1981 / ROUND 5

Belgian Grand Prix

WinnerCarlos ReutemannPublished race classification

Official poleCarlos ReutemannSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance230.148 km54 laps

Race entries31Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1	1	54	1:16:31.610	9
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	9	9	54	1:17:07.670	6
3	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	10	10	54	1:17:15.300	4
4	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	7	54	1:17:19.250	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	14	14	54	1:17:20.810	2
6	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	8	8	54	1:17:24.120	1
7	John Watson	McLaren	5	5	54	1:17:33.270	0
8	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	3	3	54	1:18:03.650	0
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	17	17	54	1:18:07.190	0
10	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	18	18	53	+1 lap	0
11	Marc Surer	Ensign	15	15	52	+2 laps	0
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	19	19	52	+2 laps	0
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	24	50	+4 laps	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	21	21	39	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ligier	16	16	35	Transmission	0
DNF	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	20	20	29	Engine	0
DNF	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	22	22	22	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	6	6	19	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	23	23	11	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	2	2	10	Accident	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	11	11	10	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	12	12	2	Clutch	0
DNF	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	13	13	0	Collision	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	4	4	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	March	31	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	René Arnoux	Renault	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	March	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Slim Borgudd	ATS	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Patrick Tambay	Theodore	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Carlos Reutemann	1:22.280
2	Nelson Piquet	1:23.130
3	Didier Pironi	1:23.470
4	Riccardo Patrese	1:23.670
5	John Watson	1:23.730
6	Alan Jones	1:23.820
7	Gilles Villeneuve	1:23.940
8	Eddie Cheever	1:24.380
9	Jacques Laffite	1:24.410
10	Nigel Mansell	1:24.440
11	Keke Rosberg	1:24.460
12	Alain Prost	1:24.630
13	Siegfried Stohr	1:24.660
14	Elio de Angelis	1:24.960
15	Marc Surer	1:25.190
16	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:25.280
17	Bruno Giacomelli	1:25.310
18	Mario Andretti	1:25.560
19	Michele Alboreto	1:25.910
20	Chico Serra	1:25.930
21	Héctor Rebaque	1:26.520
22	Beppe Gabbiani	1:26.690
23	Andrea de Cesaris	1:26.950
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:27.480
25	René Arnoux	1:27.930
26	Eliseo Salazar	1:28.380
27	Slim Borgudd	1:28.980
28	Patrick Tambay	1:32.470
29	Derek Warwick	1:35.970
30	Brian Henton	1:36.370
31	Derek Daly	—

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.