Back جائزة بريطانيا الكبرى 1981 Arabic 1981 Голяма награда на Великобритания Bulgarian Gran Premi de Gran Bretanya del 1981 Catalan Grand Prix Velké Británie 1981 Czech Großer Preis von Großbritannien 1981 German Anexo:Gran Premio de Gran Bretaña de 1981 Spanish جایزه بزرگ بریتانیا ۱۹۸۱ Persian Britannian Grand Prix 1981 Finnish Grand Prix automobile de Grande-Bretagne 1981 French Gran Premio do Reino Unido de 1981 Galician
| 1981 British Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 9 of 15 in the 1981 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| 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 | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:11.000 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 René Arnoux | Renault | |
| Time | 1:15.067 on lap 50 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Second | Williams-Ford | ||
| Third | Ligier-Matra | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
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.