1981 / ROUND 9

British Grand Prix

WinnerJohn WatsonPublished race classification

Official poleRené ArnouxSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance320.892 km68 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	John Watson	McLaren	5	5	68	1:26:54.800	9
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	9	9	68	1:27:35.450	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	14	14	67	+1 lap	4
4	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell	23	23	67	+1 lap	3
5	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	13	13	67	+1 lap	2
6	Slim Borgudd	ATS	21	21	67	+1 lap	1
7	Derek Daly	March	17	17	66	+2 laps	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	20	20	65	+3 laps	0
9	René Arnoux	Renault	1	1	64	Distributor	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	10	10	64	Engine	0
11	Marc Surer	Theodore	24	24	61	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo	11	11	59	Throttle	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	16	16	56	Suspension	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	2	2	17	Distributor	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	15	15	15	Clutch	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	4	4	13	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	3	11	Tyre	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	12	12	5	Transmission	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	8	8	4	Spun off	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	7	7	3	Collision	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren	6	6	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	19	19	0	Clutch	0
DNF	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows	18	18	0	Spun off	0
DSQ	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	22	22	25	Ignored yellow flags	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brian Henton	Toleman	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	René Arnoux	1:11.000
2	Alain Prost	1:11.046
3	Nelson Piquet	1:11.952
4	Didier Pironi	1:12.644
5	John Watson	1:12.712
6	Andrea de Cesaris	1:12.728
7	Alan Jones	1:12.998
8	Gilles Villeneuve	1:13.311
9	Carlos Reutemann	1:13.371
10	Riccardo Patrese	1:13.762
11	Mario Andretti	1:13.928
12	Bruno Giacomelli	1:14.119
13	Héctor Rebaque	1:14.542
14	Jacques Laffite	1:14.798
15	Patrick Tambay	1:14.976
16	Keke Rosberg	1:15.165
17	Derek Daly	1:15.189
18	Siegfried Stohr	1:15.304
19	Michele Alboreto	1:15.850
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:15.898
21	Slim Borgudd	1:15.959
22	Elio de Angelis	1:15.971
23	Eddie Cheever	1:16.099
24	Marc Surer	1:16.155
25	Chico Serra	1:16.360
26	Brian Henton	1:16.388
27	Nigel Mansell	1:16.432
28	Eliseo Salazar	1:16.694
29	Derek Warwick	1:16.891
30	Beppe Gabbiani	1:17.784

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.