Race 9 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
18 July 1981
Official name
XXXIV Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.718[1] km (2.932 miles)
Distance
68 laps, 320.824[1] km (199.351 miles)
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
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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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