Season 1981 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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1981-07-18 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix
Winner
7 John Watson
1:26:54.800
Pole Position
16 René Arnoux
Grid P1
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
DNFs · starters 24 cars
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 John Watson McLaren 5 68 1:26:54.800 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 9 68 +40.650 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 67 +1 Lap 4
4 3 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 23 67 +1 Lap 3
5 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 13 67 +1 Lap 2
6 9 Slim Borgudd ATS 21 67 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Derek Daly March 17 66 +2 Laps
8 32 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 20 65 +3 Laps
9 16 René Arnoux Renault 1 64 Distributor
10 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 64 Engine
11 33 Marc Surer Theodore 24 61 Out of fuel
R 22 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 11 59 Throttle
R 20 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 14 56 Suspension
D 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 22 25 Disqualified
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 17 Distributor
R 25 Patrick Tambay Ligier 15 15 Clutch
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 4 13 Turbo
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 11 Tyre
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 12 5 Transmission
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 4 Spun off
R 1 Alan Jones Williams 7 3 Collision
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 6 3 Spun off
R 4 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 19 1 Clutch
R 30 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 18 8 Spun off
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-07-21 14:15