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John Watson All drivers

John Watson

🇬🇧 British1973–1985

Won 5 of 149 starts across 12 seasons, and was outscored by Niki Lauda over 41 races together.

Titles
0
Best: 3rd
Wins
5
3.4% of starts
Podiums
20
13.4% of starts
Career points
169
as scored at the time
Starts
149
12 seasons, 5 teams

Championship finish by season

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Against Watson's teammates

Points in races together
Niki Lauda 75 – 86 1978–83 · 41 races · ahead on the results sheet 18–23
Carlos Reutemann 6 – 37 1973–74 · 17 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–10
Andrea de Cesaris 27 – 1 1981 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–3
Hans-Joachim Stuck 8 – 12 1977 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–9
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Patrick Tambay 11 – 0 1979 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 10–3
Alain Prost 3 – 8 1980–85 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–8
Carlos Pace 6 – 14 1974–77 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–7
Rikky von Opel 0 – 0 1974 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Richard Robarts 0 – 0 1974 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–2
Wilson Fittipaldi 0 – 0 1973 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–2
Andrea de Adamich 0 – 0 1973 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Teddy Pilette 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Gérard Larrousse 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Eppie Wietzes 0 – 0 1974 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Dave Morgan 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Ronnie Peterson 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Boy Lunger 0 – 0 1976 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Nelson Piquet 0 – 0 1978 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1

Best circuits

By wins
1 Detroit Street Circuit 2 starts · avg finish 2 Won 1982 1 Red Bull Ring 10 starts · avg finish 8.1 Won 1976 1 Silverstone Circuit 6 starts · avg finish 9.5 Won 1981 1 Long Beach 7 starts · avg finish 11.1 Won 1983 1 Zolder 8 starts · avg finish 11.4 Won 1982

Milestones

Debut
1973 British GP Brabham
First points
1974 Monaco GP 6th
First podium
1976 French GP 3rd
First win
1976 Austrian GP 40th career start
Best season
2 wins 1982
Last win
1983 United States West GP McLaren
Final start
1985 European GP McLaren

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
169 734.5 +565.5

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1982: 39 → 133 (3rd → 2nd). Replay 1982 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1985 McLaren 23 0 0 0 Alain Prost
1983 McLaren 6 22 1 3 Niki Lauda
1982 McLaren 3 39 2 5 Niki Lauda
1981 McLaren 6 27 1 4 Andrea de Cesaris
1980 McLaren 11 6 0 0 Alain Prost
1979 McLaren 9 15 0 1 Patrick Tambay
1978 Brabham 6 25 0 3 Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet
1977 Brabham 13 9 0 1 Hans-Joachim Stuck, Carlos Pace
1976 Penske 7 20 1 3 Boy Lunger
1975 Surtees / Team Lotus / Penske 23 0 0 0 Dave Morgan, Ronnie Peterson
1974 Brabham 15 6 0 0 Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Pace
1973 Brabham 36 0 0 0 Carlos Reutemann, Wilson Fittipaldi

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.