Pit Lane F1
1981 Season - Round 12 - 1981-08-30
Alain Prost won the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix from pole position, leading Nelson Piquet (Brabham) and Alan Jones (Williams) home for Renault.
Eliseo Salazar (Ensign) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P6 at the flag — a 18-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 16 drivers failing to finish.
25 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix, completing round 12 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Hector Rebaque |
| Brabham |
| 15 |
| +1 Lap |
| 3 |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 9 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 24 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 21 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 20 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 25 | Engine | 0 |
| 10 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 23 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 8 | Ignition | 0 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 22 | Suspension | 0 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 18 | Transmission | 0 |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 14 | Tyre | 0 |
| 17 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 6 | Collision | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 5 | Collision | 0 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 | Suspension | 0 |
| 20 | Derek Daly | March | 19 | Suspension | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 11 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 16 | Collision | 0 |
| 25 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
