Circuit Park Zandvoort · 30 August 1981
Alain Prost won the 1981 Dutch Grand Prix for Renault from 1st on the grid, 8.24s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Eliseo Salazar gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renault Prost 9 + Arnoux 0 | Prost 9 + Arnoux 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Brabham Piquet 6 + Rebaque 3 | Piquet 6 + Rebaque 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Williams Jones 4 + Reutemann 0 | Jones 4 + Reutemann 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Team Lotus de Angelis 2 + Mansell 0 | de Angelis 2 + Mansell 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ensign Salazar 1 | Salazar 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Arrows Stohr 0 + Patrese 0 | Stohr 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | Alboreto 0 + Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | ATS Borgudd 0 | Borgudd 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Alfa Romeo Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | McLaren Watson 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Watson 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ligier Laffite 0 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 0 + Tambay 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | March Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ferrari Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | 1:40:22.430 | 72 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +8.240s | 72 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +35.500s | 72 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 71 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 71 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Eliseo Salazar Ensign | Ensign | +2 Laps | 70 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Siegfried Stohr Arrows | Arrows | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 8 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 68 | — | — | |
| 10 | Slim Borgudd ATS | ATS | +4 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 62 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Ignition | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Engine | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Tyre | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Collision | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Suspension | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Daly March | March | DNF Suspension | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Collision | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — |