The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 12

Dutch Grand Prix

1981  ·  Circuit Park Zandvoort  ·  30 August 1981  ·  72 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost Renault · 01:40:22.43
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +8.24
  3. 3rd Alan Jones Williams · +35.5

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 18

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Williams  —  Collision

03 Lap 18

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Collision

04 Lap 21

René Arnoux

Retirement Renault  —  Engine

05 Lap 62

Mario Andretti

Retirement Alfa Romeo  —  Accident

06 On the Charge

Eliseo Salazar

Ensign  —  P24 → P6

07 Victory

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost Renault 1 72 01:40:22.43 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 72 +8.24 6
3 Alan Jones Williams 4 72 +35.5 4
4 Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 71 +1 Lap 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 71 +1 Lap 2
6 Eliseo Salazar Ensign 24 70 +2 Laps 1
7 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 21 69 +3 Laps
8 Marc Surer Theodore 20 69 +3 Laps
9 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 25 68 Engine
10 Slim Borgudd ATS 23 68 +4 Laps
11 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 7 62 Accident
12 John Watson McLaren 8 50 Ignition
13 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 22 46 Suspension
14 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 18 29 Transmission
15 René Arnoux Renault 2 21 Engine
16 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 19 Tyre
17 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 18 Collision
18 Carlos Reutemann Williams 5 18 Collision
19 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 16 Suspension
20 Derek Daly March 19 5 Suspension
21 Didier Pironi Ferrari 12 4 Collision
22 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 1 Engine
23 Patrick Tambay Ligier 11 1 Collision
24 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 0 Collision
25 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 0 Withdrew

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