arnoux out of the way, Jones hunted down Prost and challenged for the lead until his tyres wore out and Jones had to slow down. Reutemann and Laffite, in the meantime, battled fiercely for fourth, ending with both cars crashing out of the race on the 18th lap. Toward the end of the race, a slowing Jones was overtaken by Piquet. This would prove to be crucial in the World Championship standings, for if Jones had kept second, Piquet would have missed out on the title at the final race of the season. Race classification thumb|Alain Prost took his second Formula One win after leading all but one of the 72 laps. thumb|Reutemann retires after colliding with Laffite at the Tarzan corner. Pos No Car number Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 72 1:40:22.43 1 9 2 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 72 + 8.24 3 6 3 1 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 72 + 35.50 4 4 4 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford Goodyear 71 + 1 lap 15 3 5 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 71 + 1 lap 9 2 6 14 Chile Eliseo Salazar Ensign-Ford Avon 70 + 2 laps 24 1 7 30 Italy Siegfried Stohr Arrows-Ford Pirelli 69 + 3 laps 21   8 33 Switzerland Marc Surer Theodore-Ford Avon 69 + 3 laps 20   9 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Avon 68 Engine 25   10 9 Sweden Slim Borgudd ATS-Ford Avon 68 + 4 laps 23   Ret Retired 22 USA Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo Michelin 62 Accident 7   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 50 Ignition 8   Ret Retired 3 USA Eddie Cheever Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 46 Suspension 22   Ret Retired 32 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Michelin 29 Transmission 18   Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 21 Engine 2   Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 19 Tyre 14   Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Michelin 18 Collision 6   Ret Retired 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 18 Collision 5   Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Pirelli 16 Suspension 10   Ret Retired 17 Ireland Derek Daly March-Ford Avon 5 Suspension 19   Ret Retired 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari Michelin 4 Collision 12   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 1 Engine 17   Ret Retired 25 France Patrick Tambay Ligier-Matra Michelin 1 Collision 11   Ret Retired 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 0 Collision 16   DNS Did not start 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris McLaren-Ford Michelin   Non starter   DNQ Did not qualify 35 UK Brian Henton Toleman-Hart Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 21 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Osella-Ford Michelin     DNQ Did not qualify 36 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli    Source:1981 Dutch Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/369/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140516113916/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1981/369/ 16 May 2014 23 December 20151981 Dutch Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1981-dutch-grand-prix/ GPArchive.com 30 August 1981 7 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 45 2 ARG Carlos Reutemann 45 3 FRA Jacques Laffite 34 4 AUS Alan Jones 31 5 FRA Alain Prost 28Source:Netherlands 1981 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1981/pays-bas/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Ford 76 2 UK Brabham-Ford 56 3 FRA Renault 39 4 FRA Ligier-Matra 34 5 ITA Ferrari 28Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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