British Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sat 18th July 1981 Local
Sat 18th July 1981 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1981

Round
9

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Location
Silverstone Circuit

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Description

The 1981 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 18 July 1981. It was the ninth race of the 1981 Formula One World Championship. 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.

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Result List

01	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:26:54.80
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+0:40.65
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 Lap
04	Eddie Cheever	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
05	Hector Rebaque	Brabham	+1 Lap
06	Slim Borgudd	ATS	+1 Lap
07	Derek Daly	March Engineering	+2 Laps
08	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Osella	+3 Laps
09	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
11	Marc Surer	Theodore Racing	DNF
12	Mario Andretti	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
13	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
14	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
15	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
16	Patrick Tambay	Ligier	DNF
17	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
18	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
19	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
20	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
21	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
22	Andrea De Cesaris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
23	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
24	Siegfried Stohr	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
25	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
26	Brian Henton	Toleman	Did not qualify
27	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	Did not qualify
28	Eliseo Salazar	Ensign Racing	Did not qualify
29	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify
30	Beppe Gabbiani	Osella	Did not qualify