1981 Virtual F1 Season

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1981 Virtual F1
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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.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Aspiration	Tyres	#	Race Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	M30	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		0	John Watson	4-
						1	James Hunt	1-3
						2	Tom Pryce	1-
Candy Tyrrell Racing Team	Tyrrell	011	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1-
						4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1-
Team Denim Lotus	Lotus	87	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	Turbo		5	Niki Lauda	1-
						6	Chico Serra	1-11
							Jochen Mass	12-
TAG Racing Team	Brabham	BT50	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		7	Keke Rosberg	1-
						8	Stefan Johansson	1-
Parmalat Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	A4	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		9	Jacques Laffite	1-
						10	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-
Scuderia Ferrari SpA Beta	Ferrari	126CK	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		11	Gilles Villeneuve	1-
						12	Mario Andretti	1-
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS17	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		14	Didier Pironi	1-
						15	Alan Jones	1-
Elf Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN12	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		16	Nelson Piquet	1-
						17	Jody Scheckter	1-
Skol Ensign Racing	Ensign	N181	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Turbo		18	Carlos Reutemann	1-
						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	1-
Talbot Toleman Motorsport	Toleman	TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 I4t	Turbo		22	Patrick Tambay	1-
Williams Racing Team	Williams	FW07C	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		24	Elio de Angelis	1-
						25	Thierry Boutsen	1-
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	1-
						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	1-
						31	Ronnie Peterson	1-
Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	181	Alfa Romeo 681T 1.5 V6t	Turbo		32	Nigel Mansell	1-
						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	1-
Ragno March Grand Prix Team	March	811	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	Turbo		38	Derek Warwick	1-
						39	Teo Fabi	1-
Warsteiner Team Rebaque	Rebaque	HR102	Renault-Alpine EF3 1.5 V6t	Turbo		40	Andrea de Cesaris	1-
						41	Clay Regazzoni	1-
JPS Project Four Racing	Project Four	JP4/2	Matra MS81 1.5 V6t	Turbo		42	Derek Daly	1-
						43	Kevin Cogan	1-13
							Danny Ongais	14
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
15	United States Grand Prix East	Sebring
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	JPN	Points
1	Keke Rosberg	Ret	2	2	1	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	5	Ret	Ret				49
2	Nelson Piquet	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	2				43
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	17†	2	8	1	Ret				39
4	Jody Scheckter	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	2	Ret	1				26
5	Stefan Johansson	6	Ret	1	6	5	6	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3				25
6	Jacques Laffite	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	WD				24
7	Niki Lauda	2	Ret	5	10	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	4				24
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1	8	Ret	3	6	3	8				19
9	James Hunt	3	1	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	13
10	Mario Andretti	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	3	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5				10
11	Elio de Angelis	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	15†				9
12	Alan Jones	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	7	Ret	7†	8	5	Ret	Ret	6				7
13	John Watson				Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9				7
14	Chico Serra	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	9						6
15	Tom Pryce	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10†	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				5
16	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	4	9	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	10				5
17	Jochen Mass												4	Ret				3
18	Derek Daly	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	7	Ret				3
19	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	14	6	11	11	9	12	Ret	12				3
20	Didier Pironi	Ret	11†	Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	7				2
21	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	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				0
24	Clay Regazzoni	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	9	13	15	Ret	11				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				0
27	Andrea de Cesaris	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNQ	8	13	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret				0
28	Arie Luyendyk	Ret	12†	12	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	15†	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
29	Teo Fabi	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14				0
30	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16†	Ret	17	DNQ	13				0
31	Manfred Winkelhock									Ret	10	16	Ret	Ret				0
32	René Arnoux	11	DNPQ	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
33	Michele Alboreto				DNPQ	Ret	11	Ret						Ret				0
34	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	15	14	DNQ	Ret				0
35	Derek Warwick	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	16	Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
	Johnny Cecotto	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret
	Christian Danner										Ret
	Bruno Giacomelli												Ret
	Alain Prost	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Nigel Mansell	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Eliseo Salazar						DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Satoru Nakajima	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Danny Ongais	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
	Slim Borgudd						DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
	Michael Bleekemolen				DNPQ	DNPQ					DNQ		DNPQ
	Roberto Guerrero								DNQ	DNQ
	Piercarlo Ghinzani		DNPQ	DNPQ			DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNQ
	Hans Heyer										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
	Huub Rothengatter	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ										DNPQ
	Mauro Baldi											DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Gianfranco Brancatelli				DNPQ									DNPQ
	Boy Hayje											DNPQ	DNPQ
	Brett Lunger	DNPQ
	Teddy Pilette									DNPQ
	Beppe Gabianni													DNPQ

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Team	#	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	JPN	Points
1	Brabham-Matra	7	Ret	2	2	1	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	5	Ret	Ret				74
		8	6	Ret	1	6	5	6	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
2	Shadow-Ferrari	16	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	2				69
		17	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	2	Ret	1
3	Arrows-Renault	9	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	WD				63
		10	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	Ret	2	17†	2	8	1	Ret
4	Lotus-Cosworth	5	2	Ret	5	10	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	4				33
		6	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	9	4	Ret
5	Ferrari	11	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1	8	Ret	3	6	3	8				29
		12	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	3	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5
6	McLaren-Matra	1/0	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9				25
		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10†	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
7	Williams-Renault	24	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	15†				9
		25	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	8	11	Ret	Ret
8	Ligier-Ferrari	14	Ret	11†	Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	7				9
		15	Ret	Ret	3	8	Ret	7	Ret	7	8	5	Ret	Ret	6
9	Osella-Ferrari	30	Ret	4	9	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	10				7
		31	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret
10	Project Four-Matra	42	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	7	Ret				4
		43	9	8	Ret	Ret	6	10	Ret	12	Ret	14	18	8	DNQ
11	Ensign-Ferrari	18	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	14	6	11	11	9	12	Ret	12				3
		19	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	16	Ret	Ret
12	Toleman-Hart	22	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	15	7	13	Ret	Ret				0
13	Rebaque-Renault	40	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	13	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret				0
		41	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	DNQ	7	Ret	9	13	15	Ret	11
14	Theodore-Cosworth	20	Ret	12†	12	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	15†	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
15	March-Cosworth	38	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	16	Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
		39	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	14
16	Tyrrell-Matra	3	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	15	14	DNQ	Ret				0
		4	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16†	Ret	17	DNQ	13
17	Boro-BMW	28	11	DNPQ	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
		29	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	11	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	19	Ret	Ret
	Renault	36	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
		37	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alfa Romeo	32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
		33	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	ATS Wolf-BRM	34	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
		35	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	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
Dywa-BRM	44													DNPQ