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Alain Prost won the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix for Renault, ahead of Nelson Piquet and Alan Jones at Circuit Park Zandvoort.

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Race recap

Winner
Alain Prost
Team
Renault
Top listed
Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, and Alan Jones
Race date
August 30, 1981
Pole
Alain Prost
Fastest lap
Alan Jones
Classified drivers
30
Circuit
Circuit Park Zandvoort

The decisive result

Alain Prost finished first for Renault. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Brabham, with Alan Jones 3 for Williams.

Grid to finish

Eliseo Salazar from P24 to P6 (+18), Michele Alboreto from P25 to P9 (+16), and Siegfried Stohr from P21 to P7 (+14) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Alain Prost started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 Collision, 5 DNQ, 3 Engine, 3 Finished, and 3 Suspension. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:21.830 on lap 15. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alain ProstRenault1:40:22.4309
2Nelson PiquetBrabham1:40:30.6706
3Alan JonesWilliams1:40:57.9304
4Héctor RebaqueBrabham+1 lap3
5Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus+1 lap2
6Eliseo SalazarEnsign+2 laps1
7Siegfried StohrArrows+3 laps0
8Marc SurerTheodore+3 laps0
9Michele AlboretoTyrrellEngine0
10Slim BorguddATS Wheels+4 laps0
DNFMario AndrettiAlfa RomeoAccident0
DNFJohn WatsonMcLarenIgnition0
DNFEddie CheeverTyrrellSuspension0
DNFJean-Pierre JarierOsellaTransmission0
DNFRené ArnouxRenaultEngine0
DNFBruno GiacomelliAlfa RomeoTyre0
DNFJacques LaffiteLigierCollision0
DNFCarlos ReutemannWilliamsCollision0
DNFRiccardo PatreseArrowsSuspension0
DNFDerek DalyMarchSuspension0