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1981 British Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 1981
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Summary

1981 British Grand Prix is a recurring sporting event edition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of recurring sporting event edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: John Marshall Watson[3], McLaren[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Follows: 1980 British Grand Prix[6]
  • Followed by: 1982 British Grand Prix[7]
  • Location: Silverstone Circuit[8], Northamptonshire[9]
  • Part of: 1981 Formula One World Championship[10]
  • Edition number: 34[11]
  • Point in time: July 18, 1981[12]
  • Sport: auto racing[13]
  • Official name: XXXIV Marlboro British Grand Prix[14]
  • Event distance: 68 lap[15]
  • Sports season of league or competition: British Grand Prix[16]
  • Pole position: René Arnoux[17]
  • Fastest lap: René Arnoux[18]

Why It Matters

1981 British Grand Prix has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

What awards did 1981 British Grand Prix receive?

Honors received include John Marshall Watson[3] and McLaren[4].

Related Entities

René Arnoux United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18h ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition number → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'hu', '
    Sitelink count → 23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Edition number: 34, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290282|batch #290282]]"
  2. 11w ago · JAnDbot bot · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → 1982 British Grand Prix
    Follows → 1980 British Grand Prix
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: 1980 British Grand Prix"
  3. 21w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.075, 'lon': -1.0167}
    Coordinates → —
    Winner → John Marshall Watson, McLaren
    Sports season of league or competition → British Grand Prix
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Instance of to Sports season of league or competition"
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