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John Watson

Full name
John Marshall Watson
Date of birth
May 4, 1946 (78)
Nationality
British
Place of birth
Belfast

Career stats

12
Seasons active
0/12
Championships
154
Races
5/154
Wins
2/154
Pole positions
20/154
Podiums
McLaren
Last team
1973 British GP
First race
1985 European GP
Last race
1976 Austrian GP
First win
1983 United States GP West
Last win
1976 French GP
First podium
1983 Dutch GP
Last podium
1977 Monaco GP
First pole
1978 French GP
Last pole
5
Wins
0
Sprint wins
3.25%
Win percentage
0
Wins from pole
2
Most wins in a season
1
Longest win streak
2
Pole positions
20
Podiums
12.99%
Podium percentage
5
Most podiums in a season
0
Longest podium streak
57
DNF
0
DNS
5
Fastest laps
7391
Race laps
0
Races led
0
Laps led
169
Points

Seasons

All races
Year Pos. Points Races Wins Podiums Pole positions Team(s)
1985 - - 1 0 0 0 McLaren
1983 6th 22 15 1 3 0 McLaren
1982 3rd 39 15 2 5 0 McLaren
1981 6th 27 15 1 4 0 McLaren
1980 12th 6 14 0 0 0 McLaren
1979 9th 15 15 0 1 0 McLaren
1978 6th 25 16 0 3 1 Brabham
1977 13th 9 17 0 1 1 Brabham
1976 7th 20 16 1 3 0
1975 - - 13 0 0 0 Lotus, Surtees
1974 15th 6 15 0 0 0 Brabham
1973 - - 2 0 0 0 Brabham

Finish positions

1
5
2
6
3
9
4
9
5
7
6
11
7
10
8
6
9
5
10
6
11
9
12
2
13
2
14
15
16
2
17
18
19
20

Starting positions

1
2
2
9
3
3
4
7
5
4
6
6
7
9
8
6
9
9
10
10
11
7
12
10
13
7
14
13
15
9
16
2
17
8
18
6
19
4
20
5
21
6
22
1
23
5
24
3
25
26
27
1
28

Wins

Race Grid
5 1983 United States Grand Prix West 22nd
4 1982 Detroit Grand Prix 17th
3 1982 Belgian Grand Prix 10th
2 1981 British Grand Prix 5th
1 1976 Austrian Grand Prix 2nd

Pole positions

Race Result
2 1978 French Grand Prix 4th
1 1977 Monaco Grand Prix DNF

John Watson is a British Formula 1 driver born on May 4, 1946. The first race John Watson drove was the 1973 British Grand Prix. Since then Watson has driven 154 races in total.

In these 154 races, Watson won 5 races, finshed on the podium 20 times and scored a total of 169 points. The 1985 European Grand Prix was the last race Watson has entered.

John ended his career driving for McLaren Racing.