The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 9

British Grand Prix

1981  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  18 July 1981  ·  68 laps

  1. 1st John Watson McLaren · 01:26:54.8
  2. 2nd Carlos Reutemann Williams · +40.65
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

René Arnoux

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

Andrea de Cesaris

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

03 Lap 11

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Tyre

04 Lap 13

Didier Pironi

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

05 Lap 17

Alain Prost

Retirement Renault  —  Distributor

06 Lap 56

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Fittipaldi  —  Suspension

07 Lap 59

Mario Andretti

Retirement Alfa Romeo  —  Throttle

08 On the Charge

Eddie Cheever

Tyrrell  —  P23 → P4

09 Victory

John Watson

McLaren  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 John Watson McLaren 5 68 01:26:54.8 9
2 Carlos Reutemann Williams 9 68 +40.65 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 67 +1 Lap 4
4 Eddie Cheever Tyrrell 23 67 +1 Lap 3
5 Hector Rebaque Brabham 13 67 +1 Lap 2
6 Slim Borgudd ATS 21 67 +1 Lap 1
7 Derek Daly March 17 66 +2 Laps
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 20 65 +3 Laps
9 René Arnoux Renault 1 64 Distributor
10 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 64 Engine
11 Marc Surer Theodore 24 61 Out of fuel
12 Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo 11 59 Throttle
13 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 14 56 Suspension
14 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 22 25 Disqualified
15 Alain Prost Renault 2 17 Distributor
16 Patrick Tambay Ligier 15 15 Clutch
17 Didier Pironi Ferrari 4 13 Turbo
18 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 11 Tyre
19 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 12 5 Transmission
20 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 4 Spun off
21 Alan Jones Williams 7 3 Collision
22 Andrea de Cesaris McLaren 6 3 Spun off
23 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 19 1 Clutch
24 Siegfried Stohr Arrows 18 8 Spun off

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