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1981 Grand Prix of Belgium qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 5 of 15 Sunday, May 17, 1981 at Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 70 laps* on a 4.262 kilometer road course (298.340 kilometers) Time of race: 1:16:31.61 Average speed: 180.467 kph Pole time: 82.28 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 36.06 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1981 Formula One results   /   1981 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Carlos Reutemann 2 1:22.280   186.475   2   Nelson Piquet 5 1:23.130   184.569   3   Didier Pironi 28 1:23.470   183.817   4   Riccardo Patrese 29 1:23.670   183.378   5   John Watson 7 1:23.730   183.246   6   Alan Jones 1 1:23.820   183.049   7   Gilles Villeneuve 27 1:23.940   182.788   8   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 3 1:24.380   181.835   9   Jacques Laffite 26 1:24.410   181.770   10   Nigel Mansell 12 1:24.440   181.705   11   Keke Rosberg 20 1:24.460   181.662   12   Alain Prost 15 1:24.630   181.297   13   Siegfried Stohr 30 1:24.660   181.233   14   Elio de Angelis 11 1:24.960   180.593   15   Marc Surer 14 1:25.190   180.106   16   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 25 1:25.280   179.916   17   Bruno Giacomelli 23 1:25.310   179.852   18   Mario Andretti 22 1:25.560   179.327   19   Michele Alboreto 4 1:25.910   178.596   20   Chico Serra 21 1:25.930   178.555   21   Hector Rebaque 6 1:26.520   177.337   22   Beppe Gabbiani 32 1:26.690   176.989   23   Andrea de Cesaris 8 1:26.950   176.460   24   Piercarlo Ghinzani 31 1:27.480   175.391   25   Rene Arnoux 16 1:27.930   174.493   26   Eliseo Salazar 17 1:28.380   173.605   27   Slim Borgudd 9 1:29.980   170.518   28   Patrick Tambay 33 1:32.470   165.926   29   Derek Warwick 36 1:35.970   159.875   30   Brian Henton 35 1:36.370   159.211   31   Derek Daly 18 -----   -----   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Derek Daly (#18), Rene Arnoux (#16), Eliseo Salazar (#17), Slim Borgudd (#9), Patrick Tambay (#33), Derek Warwick (#36), Brian Henton (#35)