1981 Belgian Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder on 17 May 1981 for Williams, from pole position; Jacques Laffite was second and Nigel Mansell third.

13 of 31 starters were classified; 18 retired or were not classified. After the race Carlos Reutemann led the championship with 34 points, 12 ahead of Nelson Piquet, with 10 rounds left.

Date: 17 May 1981
Circuit: Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Round: 5 of 15
Winner: Carlos Reutemann (Williams)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	2	REUCarlos Reutemann	Williams	1	54	1:16:31.61	9
2	26	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	9	54	+36.06	6
3	12	MANNigel Mansell	Team Lotus	10	54	+43.69	4
4	27	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	54	+47.64	3
5	11	DEAElio de Angelis	Team Lotus	14	54	+49.20	2
6	3	CHEEddie Cheever	Tyrrell	8	54	+52.51	1
7	7	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	5	54	+1:01.66	0
8	28	PIRDidier Pironi	Ferrari	3	54	+1:32.04	0
9	23	GIABruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	17	54	+1:35.58	0
10	22	ANDMario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	18	53	+1 Lap	0
11	14	SURMarc Surer	Ensign	15	52	+2 Laps	0
12	4	ALBMichele Alboreto	Tyrrell	19	52	+2 Laps	0
13	31	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	50	+4 Laps	0
R	6	REBHector Rebaque	Brabham	21	39	Accident	0
R	25	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	16	35	Transmission	0
R	21	SERChico Serra	Fittipaldi	20	29	Engine	0
R	32	GABBeppe Gabbiani	Osella	22	22	Engine	0
R	1	JONAlan Jones	Williams	6	19	Accident	0
R	8	DECAndrea de Cesaris	McLaren	23	11	Gearbox	0
R	5	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	2	10	Accident	0
R	20	ROSKeke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	11	10	Gearbox	0
R	15	PROAlain Prost	Renault	12	2	Clutch	0
R	29	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	4	0	Collision	0
R	30	STOSiegfried Stohr	Arrows	13	0	Collision	0
F	18	DALDerek Daly	March	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	16	ARNRené Arnoux	Renault	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	17	SALEliseo Salazar	March	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	9	BORSlim Borgudd	ATS	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	33	TAMPatrick Tambay	Theodore	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	36	WARDerek Warwick	Toleman	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	35	HENBrian Henton	Toleman	PL	0	Did not qualify	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	2	34
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	2	22
3	Alan Jones	Williams	1	18
4	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	10
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	0	7
6	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	0	5
7	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	0	4
8	Alain Prost	Renault	0	4
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	0	3
10	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	0	3

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Williams	3	52
2	Brabham	2	25
3	Arrows	0	10
4	Team Lotus	0	9
5	Ligier	0	7
6	Renault	0	6
7	Ferrari	0	5
8	Alfa Romeo	0	3
9	Ensign	0	3
10	Tyrrell	0	3

Full 1981 standings