Round 9 · 18 July 1981
British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
34 drivers
After Round 8
1
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
37
pts
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
26
pts
3
Alan Jones
Williams
24
pts
4
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
21
pts
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
17
pts
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6
Alain Prost
Renault
13
pts
7
John Watson
McLaren
10
pts
8
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
10
pts
9
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
8
pts
10
Didier Pironi
Ferrari
7
pts
11
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus
5
pts
12
René Arnoux
Renault
5
pts
13
Eddie Cheever
Tyrrell
5
pts
14
Marc Surer
Theodore
4
pts
15
Mario Andretti
Alfa Romeo
3
pts
16
Hector Rebaque
Brabham
3
pts
17
Patrick Tambay
Ligier
1
pts
18
Andrea de Cesaris
McLaren
1
pts
-
Chico Serra
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Ligier
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Siegfried Stohr
Arrows
0
pts
-
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
ATS
0
pts
-
Ricardo Zunino
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Slim Borgudd
ATS
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Eliseo Salazar
Ensign
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
March
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Ligier
0
pts
-
Beppe Gabbiani
Osella
0
pts
-
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Osella
0
pts
-
Ricardo Londoño
Ensign
0
pts
After the race
34 drivers
After Round 9
1
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
—
43
+6
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
—
26
+0
3
Alan Jones
Williams
—
24
+0
4
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
21
+0
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
21
+4
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6
John Watson
McLaren
↑1
19
+9
7
Alain Prost
Renault
↓1
13
+0
8
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
10
+0
9
Eddie Cheever
Tyrrell
↑4
8
+3
10
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
↓1
8
+0
11
Didier Pironi
Ferrari
↓1
7
+0
12
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus
↓1
5
+0
13
René Arnoux
Renault
↓1
5
+0
14
Hector Rebaque
Brabham
↑2
5
+2
15
Marc Surer
Theodore
↓1
4
+0
16
Mario Andretti
Alfa Romeo
↓1
3
+0
17
Patrick Tambay
Ligier
—
1
+0
18
Andrea de Cesaris
McLaren
—
1
+0
19
Slim Borgudd
ATS
↑980
1
+1
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Chico Serra
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
March
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Siegfried Stohr
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Ricardo Zunino
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Eliseo Salazar
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Beppe Gabbiani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Ricardo Londoño
Ensign
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 5 | 1:26:54.800 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 9 | +40.650 | 6 |
| 3 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | 1L | 4 |
| 4 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 23 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | REB Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 13 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | BOR Slim Borgudd | ATS | 21 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | DAL Derek Daly | March | 17 | 2L | 0 |
| 8 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 20 | 3L | 0 |
| 9 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 1 | 4L | 0 |
| 10 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 | 4L | 0 |
| 11 | SUR Marc Surer | Theodore | 24 | 7L | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 14 | — | 0 |
| D | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | ALB Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | STO Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 18 | — | 0 |