1981 British Grand Prix
Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report 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 graphite composite monocoque F1 car, the McLaren MP4/1.
Classification
Qualifying
- †-time disallowed.
Race
Notes
- This was the 200th Grand Prix start for McLaren. In those 200 races, McLaren had won 25 Grands Prix, achieved 78 podium finishes, 18 pole positions, 14 fastest laps, 2 Grand Slams, and had won 2 Driver's and 1 Constructor's Championship.
Championship standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann | 43 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet | 26 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Alan Jones | 24 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Gilles Villeneuve | 21 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite | 21 | |
| Source: <ref name="champ">Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
- Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos | Constructor | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Williams-Ford | 67 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Brabham-Ford | 31 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Ferrari | 28 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Ligier-Matra | 21 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon McLaren-Ford | 20 | |
| Source: <ref name="champ"/> | |||
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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