Dutch Grand Prix 1981

 Dutch Grand Prix 1981

Racing data
12th of 15 races in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	August 30, 1981
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	306.144 km in 72 laps of 4.252 km
Weather:	cloudy and windy
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 18.176 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alan Jones	Williams
Time:	1: 21.83 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Third:	Alan Jones	Williams

The 1981 Dutch Grand Prix took place in Zandvoort on August 30th and was the twelfth race of the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

René Arnoux in front of Derek Daly, Nelson Piquet and Hector Rebaque

The Fittipaldi team returned to the field and from then on competed with Pirelli tires. Bruno Giacomelli had to resort to the Alfa Romeo 179C , as only one of the current 179D was available. Otherwise there were no changes compared to the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

training

For the fourth year in a row, the front row was composed of the two Renault together, this time Alain Prost towards René Arnoux was just the beginning. It was followed by Nelson Piquet , who shared the second row with reigning world champion Alan Jones . Carlos Reutemann , who was leading in the World Championship at the time, qualified for fifth place on the grid alongside Jacques Laffite .

Andrea de Cesaris , who qualified 13th, was withdrawn from the start by his team. This was seen by many as a punishment for causing significant damage from numerous accidents in previous races.

run

While the two Renault drivers were able to defend their top positions at the start, Gilles Villeneuve , who started from 16th place, tried to make up a few positions in the first few meters to put his mediocre qualifying result into perspective. He tried to stab between Riccardo Patrese and Bruno Giacomelli, collided with the Alfa Romeo and was eliminated. In the next corner, Mario Andretti collided with Carlos Reutemann and his front wing was damaged. A third collision occurred during the first lap, between Didier Pironi and Patrick Tambay .

Arnoux, who had initially defended second place behind Prost, fell behind Jones, Piquet, Laffite and Reutemann from the third lap on. On the 13th lap, John Watson finally overtook the Frenchman on the outside of the Tarzanbocht and finished sixth.

While Jones caught up on Prost, Reutemann and Laffite dueled for fourth place. The duel ended on lap 18 with a collision that led to the failure of both opponents. On lap 23, Jones managed to briefly take the lead. However, it fell behind Prost again in the following round. In the final phase, due to deteriorating tires, he finally had to give Piquet second place, which meant that he was level with the previous leader Reutemann in the World Cup table.

In the end, Héctor Rebaque finished fourth ahead of Elio de Angelis and Eliseo Salazar , who scored the first championship point for a Chilean driver.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
TAG Williams team	1	Alan Jones	Williams FW07C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Carlos Reutemann
Tyrrell Racing Team	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell 011		A.
	4th	Michele Alboreto
Parmalat Racing Team	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49C		G
	6th	Hector Rebaque
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1		M.
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
Team ATS	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS D5		A.
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 87		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign N180B		A.
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
March Grand Prix Team	17th	Derek Daly	March 811	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi F8C		P
	21st	Chico Serra
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo 179C
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Patrick Tambay	Ligier JS17	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	M.
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 126CK	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	M.
	28	Didier Pironi
Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	30th	Siegfried Stohr
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella FA1B		M.
	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Theodore Racing Team	33	Marc Surer	Theodore TY01		A.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Brian Henton	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Derek Warwick

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 18.279	195.547 km / h	1: 18.176	195.804 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 18.255	195.607 km / h	1: 18.301	195.492 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.236	193.185 km / h	1: 18.652	194.619 km / h	03
04th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 18.672	194.570 km / h	1: 19.133	193.436 km / h	04th
05	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 19.067	193.598 km / h	1: 18.844	194.145 km / h	05
06th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 19.386	192.820 km / h	1: 19.018	193.718 km / h	06th
07th	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	1: 19.896	191.589 km / h	1: 19.040	193.664 km / h	07th
08th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.312	193,000 km / h	1: 19.651	192.178 km / h	08th
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 21.622	187.538 km / h	1: 19.738	191.969 km / h	09
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 21.010	188.954 km / h	1: 19.864	191.666 km / h	10
11	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	1: 20.802	189.441 km / h	1: 19.979	191.390 km / h	11
12	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 21.293	188.297 km / h	1: 20.248	190.749 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.651	189.796 km / h	1: 20.377	190.443 km / h	13
14th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 20.384	190.426 km / h	1: 20.495	190.163 km / h	14th
15th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.547	190.041 km / h	1: 20.872	189.277 km / h	15th
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 21.049	188.864 km / h	1: 20.595	189.927 km / h	16
17th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 21.106	188.731 km / h	1: 20.663	189.767 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 21.086	188.777 km / h	1: 21.294	188.294 km / h	18th
19th	Derek Daly	March-Ford	1: 22.274	186.051 km / h	1: 21.391	188.070 km / h	19th
20th	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	1: 22.389	185.792 km / h	1: 21.454	187.924 km / h	20th
21st	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	1: 21.568	187.662 km / h	1: 21.713	187.329 km / h	21st
22nd	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 21.849	187.018 km / h	1: 21.698	187.363 km / h	22nd
23	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	1: 21.760	187.221 km / h	1: 22.302	185.988 km / h	23
24	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	1: 22.382	185.808 km / h	1: 22.024	186.619 km / h	24
25th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.976	178.040 km / h	1: 22.030	186.605 km / h	25th
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart	1: 22.226	186.160 km / h	1: 24.167	181.867 km / h	-
DNQ	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 23.518	183.280 km / h	6: 09.795	41.394 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 23.677	182.932 km / h	1: 23.613	183.072 km / h	-
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford	no time	-	1: 23.898	182.450 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 25.104	179.865 km / h	1: 24.028	182.168 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	72	0	1: 40: 22.43	01	1: 22.06
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	72	0	+ 8.24	03	1: 22.04
03	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	72	0	+ 35.50	04th	1: 21.83
04th	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	71	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 23.53
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	71	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 23.90
06th	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford	70	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 24.18
07th	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Ford	69	1	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 24.87
08th	Marc Surer	Theodore Ford	69	0	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 23.17
09	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	68	0	DNF	25th	1: 25.06	Engine failure
10	Slim Borgudd	ATS Ford	68	1	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 25.04
-	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	62	1	DNF	07th	1: 23.61	accident
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	50	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.64	defective ignition
-	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	46	0	DNF	22nd	1: 24.54	Suspension damage
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	29	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.95	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Renault	21st	0	DNF	02	1: 22.82	accident
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	19th	0	DNF	14th	1: 22.66	accident
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	18th	0	DNF	06th	1: 22.32	collision
-	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	18th	0	DNF	05	1: 22.10	collision
-	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	16	0	DNF	10	1: 23.26	Suspension damage
-	Derek Daly	March-Ford	05	0	DNF	19th	1: 24.98	Suspension damage
-	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	04th	1	DNF	12	1: 26.09	Collision damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	01	0	DNF	17th	1: 37.80	defective ignition
-	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	01	0	DNF	11	2: 46.72	collision
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	16	-	accident
-	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	-	0	DNS	13	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Carlos Reutemann Williams 45 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 45 03  Jacques Laffite Ligier 34 04th  Alan Jones Williams 31 05  Alain Prost Renault 28 06th  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 21st 07th  John Watson McLaren 21st 08th  René Arnoux Renault 11 09  Hector Rebaque Brabham 11 10  Elio de Angelis lotus 10

Item driver constructor Points 11  Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 10 12  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 13  Didier Pironi Ferrari 7th 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 5 15th  Marc Surer Ensign 4th 16  Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Eliseo Salazar Ensign 1 18th  Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 1 19th  Slim Borgudd ATS 1 20th  Patrick Tambay Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 76 02  Brabham 56 03  Renault 39 04th  Ligier 34 05  Ferrari 28 06th  McLaren 22nd 07th  lotus 15th

Item constructor Points 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 10 10  Ensign 5 11  Alfa Romeo 3 12  Theodore 1 13  ATS 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 23, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 23, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website