1981 Virtual F1 Season

All information on this page is not part of canon. For the canon 1981 F1 season, please visit 1981 rFactor Alternate Formula One season.

1981 Virtual F1
Previous: 1980	Next: 1982

The 1981 Formula One season is the sixth season of Pi314159's alternate Formula 1. For this season, new chassis and engine regulations were introduced, and new teams Toleman and Theodore joined the series.

Nelson Piquet won his first championship title, and Shadow became constructors' champions for the first time.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Aspiration	Tyres	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	M30	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		0	John Watson	4-16
						1	James Hunt	1-3
						2	Tom Pryce	All
Candy Tyrrell Racing Team	Tyrrell	011	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	All
						4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
Team Denim Lotus	Lotus	87	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	Turbo		5	Niki Lauda	All
						6	Chico Serra	1-11
							Jochen Mass	12-16
TAG Racing Team	Brabham	BT50	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		7	Keke Rosberg	All
						8	Stefan Johansson	All
Parmalat Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	A4	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		9	Jacques Laffite	All
						10	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
Scuderia Ferrari SpA Beta	Ferrari	126CK	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		11	Gilles Villeneuve	All
						12	Mario Andretti	All
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS17	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		14	Didier Pironi	All
						15	Alan Jones	All
Elf Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN12	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		16	Nelson Piquet	All
						17	Jody Scheckter	All
Skol Ensign Racing	Ensign	N181	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		18	Carlos Reutemann	All
						19	Jo Gartner	1-8
							Manfred Winkelhock	9-16
Rothmans Theodore Racing Team	Theodore	TY01	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	Turbo		20	Arie Luyendyk	All
Talbot Toleman Motorsport	Toleman	TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 I4t	Turbo		22	Patrick Tambay	All
						23	Jacky Ickx	16
Williams Racing Team	Williams	FW07C	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		24	Elio de Angelis	All
						25	Thierry Boutsen	All
Team Surtees	Surtees	TS22	BRM P204 1.5 V6t	Turbo		26	Brian Henton	1-13
						27	Siegfried Stohr	1-13
Guinness Boro	Boro	005	BMW M12/13 1.5 I4t	Turbo		28	René Arnoux	All
						29	Johnny Cecotto	1-3
							Michele Alboreto	4-7,13
							Roberto Guerrero	8-9
							Christian Danner	10
							Bruno Giacomelli	11-12
							Jacques Villeneuve	14-15
							Michel Jourdain	16
Essex Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1B	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		30	Riccardo Patrese	All
						31	Ronnie Peterson	All
Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	181	Alfa Romeo 681T 1.5 V6t	Turbo		32	Nigel Mansell	All
						33	Satoru Nakajima	1-5,16
							Slim Borgudd	6-10
							Mauro Baldi	11-15
Saudia ATS Wolf	ATS Wolf	D4	BRM P204 1.5 V6t	Turbo		34	Huub Rothengatter	1-4,13-16
							Patrick Nève	5-8
							Teddy Pilette	9
							Hans Heyer	10
							Boy Hayje	11-12
						35	Brett Lunger	1, 14-15
							Piercarlo Ghinzani	2-3, 6-9, 11, 16
							Gianfranco Brancatelli	4, 13
							Michael Bleekemolen	5, 10, 12
Equipe Renault	Renault	RE30	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		36	Danny Ongais	1-5
							Eliseo Salazar	6-13
							Mike Thackwell	14-16
						37	Alain Prost	All
Ragno March Grand Prix Team	March	811	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	Turbo		38	Derek Warwick	All
						39	Teo Fabi	All
Warsteiner Team Rebaque	Rebaque	HR102	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		40	Andrea de Cesaris	All
						41	Clay Regazzoni	All
JPS Project Four Racing	Project Four	JP4/2	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		42	Derek Daly	All
						43	Kevin Cogan	1-13
							Danny Ongais	14-16
Scuderia Dywa	Dywa	010	BRM P204 1.5 V6t	Turbo		44	Beppe Gabbiani	13-16

Season Calendar

Testing

Circuit	Fastest driver	Fastest team	Lap time
Imola	Jacques Laffite	Arrows-Renault	1:32.226
Jarama	Tom Pryce	McLaren-Matra	1:13.322
Paul Ricard	Keke Rosberg	Brabham-Matra	1:35.506
Sebring	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ferrari	2:04.411

Grands Prix

	Race	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	Didier Pironi	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Shadow-Ferrari
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Didier Pironi	James Hunt	McLaren-Matra
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Didier Pironi	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Brabham-Matra
4	San Marino Grand Prix	Imola	Jody Scheckter	Keke Rosberg	Keke Rosberg	Brabham-Matra
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Zolder	Tom Pryce	Tom Pryce	Jacques Laffite	Arrows-Renault
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Arrows-Renault
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Nelson Piquet	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
8	French Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois	Emerson Fittipaldi	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Shadow-Ferrari
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Nelson Piquet	Jody Scheckter	Keke Rosberg	Brabham-Matra
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Nelson Piquet	Jody Scheckter	Keke Rosberg	Brabham-Matra
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Österreichring	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Shadow-Ferrari
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort	Jody Scheckter	Niki Lauda	Emerson Fittipaldi	Arrows-Renault
13	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Jody Scheckter	Nelson Piquet	Jody Scheckter	Shadow-Ferrari
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Jody Scheckter	Shadow-Ferrari
15	United States Grand Prix East	Sebring	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Shadow-Ferrari
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Nelson Piquet	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Arrows-Renault

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	JPN	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	2	1	Ret	58
2	Keke Rosberg	Ret	2	2	1	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	5	Ret	Ret	3	5	7†	55
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	17†	2	8	1	Ret	Ret	2	1	54
4	Jody Scheckter	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	35
5	Stefan Johansson	6	Ret	1	6	5	6	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	3	32
6	Niki Lauda	2	Ret	5	10	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	5	Ret	Ret	26
7	Jacques Laffite	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	WD	Ret	11†	Ret	24
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1	8	Ret	3	6	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
9	Tom Pryce	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10†	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	4	15
10	James Hunt	3	1	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	13
11	John Watson				Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	8	2	13
12	Mario Andretti	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	3	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	9	5	12
13	Elio de Angelis	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	15†	9	Ret	Ret	9
14	Alan Jones	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	7	Ret	7†	8	5	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	6	8
15	Chico Serra	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	9						6
16	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	4	9	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	10	11	13	Ret	5
17	Jochen Mass												4	Ret	7	6	Ret	4
18	Didier Pironi	Ret	11†	Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	7	6	7	Ret	3
19	Derek Daly	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
20	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	14	6	11	11	9	12	Ret	12	13	12	9	3
21	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	2
22	Kevin Cogan	9	8	Ret	Ret	6	10	Ret	12	Ret	14	18	8	DNQ	INJ	INJ	INJ	1
23	Patrick Tambay	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	15	7	13	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12†	0
24	Clay Regazzoni	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	9	13	15	Ret	11	14	Ret	Ret	0
25	Jo Gartner	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret									0
26	Thierry Boutsen	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	8	11	Ret	Ret	10	16	Ret	0
27	Andrea de Cesaris	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNQ	8	13	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	0
28	Arie Luyendyk	Ret	12†	12	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	15†	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	0
29	Jacky Ickx																8	0
30	Teo Fabi	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	19	13	0
31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16†	Ret	17	DNQ	13	DNQ	17	DNQ	0
32	Manfred Winkelhock									Ret	10	16	Ret	Ret	15	15	Ret	0
33	René Arnoux	11	DNPQ	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	17	20	Ret	0
34	Michele Alboreto				DNPQ	Ret	11	Ret						Ret				0
35	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	15	14	DNQ	Ret	16	Ret	DNQ	0
36	Derek Warwick	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	16	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	0
37	Bruno Giacomelli											19	Ret					0
	Danny Ongais	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ									Ret	Ret	DNQ
	Johnny Cecotto	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret
	Jacques Villeneuve														DNQ	Ret
	Christian Danner										Ret
	Alain Prost	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Nigel Mansell	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Eliseo Salazar						DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Satoru Nakajima	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ											DNPQ
	Mike Thackwell														DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Roberto Guerrero								DNQ	DNQ
	Piercarlo Ghinzani		DNPQ	DNPQ			DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNQ					DNPQ
	Huub Rothengatter	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ										DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Slim Borgudd						DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
	Mauro Baldi											DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
	Michael Bleekemolen				DNPQ	DNPQ					DNQ		DNPQ
	Beppe Gabianni													DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Brett Lunger	DNPQ													DNPQ	DNQ
	Hans Heyer										DNQ
	Michel Jourdain																DNQ
	Brian Henton	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Siegfried Stohr	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Patrick Nève				DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Gianfranco Brancatelli				DNPQ									DNPQ
	Boy Hayje											DNPQ	DNPQ
	Teddy Pilette									DNPQ

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Team	#	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	JPN	Points
1	Shadow-Ferrari	16	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	2	1	Ret	93
		17	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret
2	Brabham-Matra	7	Ret	2	2	1	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	5	Ret	Ret	3	5	7†	87
		8	6	Ret	1	6	5	6	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	3
3	Arrows-Renault	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	WD	Ret	11†	Ret	78
		10	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	17†	2	8	1	Ret	Ret	2	1
4	McLaren-Matra	1/0	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	8	2	43
		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10†	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	4
5	Lotus-Cosworth	5	2	Ret	5	10	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	5	Ret	Ret	36
		6	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	9	4	Ret	7	6	Ret
6	Ferrari	11	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1	8	Ret	3	6	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	31
		12	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	3	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	9	5
7	Ligier-Ferrari	14	Ret	11†	Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	7	6	7	Ret	11
		15	Ret	Ret	3	8	Ret	7	Ret	7	8	5	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	6
8	Williams-Renault	24	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	15†	9	Ret	Ret	9
		25	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	8	11	Ret	Ret	10	16	Ret
9	Osella-Ferrari	30	Ret	4	9	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	10	11	13	Ret	7
		31	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	14	Ret
10	Project Four-Matra	42	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
		43	9	8	Ret	Ret	6	10	Ret	12	Ret	14	18	8	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ
11	Ensign-Ferrari	18	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	14	6	11	11	9	12	Ret	12	13	12	9	3
		19	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	16	Ret	Ret	15	15	Ret
12	Toleman-Hart	22	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	15	7	13	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12†	0
		23																8
13	Rebaque-Renault	40	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	13	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	0
		41	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	DNQ	7	Ret	9	13	15	Ret	11	14	Ret	Ret
14	Theodore-Cosworth	20	Ret	12†	12	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	15†	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	0
15	March-Cosworth	38	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	16	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	0
		39	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	19	13
16	Tyrrell-Matra	3	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	15	14	DNQ	Ret	16	Ret	DNQ	0
		4	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16†	Ret	17	DNQ	13	DNQ	17	DNQ
17	Boro-BMW	28	11	DNPQ	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	17	20	Ret	0
		29	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	11	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ
	Renault	36	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
		37	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alfa Romeo	32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
		33	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	ATS Wolf-BRM	34	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
		35	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Dywa-BRM	44													DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Surtees-BRM	26	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
		27	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ