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- Schedule
- Season results
- World Endurance Championship of Drivers Results
- World Endurance Championship of Makes Results Over 2000 cc Under 2000 cc
- References
- Further reading
- External links
{{Motorsport season | series = World Sportscar Championship | year = 1981 }}The 1981 World Sportscar Championship season was the 29th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1981 FIA World Endurance Championship which was contested over a fifteen race series which ran from 31 January to 27 September.[1] The former World Challenge for Endurance Drivers was renamed to the World Endurance Championship of Drivers for 1981 and the World Championship of Makes was renamed to the World Endurance Championship of Makes. Bob Garretson won the World Endurance Championship of Drivers and Lancia was awarded the World Endurance Championship of Makes.[1] ScheduleWorld Endurance Championship of Drivers was contested over all fifteen races however only six of the races counted towards the World Endurance Championship of Makes.[1] Drivers Rd. | Makes Rd. | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | 1 | USA}} 24 Hours Pepsi Challenge | Daytona International Speedway | 31 January 1 February |
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2 | - | USA}} Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | 21 March |
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3 | - | ITA}} Mugello 6 Hours | Mugello Circuit | 12 April |
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4 | 2 | ITA}} 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 26 April |
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5 | - | USA}} Los Angeles Times Toyota Grand Prix (6 Hours) | Riverside International Raceway | 26 April |
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6 | 3 | GBR}} Silverstone 6 Hours | Silverstone Circuit | 10 May |
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7 | 4 | DEU}} 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 24 May |
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8 | 5 | FRA}} 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 13 June 14 June |
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9 | - | ITA}} Coppa Florio (6 Hours) | Autodromo di Pergusa | 28 June |
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10 | - | USA}} 6 Hours of Daytona Champion Spark Plug Challenge | Daytona International Speedway | 2 July |
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11 | 6 | USA}} 6 Hours of Watkins Glen | Watkins Glen International | 12 July |
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12 | - | BEL}} 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 26 July 27 July |
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13 | - | CAN}} Molson 1000 Kilometres (6 Hours) | Mosport Park | 16 August |
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14 | - | USA}} Pabst 500 Miles | Road America | 23 August |
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15 | - | GBR}} Flying Tigers 1000 Kilometres | Brands Hatch | 27 September |
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Season resultsAlthough various classes of cars contested the championship races, only the overall race winners are listed in the table below. Rnd | Circuit | Overall Winning Team | Results |
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Overall Winning Drivers |
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Overall Winning Car |
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1 | Daytona | {{flagicon>USA}} #9 Garretson Racing | Results |
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USA}} Bob Garretson {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Rahal {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Redman | Porsche 935 | 2 | Sebring | {{flagicon>USA}} #86 Bayside Disposal Racing | Results |
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USA}} Al Holbert {{flagicon|USA}} Hurley Haywood {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Leven | Porsche 935 | 3 | Mugello | {{flagicon>ITA}} #14 Osella Squadra Corse | Results |
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ITA}} Giorgio Francia {{flagicon|ITA}} Lella Lombardi | Osella PA9 BMW | 4 | Monza | {{flagicon>DEU}} #3 Weralit Racing Team | Results |
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DEU}} Edgar Dören {{flagicon|DEU}} Jürgen Lässig {{flagicon|DEU}} Gerhard Holup | Porsche 935 | 5 | Riverside | {{flagicon>GBR}} #1 John Fitzpatrick Racing | Results |
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GBR}} John Fitzpatrick {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Busby | Porsche 935 K3 | 6 | Silverstone | {{flagicon>DEU}} #22 Vegla Racing Team | Results |
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DEU}} Harald Grohs {{flagicon|DEU}} Walter Röhrl {{flagicon|DEU}} Dieter Schornstein | Porsche 935 | 7 | Nürburgring | {{flagicon>DEU}} #12 GS Tuning | Results |
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DEU}} Hans-Joachim Stuck {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet | BMW M1 | 8 | La Sarthe | {{flagicon>DEU}} #11 Porsche System | Results |
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BEL}} Jacky Ickx {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Bell | Porsche 936/81 | 9 | Pergusa | {{flagicon>GBR}} #3 Grid Team Lola | Results |
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GBR}} Guy Edwards {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Emilio de Villota | Lola T600 Ford Cosworth DFV | 10 | Daytona | {{flagicon>USA}} #38 Mandeville Racing | Results |
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USA}} Roger Mandeville {{flagicon|USA}} Amos Johnson | Mazda RX-7 | 11 | Watkins Glen | {{flagicon>ITA}} #1 Martini Racing | Results |
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ITA}} Riccardo Patrese {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Alboreto | Lancia Beta Montecarlo | 12 | Spa | {{flagicon>GBR}} #40 Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Results |
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GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw {{flagicon|BEL}} Pierre Dieudonné | Mazda RX-7 | 13 | Mosport | {{flagicon>DEU}} #3 Andial Meister Racing | Results |
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DEU}} Harald Grohs {{flagicon|DEU}} Rolf Stommelen | Porsche 935 | 14 | Road America | {{flagicon>DEU}} #3 Andial Meister Racing | Results |
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DEU}} Harald Grohs {{flagicon|DEU}} Rolf Stommelen | Porsche 935 | 15 | Brands Hatch | {{flagicon>GBR}} #3 Banco Occidental Ultramar Lola | Results |
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GBR}} Guy Edwards {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Emilio de Villota | Lola T600 Ford Cosworth DFL |
- The 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix and the Road America 500 were also rounds of the 1981 IMSA GT Championship.
- The 6 Hours of Daytona was restricted to Racing Stock class cars [2] (i.e. IMSA RS).[5]
- The 24 Hours of Spa was restricted to Belgian Touring Cars [3] (i.e. Group 1).[5]
World Endurance Championship of DriversThe World Endurance Championship of Drivers was open to FIA Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Group C and GTP cars and to IMSA GTX, IMSA GTP, IMSA AAGT, IMSA GTO, IMSA GTU and IMSA RS cars.[4] Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first twenty overall finishers at each round.[4] Bonus points were also awarded as follows:[4] - 0 points for Category 1 (Group 6 over 2 litres)
- 1 point for Category 2 (Group 5 over 2 litres, GTP over 2 litres, Group C over 2 litres, IMSA GTX over 2 litres, IMSA GTP over 2 litres, IMSA AAGT)
- 2 points for Category 3 (Group 6 under 2 litres, Group 5 under 2 litres, Group 4 under 2 litres, IMSA GTO, IMSA GTX under 2 litres)
- 3 points for Category 4 (GTP under 2 litres, Group 2 over 2 litres, IMSA GTU, Group C under 2 litres)
- 4 points for Category 5 (Group 4 under 2 litres, Group 1 over 2 litres)
- 5 points for Category 6 (Group 2 under 2 litres, Group 1 under 2 litres, IMSA RS)
Only half points were awarded at the shortened Nurbugring round.[4] All points scored were retained towards the championship totals.[4] Resultsgenerated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>>Position [5] | Driver [5] | Car [6] | Points [5] | 1 | Bob Garretson | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 127 | 2 | Harald Grohs | Porsche 935 & 935 K3 | 116.5 | 3 | Bobby Rahal | Porsche 935 K3 & 935/78-81 | 109 | 4 | Edgar Dören | Porsche 935 K3 & Porsche 935 | 107.5 | 5 | Giorgio Francia | Osella PA9 BMW | 101 | = | Lella Lombardi | Osella PA9 BMW | 101 | 7 | Derek Bell | BMW M1 & Porsche 935 | 96 | 8 | Bob Akin | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 84 | 9 | Jim Busby | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 81 | 10 | Brian Redman | Porsche 935 K3 & Lola T600 | 80 | 11 | John C Cooper | Porsche 935 K3 & Chevrolet Camaro | 73.5 | 12 | John Fitzpatrick | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 71 | 13 | Dudley Wood | Porsche 935 K3 | 67 | 14 | Hurley Haywood | Porsche 935 & Mazda RX-3 | 65 | 15 | Lee Mueller | Mazda RX-7 | 63 | 16 | Rolf Stommelen | Porsche 935 K3 | 60 | = | Walt Bohren | Mazda RX-7 | 60 | 18 | Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 935 K3 & BMW M1 | 56.5 | = | Dieter Schornstein | Porsche 935 | 56.5 | 20 | Ralph Kent Cooke | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 54 | 21 | Marion L Speer | Mazda RX-7 & Porsche 914/6 | 53 | = | Emilio de Villota | Lola T600 Ford | 53 | = | Bill Whittington | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 53 | = | Guy Edwards | Lola T600 Ford | 53 | 25 | Roger Mandeville | Mazda RX-7, Mazda RX-3 | 52 | = | Amos Johnson | Mazda RX-7, Mazda RX-3 | 52 | 27 | Jacques Guerin | Porsche 935 & BMW 530i | 50 | 28 | Luigi Moreschi | Osella PA9 BMW | 49 | = | Carlo Franchi | Osella PA9 BMW | 49 | 30 | Jim Downing | Mazda RX-7, Mazda RX-3 | 46 | 31 | Richard Lloyd | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | 45 | = | Frank Carney | Datsun ZX & Datsun 280ZX | 45 | = | Dick Davenport | Datsun ZX & Datsun 280ZX | 45 | 34 | Siegfried Brunn | Porsche 908/3 & Porsche Carrera | 44 | = | Eddie Jordan | Porsche 908/3 & BMW M1 | 44 | 36 | Pete Smith | Porsche Carrera & BMW M1 | 43 | = | Chuck Kendall | Porsche Carrera & BMW M1 | 43 | 38 | David Hobbs | BMW M1 & March 81P | 42 | 39 | Jean-Claude Andruet | Ferrari 512 BB/LM & BMW 530i | 41 | = | Gianpiero Moretti | Porsche 935/78-81 | 41 | = | Tom Walkinshaw | Mazda RX-7 | 41 | 42 | Ray Ratcliff | Porsche 914/6 & Mazda RX-7 | 40.5 | 43 | Tony Garcia | BMW M1 & Porsche Carrera | 40 | = | Hiram Cruz | BMW M1 & Porsche Carrera | 40 | = | Albert Naon | BMW M1 & Porsche Carrera | 40 | 46 | Dirk Vermeersch | Mazda RX-7 & BMW 530i | 39 | = | Eddy Joosen | Mazda RX-7 & BMW 530i | 39 | 48 | Pierre Dieudonné | Mazda RX-7 & Ferrari 512 BB/LM | 38 | = | Roy Woods | Porsche 935 K3 & 935 | 38 | = | Bruce Leven | Porsche 935 | 38 | A total of 371 drivers scored points in the 1981 World Endurance Championship of Drivers.[5] World Endurance Championship of MakesThe World Endurance Championship of Makes was open FIA Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4 and Group 5 cars and to IMSA GTX cars.[4] Cars from all eligible groups were combined, and then divided into two Divisions based on engine capacity.[4] Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten places in each Division at each race.[7] Only the best placed car of each make in each division at each race was eligible to score points.[4] Cars from groups not included in the championship (e.g. FIA Group 6 cars) were disregarded when assessing divisional positions for championship purposes. Only half points were awarded for the shortened Nurburgring race.[4] The best five round results could be retained by each make.[4] ResultsThe overall World Endurance Championship of Makes title was won by Lancia.[1] Although both Lancia and Porsche scored 100 points from their best five class results, Lancia was awarded the title based on its six divisional victories against the five scored by Porsche .[1] Over 2000 cc Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
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1 | DEU}} Porsche | 20 | 20 | 20 | (7.5) | 20 | 20 | 100 |
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2 | DEU}} BMW | 8 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 52 |
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3 | ITA}} Ferrari | 3 | 15 | 15 |
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4 | ITA}} Lancia | 6 | 6 |
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5 | GBR}} Morgan | 2 | 2 |
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Under 2000 cc Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
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1 | ITA}} Lancia | 20 | 20 | 20 | (10) | 20 | 20 | 100 |
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2 | DEU}} BMW | 15 | 7.5 | 22.5 |
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3 | DEU}} Opel | 5 | 5 |
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4 | USA}} Ford | 4 | 4 |
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5 | JPN}} Toyota | 2 | 2 |
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6 | ITA}} Alfa Romeo | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 Results, World Endurance Championship of Drivers / World Endurance Championship of Makes, Autocourse, 1981/82, pages 247 & 248 2. ^János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1325 3. ^János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1330 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Endurance Racing Supplement, page 8, Autosport, December 1981 5. ^1 2 3 János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1342 6. ^World Championship - final positions and tables, www.classicscars.com Retrieved on 27 January 2013 7. ^Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
Further reading- {{cite book | title = Automobile Year, 1981/1982 | year = 1982}}
External links- 1981 World Endurance Championship Race Results
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