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John Watson Formula 1 driver
F1 John Watson profile

John Watson Formula 1 driver

F1 seasons
John Watson
NationalityIRELAND
Hometown
Date of birth1946 May 04
First Race Silverstone 1973
Last Race Brands Hatch 1985
Year active1973 » 1983, 1985
Best championship position 3rd 1 time
1982
Grands Prix entered154
Teams5
Seasons12
Circuits28
Best race starting position 1 X 2
Best race finishing position 1 X 5
Victories5
Podiums20
Pole positions2
First row start11
Fastest lap5
Points finishes47
Points169

Championship position

Starting grid positions

Final race positions

Positions heatmap (starting grid / final race)

Statistics by age

Average pole and final position by age

More statistics by age for John Watson


Career chart profile

Seasons: nr of season from first GP until the last.

Juan Manuel Fangio started in 1950 and had last race in 1958. But he skipped 1952 season.

#Grand Prix: nr of GrandPrix in all seasons.

100% for Kimi Raikkonen even he did not start in 2010 and 2011 but in those seasons there were no new GrandPrix except in the other seasons he started

not 100% for Damon Hill. At debut in 1982 did not start the first three GP. In that season was the last race GP Kyalami.

GP entered: total number of races from all seasons.

Not 100% if a driver did not start at least a race, or entered in all but skip a season

Victories, Podiums, Pole positions, Fastest laps, Finish in points: percentage from total race entrance

Points: percentage from total points he could get if win all races, and bonus if availabe(ex 1 point for fastest lap)

John Watson, F1 teammates

SeasonChamp
Position
Points Teammate(s)Race
entries
Vict.Poles PodiumsFastLap
1985 Alain Prost compare drivers 1
1984
1983 6th 22 Niki Lauda compare drivers 15 1 3 1
1982 3rd 39 Niki Lauda compare drivers 15 2 5 1
1981 6th 27 Andrea de Cesaris compare drivers 15 1 4 1
1980 11th 6 Alain Prost compare drivers, Stephen South compare drivers 14
1979 9th 15 Patrick Tambay compare drivers 15 1
1978 6th 25 Niki Lauda compare drivers, Nelson Piquet compare drivers 16 1 3
1977 13th 9 Carlos Pace compare drivers, Hans-Joachim Stuck compare drivers, Giorgio Francia compare drivers 17 1 1 2
1976 7th 20 Boy Hayje compare drivers 16 1 3
1975 Ronnie Peterson compare drivers, Dave Morgan compare drivers 13
1974 15th 6 Eppie Wietzes compare drivers, Carlos Reutemann compare drivers, Carlos Pace compare drivers, Rikky von Opel compare drivers, Richard Robarts compare drivers, Teddy Pilette compare drivers, Gerard Larrousse compare drivers, Lella Lombardi compare drivers, Ian Ashley compare drivers, Carlo Facetti compare drivers 15
1973 Andrea de Adamich compare drivers, Carlos Reutemann compare drivers, Wilson Fittipaldi compare drivers 2