Race Result
| GP n. 354 - 30/08/1981 - Grand Prix of the Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort |
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| Winner: | Alain Prost / Renault - 1:40'22.43 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Alain Prost / Renault - 1:18.176 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:21.83 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 |  Alain Prost |
Renault | 72 | 1:40'22.43 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 72 | + 8.24 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 72 | + 35.50 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |  Hector Rebaque |
Brabham-Ford | 71 | + 1 lap | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 |  Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Ford | 71 | + 1 lap | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 |  Eliseo Salazar |
Ensign-Ford | 70 | + 2 laps | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr |
Arrows-Ford | 69 | + 3 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | 33 |  Marc Surer |
Theodore-Ford | 69 | + 3 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 68 | engine | 25 | 0 |
| 10 | 9 |  Slim Borgudd |
ATS-Ford | 68 | + 4 laps | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Mario Andretti |
Alfa Romeo | 62 | accident | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 50 | ignition | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Eddie Cheever |
Tyrrell-Ford | 46 | suspension | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 32 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Osella-Ford | 29 | transmission | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 21 | engine | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 19 | tyre | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 18 | collision | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Williams-Ford | 18 | collision | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 16 | suspension | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Derek Daly |
March-Ford | 5 | suspension | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 | Didier Pironi |
Ferrari | 4 | collision | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 | Patrick Tambay |
Ligier-Matra | 1 | collision | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell |
Lotus-Ford | 1 | engine | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 0 | collision | 16 | 0 |
| Dnq | 20 |  Keke Rosberg |
Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 21 | Chico Serra |
Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani |
Osella-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 35 | Brian Henton |
Toleman-Hart | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 36 | Derek Warwick |
Toleman-Hart | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dns | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
McLaren-Ford | did not start | 13 | 0 | |