- 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.