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John Watson Formula 1 driver
F1 John Watson profile

F1 Drivers John Watson

John Watson Formula 1 driver

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
Teams7
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
Points169.00

Championship position

Starting grid positions

Final race positions

Statistics by age

Average pole and final position by age

More statistics by age for John Watson

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 partners

SeasonChamp
Position		Points Partner(s)Race
entries		Vict.Poles PodiumsFastLap
1985 Alain Prost 1
1983 6th 22 Niki Lauda 15 1 3 1
1982 3rd 39 Niki Lauda 15 2 5 1
1981 6th 27 Andrea de Cesaris 15 1 4 1
1980 11th 6 Alain Prost , Stephen South 14
1979 9th 15 Patrick Tambay 15 1
1978 6th 25 Niki Lauda , Nelson Piquet 16 1 3
1977 13th 9 Carlos Pace , Hans-Joachim Stuck , Giorgio Francia 17 1 1 2
1976 7th 20 Boy Hayje 16 1 3
1975 Ronnie Peterson , Dave Morgan 13
1974 15th 6 15
1973 Andrea de Adamich , Carlos Reutemann , Wilson Fittipaldi 2