John Blunsden of The Times described the win as "one of the most telling examples of supreme driving ability", while fellow driver Patrick Tambay described the race as a nightmare, as it was "very, very flooded everywhere, the cloud ceiling very low and the light very poor".
John Blunsden dari The Times menggambarkan kemenangan itu sebagai "salah satu contoh paling jelas dari kemampuan mengemudi tertinggi seorang pembalap", sementara rekan sesama pembalap Patrick Tambay menggambarkan perlombaan sebagai mimpi buruk, karena "sangat, sangat banjir di mana-mana, langit-langit awan sangat rendah dan lampu sangat buruk".