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-
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-
						27	Siegfried Stohr	1-
Guinness Boro	Boro	005	BMW M12/13 1.5 I4t	Turbo		28	René Arnoux	1-
						29	Johnny Cecotto	1-3
							Michele Alboreto	4-5
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 Ongias	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-

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
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama
8	French Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Österreichring
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort
13	Italian Grand Prix	Monza
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Montreal
15	United States Grand Prix East	TBA
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													21
2	Nelson Piquet	1	Ret	Ret	3													13
3	James Hunt	3	1	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	13
4	Stefan Johansson	6	Ret	1	6													11
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ret	Ret	4	2													9
6	Niki Lauda	2	Ret	5	10													8
7	Alan Jones	Ret	Ret	3	7													4
8	Mario Andretti	Ret	3	Ret	Ret													4
9	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	4	9	Ret													3
10	Jacques Laffite	4	Ret	Ret	Ret													3
11	Jody Scheckter	Ret	Ret	Ret	4													3
12	Chico Serra	5	Ret	8	Ret													2
13	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	5	Ret	11													2
14	Tom Pryce	Ret	Ret	Ret	5													2
15	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	6	9													1
16	Derek Daly	10	6	10	Ret													1
17	Didier Pironi	Ret	11†	Ret	7													0
18	Patrick Tambay	7	Ret	11	Ret													0
19	Jo Gartner	Ret	7	Ret	Ret													0
20	Elio de Angelis	Ret	Ret	7	Ret													0
21	Kevin Cogan	9	8	Ret	Ret													0
22	Thierry Boutsen	8	Ret	Ret	Ret													0
23	Teo Fabi	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ													0
24	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNQ	10	DNQ	13													0
25	René Arnoux	11	DNPQ	14†	Ret													0
26	Arie Luyendyk	Ret	12†	12	DNPQ													0
27	Andrea de Cesaris	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12													0
28	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret													0
	Clay Regazzoni	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret
	Derek Warwick	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ
	Johnny Cecotto	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret
	Nigel Mansell	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Satoru Nakajima	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alain Prost	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Danny Ongais	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Brian Henton	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Siegfried Stohr	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Huub Rothengatter	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Piercarlo Ghinzani		DNPQ	DNPQ
	Brett Lunger	DNPQ
	Michele Alboreto				DNPQ
	Michael Bleekemolen				DNPQ
	Patrick Nève				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														20
		8	6	Ret	1
2	McLaren-Matra	0/1	3	1	Ret														13
		2	Ret	Ret	Ret
3	Shadow-Ferrari	16	1	Ret	Ret														9
		17	Ret	Ret	Ret
4	Lotus-Cosworth	5	2	Ret	5														8
		6	5	Ret	8
5	Arrows-Renault	9	4	Ret	Ret														6
		10	Ret	Ret	4
6	Ferrari	11	Ret	Ret	6														5
		12	Ret	3	Ret
7	Ligier-Ferrari	14	Ret	11†	Ret														4
		15	Ret	Ret	3
8	Osella-Ferrari	30	Ret	4	9														3
		31	Ret	Ret	13†
9	Ensign-Ferrari	18	Ret	5	Ret														2
		19	Ret	7	Ret
10	Project Four-Matra	42	10	6	10														1
		43	9	8	Ret
11	Williams-Renault	24	Ret	Ret	7														0
		25	Ret	8	Ret
12	Toleman-Hart	22	7	Ret	11														0
13	March-Cosworth	38	DNQ	DNQ	Ret														0
		39	Ret	9	DNQ
14	Tyrrell-Matra	3	DNQ	DNQ	Ret														0
		4	DNQ	10	DNQ
15	Boro-BMW	28	11	DNPQ	14†														0
		29	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret
16	Theodore-Cosworth	20	Ret	12†	12														0
	Rebaque-Renault	40	DNPQ	Ret	Ret
		41	DNPQ	Ret	Ret
	Alfa Romeo	32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
		33	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Renault	36	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ
		37	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ
	ATS Wolf-BRM	34	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
		35	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Surtees-BRM	26	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
		27	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ