British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit · 18 July 1981
Round 9🇬🇧 UK1981
Length
5.891 km
Corners
18
Laps
52
Type
Permanent
First GP
1950
Weekend Points
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Watson 9 + Cesaris 0 | Watson 9 + Cesaris 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Williams Reutemann 6 + Jones 0 | Reutemann 6 + Jones 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ligier Laffite 4 + Tambay 0 | Laffite 4 + Tambay 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Cheever 3 + Alboreto 0 | Cheever 3 + Alboreto 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Brabham Rebaque 2 + Piquet 0 | Rebaque 2 + Piquet 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | ATS Borgudd 1 | Borgudd 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | March Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Osella Jarier 0 | Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Renault Arnoux 0 + Prost 0 | Arnoux 0 + Prost 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Stohr 0 | Patrese 0 + Stohr 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Theodore Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Alfa Romeo Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | Andretti 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Fittipaldi Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Team Lotus Angelis 0 | Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ferrari Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Pironi 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 |
Race Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | 1:26:54.800 | 68 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | +40.650s | 68 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Hector Rebaque Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Slim Borgudd ATS | ATS | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Derek Daly March | March | +2 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella | Osella | +3 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Distributor | 64 | — | — | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 64 | — | — | |
| 11 | Marc Surer Theodore | Theodore | DNF Out of fuel | 61 | — | — | |
| 12 | Mario Andretti Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Throttle | 59 | — | — | |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Suspension | 56 | — | — | |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DSQ | 25 | — | — | |
| 15 | Alain Prost Renault | Renault | DNF Distributor | 17 | — | — | |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay Ligier | Ligier | DNF Clutch | 15 | — | — | |
| 17 | Didier Pironi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 13 | — | — | |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | DNF Tyre | 11 | — | — | |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Transmission | 5 | — | — | |
| 20 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 4 | — | — | |
| 21 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 3 | — | — | |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 3 | — | — | |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Clutch | 1 | — | — | |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 8 | — | — |