1981 Elite Racing League season

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1981 Elite Racing League season
Previous: 1980 Next: 1982
Drivers Champion Manufacturers Champion
TBD TBD

The 1980 Elite Racing League season was the 22nd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.)

This year would be the second of the F1/ERL merge.


Season Review

  • The Belgian Grand Prix debuted at Circuit Zolder
  • The Brazilian Grand Prix moved to the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet for the first time.
  • The British Grand Prix returned to Silverstone after a year's absence.
  • The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was added as a replacement for the cancelled United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, the race was held at the Caesars Palace parking lot in Las Vegas. It was the first time that a race was held at Caesars Palace and was a joint F1-ERL contract.
  • The French Grand Prix moved from Circuit to Paul Ricard to Dijon-Prenois for a year in a move to see if the ERL could also strike an F1-esque deal with the track.
  • The Italian Grand Prix moved back to Monza
  • The San Marino Grand Prix was run for the first time in 1981.

South African Grand Prix controversy

Despite the ongoing dispute between the FIA and FOCA, the ERL still ran it's South Africa round as a championship event despite protests not to by team members in a politically inspired stunt to tell people that they were different to F1 - they did this by having the race two weeks after the California round.

Rnd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Constructor
1 Template:USA California Grand Prix Long Beach Street Circuit
2 Flag of South Africa svg.png South African Grand Prix Kyalami Circuit
3 Flag of Argentina svg.png Argentine Grand Prix Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
4 Flag of Brazil svg.png Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
5 Flag of San Marino svg.png San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
6 Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix Circuit Zolder
7 Flag of Monaco svg.png Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco
7 Template:FRA French Grand Prix Dijon-Prenois
8 Flag of Spain svg.png Spanish Grand Prix Circuito del Jarama
9 Template:GBR British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit
10 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Zandvoort
11 Flag of Germany svg.png German Grand Prix Hockenheimring
12 Template:AUT Austrian Grand Prix Osterreichring
13 Flag of Canada svg.png Canadian Grand Prix Ile Notre-Dame Circuit - Montreal
14 Template:USA Caesars Palace Grand Prix Caesars Palace

Teams and Drivers

Team Constructor Engine Tyres # Driver Rounds
Template:GBR Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 1 Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese All
2 Flag of Germany svg.png Jochen Mass All
Template:GBR Parmalat Racing Team Brabham-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 3 Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet All
4 Flag of Mexico svg.png Hector Rebaque All
Template:GBR Unipart Racing Team Ensign-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 5 Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni All
Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 015 3.0 F12 Template:Michelin 6 Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve All
7 Flag of South Africa svg.png Jody Scheckter All
Flag of Brazil svg.png Skol Fittipaldi Team Fittipaldi-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 8 Flag of Brazil svg.png Emerson Fittipaldi All
9 Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg All
Template:FRA Equipe Ligier Gitanes Ligier-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 10 Template:FRA Jacques Laffite All
11 Template:FRA Didier Pironi All
Template:GBR Team Essex Lotus Lotus-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 12 Template:USA Mario Andretti All
13 Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis All
Template:GBR Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 14 Template:GBR John Watson All
15 Template:FRA Alain Prost All
Flag of Italy svg.png Osella Squadra Corse Osella-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 16 Template:USA Eddie Cheever All
Template:FRA Elf Equipe Renault Renault Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6 t Template:Michelin 17 Template:FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1-12
18 Template:FRA Rene Arnoux All
Template:GBR Candy Team Tyrrell Tyrrell-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 19 Template:FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier All
20 Flag of Ireland svg.png Derek Daly All
Template:GBR Albilad Williams Racing Team Williams-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 21 Template:AUS Alan Jones All
22 Flag of Argentina svg.png Carlos Reutemann All

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis 0

Teams Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Flag of Brazil svg.png Fittipaldi-Ford 0
2 Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 0
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