John Watson

Born 4 May 1946 in Belfast (age 80).

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Titles

Wins

Podiums

Poles

Fastest laps

Starts

152

Points

169

Win rate

3.3%

First race1973 Great Britain

First win1976 Austria

Last race1985 Europe

Season by season

Every race result is listed on a wider screen.Every result. Underlined: pole position.

Season	Team	Pos	Pts	Wins	PodPodiums	Poles	Results
1973 Brabham	Brabham	–	0				R R
1974 Brabham	Brabham	15	6				12 R R 11 11 6 11 7 16 11 R 4 7 R 5
1975 Surtees Lotus Penske	Surtees Lotus Penske	–	0				DSQ 10 R 8 R 10 16 R 13 11 R 10 9
1976 Penske	Penske	7	20	1	3		R 5 NC R 7 10 R 3 3 7 1 R 11 10 6 R
1977 Brabham	Brabham	13	9		1	1	R R 6 DSQ R R R 5 2 R R 8 R R 12 R R
1978 Brabham	Brabham	6	25		3	1	R 8 3 R 4 R 5 R 4 3 7 7 4 2 R R
1979 McLaren	McLaren	9	15		1		3 8 R R R 6 4 11 4 5 9 R R 6 6
1980 McLaren	McLaren	11	6				R 11 11 4 NC DNQ 7 8 R R R R 4 NC
1981 McLaren	McLaren	6	27	1	4		R 8 R 10 7 R 3 2 1 6 6 R R 2 7
1982 McLaren	McLaren	3	39	2	5		6 2 6 1 R 1 3 9 R R R R 13 4 2
1983 McLaren	McLaren	6	22	1	3		R 1 R 5 DNQ R 3 6 9 5 9 3 R R DSQ
1985 McLaren	McLaren	–	0				7

Team-mates

Head-to-heads in races driven for the same team. John Watson on the left. Qualifying: better qualifying classification; grid position when either has none. Race: both started: better classified finish; a classified finisher beats a retirement; races where neither was classified don't count.

Qualifying 54%Races 48%

Team-mate	Team	Races	Qualifying	Race	Quali / race	PtsPoints share
Niki Lauda 1978–1983 · 46	Brabham, McLaren	46	1333	1718	Q1333R1718	50%
Carlos Reutemann 1973–1974 · 17	Brabham	17	116	710	Q116R710	14%
Andrea de Cesaris 1981 · 15	McLaren	15	141	93	Q141R93	96%
Patrick Tambay 1979 · 15	McLaren	15	132	73	Q132R73	100%
Alain Prost 1980–1985 · 14	McLaren	14	59	28	Q59R28	27%
Hans-Joachim Stuck 1977 · 14	Brabham	14	113	37	Q113R37	40%
Carlos Pace 1974–1977 · 10	Brabham	10	46	26	Q46R26	30%
Rikky von Opel 1974 · 6	Brabham	6	60	31	Q60R31	100%
Richard Robarts 1974 · 3	Brabham	3	30	12	Q30R12	–
Gérard Larrousse 1974 · 2	Brabham	2	20	10	Q20R10	–
Ian Ashley 1974 · 2	Brabham	2	20	00	Q20R00	100%
Wilson Fittipaldi 1973 · 2	Brabham	2	11	00	Q11R00	–
Stephen South 1980 · 1	McLaren	1	10	00	Q10R00	100%
Nelson Piquet 1978 · 1	Brabham	1	10	01	Q10R01	–
Giorgio Francia 1977 · 1	Brabham	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Boy Hayje 1976 · 1	Penske	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Dave Morgan 1975 · 1	Surtees	1	10	10	Q10R10	–
Ronnie Peterson 1975 · 1	Lotus	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Carlo Facetti 1974 · 1	Brabham	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Eppie Wietzes 1974 · 1	Brabham	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Helmuth Koinigg 1974 · 1	Brabham	1	10	00	Q10R00	100%
Lella Lombardi 1974 · 1	Brabham	1	10	00	Q10R00	–
Teddy Pilette 1974 · 1	Brabham	1	10	10	Q10R10	–
Andrea de Adamich 1973 · 1	Brabham	1	01	00	Q01R00	–