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🇬🇧 John Watson
Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, McLaren.
Driver facts
Full name
John Watson
Born
4 May 1946(b. 1946)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
McLaren
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
5
Career podiums
20
Career starts
152
Career DNFs
62
Racer Rating
6,238
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,238Rank 112 of 40,700 indexed, -339 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
John Watson is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Watson has recorded 5 wins and 20 podiums from 152 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,238 ranks Watson 112th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1985 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1985-10-06 | Brands Hatch | P7 | +57 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +146 | Kyalami 1978 | Formula 1 | P3 |
| +142 | Paul Ricard 1976 | Formula 1 | P3 |
| +137 | Red Bull Ring 1976 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +135 | Dijon-Prenois 1977 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +133 | Brands Hatch 1978 | Formula 1 | P3 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Red Bull Ring10 starts+30
Silverstone6 starts+30
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve6 starts+23
Watkins Glen International8 starts+13
Struggles
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez7 starts-24
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza8 starts-22
Zandvoort10 starts-18
Scandinavian Raceway5 starts-17
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +57 | 6,577 |
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 | P6 | −434 | 6,520 |
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 39 | P2 | +56 | 6,954 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 27 | P6 | +483 | 6,898 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | P10 | −224 | 6,415 |
| 1979 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | P9 | +266 | 6,639 |
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 25 | P6 | +520 | 6,373 |
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | P12 | −529 | 5,853 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Penske | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 | P7 | +380 | 6,381 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | Penske | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −197 | 6,002 |
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | P13 | +369 | 6,198 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +4,479 | 5,829 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Watson finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 6,099 | 135 | 67 | 68 | 50% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier | 4,698 | 124 | 76 | 48 | 61% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 6,552 | 121 | 50 | 71 | 41% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 6,274 | 117 | 46 | 71 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti | 6,053 | 107 | 58 | 49 | 54% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 6,391 | 106 | 31 | 75 | 29% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 6,098 | 104 | 52 | 52 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 5,823 | 103 | 52 | 51 | 50% |
| 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | 5,869 | 97 | 44 | 53 | 45% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze | 6,417 | 96 | 62 | 34 | 65% |
| 🇫🇷 Alain ProstHigher-rated, 4× champion | 6,802 | 57 | 25 | 32 | 44% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,711 | 77 | 41 | 36 | 53% |
| 🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion | 6,669 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Harvick | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,257 |
| 103 | 🇧🇪 Charles Weerts | GT World Challenge Europe | 6,256 |
| 104 | 🇫🇷 Didier Pironi | Formula 1 | 6,256 |
| 105 | 🇺🇸 Will Power | IndyCar | 6,256 |
| 106 | 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari | Formula 1 | 6,252 |
| 107 | 🇬🇧 Jake Dennis | Formula E | 6,252 |
| 108 | 🇦🇺 Jamie Whincup | Supercars Championship | 6,252 |
| 109 | 🇳🇿 Brendon Hartley | WEC | 6,251 |
| 110 | 🇸🇪 Marcus Ericsson | IndyCar | 6,243 |
| 111 | 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | Formula 1 | 6,242 |
| 112 | 🇬🇧 John Watson | Formula 1 | 6,238 |
| 113 | 🇮🇹 Luigi Fagioli | Formula 1 | 6,237 |
| 114 | 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon | Formula 1 | 6,236 |
| 115 | 🇫🇷 Jean-Eric Vergne | Formula E | 6,227 |
| 116 | 🇺🇸 Peter Revson | Formula 1 | 6,225 |
| 117 | 🇲🇽 Pedro Rodríguez | Formula 1 | 6,222 |
| 118 | 🇯🇵 Kakunoshin Ohta | Super GT | 6,216 |
| 119 | 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu | Formula 2 | 6,213 |
| 120 | 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | Formula 1 | 6,212 |
| 121 | 🇯🇵 Felix Rosenqvist | IndyCar | 6,209 |
| 122 | 🇺🇸 Clint Bowyer | NASCAR Truck | 6,206 |
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