1981 British Grand Prix

1981 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One season

Date	18 July 1981
Official name	XXXIV Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.719 km (2.932 mi)
Distance	68 laps, 320.892 km (199.376 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:11.000
Fastest lap
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:15.067 on lap 50
Podium
First	John Watson	McLaren-Ford
Second	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford
Third	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra

The 1981 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 18 July 1981. John Watson won his first race for five years, and McLaren's first since James Hunt's victory at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix. The race also marked the first victory for a carbon fibre composite monocoque F1 car, the McLaren MP4/1.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	68	1:26:54.80	5	9
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	68	+ 40.65	9	6
3	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	67	+ 1 Lap	14	4
4	3	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell-Ford	67	+ 1 Lap	23	3
5	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	67	+ 1 Lap	13	2
6	9	Slim Borgudd	ATS-Ford	67	+ 1 Lap	21	1
7	17	Derek Daly	March-Ford	66	+ 2 Laps	17
8	32	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	65	+ 3 Laps	20
9	16	René Arnoux	Renault	64	Distributor	1
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	64	Engine	10
11	33	Marc Surer	Theodore-Ford	61	Out of Fuel	24
Ret	22	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	59	Throttle	11
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	56	Suspension	16
DSQ	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	25	Disqualified	22
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	17	Distributor	2
Ret	25	Patrick Tambay	Ligier-Matra	15	Clutch	15
Ret	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	13	Turbo	4
Ret	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	11	Tyre	3
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	5	Transmission	12
Ret	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	4	Spun Off	8
Ret	1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	3	Collision	7
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-Ford	3	Spun Off	6
Ret	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1	Clutch	19
Ret	30	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows-Ford	0	Spun Off	18
DNQ	21	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	35	Brian Henton	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	14	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	36	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart
DNQ	31	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella-Ford
Source:^[1]

↑ "1981 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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