1981 British Grand Prix
🇬🇧 UK Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, UK Round 9 of 15
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 5 | 68 | 1:26:54.8 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 9 | 68 | +40.650s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 14 | 67 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 3 | 23 | 67 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | 13 | 67 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 9 | 21 | 67 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Derek Daly | March | 17 | 17 | 66 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 32 | 20 | 65 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 1 | 64 | +4 Laps | Distributor | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 10 | 64 | +4 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 33 | 24 | 61 | +7 Laps | Out of fuel | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 11 | 59 | +9 Laps | Throttle | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 20 | 14 | 56 | +12 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 11 | 22 | 25 | +43 Laps | Disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 2 | 17 | +51 Laps | Distributor | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 25 | 15 | 15 | +53 Laps | Clutch | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 28 | 4 | 13 | +55 Laps | Turbo | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 3 | 11 | +57 Laps | Tyre | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 23 | 12 | 5 | +63 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 27 | 8 | 4 | +64 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 7 | 3 | +65 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 8 | 6 | 3 | +65 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 4 | 19 | 1 | +67 Laps | Clutch | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 30 | 18 | 8 | +60 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.