The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

1981  ·  Zolder  ·  17 May 1981  ·  54 laps

  1. 1st Carlos Reutemann Williams · 01:16:31.61
  2. 2nd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +36.06
  3. 3rd Nigel Mansell Team Lotus · +43.69

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Carlos Reutemann

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Arrows  —  Collision

03 Lap 10

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

04 Lap 19

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

05 Lap 39

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

06 On the Charge

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Osella  —  P24 → P13

07 Victory

Carlos Reutemann

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Carlos Reutemann Williams 1 54 01:16:31.61 9
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 9 54 +36.06 6
3 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 10 54 +43.69 4
4 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 54 +47.64 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 54 +49.2 2
6 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 8 54 +52.51 1
7 John Watson McLaren 5 54 +1:01.660
8 Didier Pironi Ferrari 3 54 +1:32.040
9 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 54 +1:35.580
10 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 18 53 +1 Lap
11 Marc Surer Ensign 15 52 +2 Laps
12 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 19 52 +2 Laps
13 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 50 +4 Laps
14 Hector Rebaque Brabham 21 39 Accident
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ligier 16 35 Transmission
16 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 20 29 Engine
17 Beppe Gabbiani Osella 22 22 Engine
18 Alan Jones Williams 6 19 Accident
19 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 23 11 Gearbox
20 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 10 Accident
21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 11 10 Gearbox
22 Alain Prost Renault 12 2 Clutch
23 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4 0 Collision
24 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 13 0 Collision

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