1981 rFactor Alternate Formula One season

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The 1981 Formula One season will be the 32nd in the history of the championship.

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Type	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Reserve Driver	Test Drivers
John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	TBA	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	1	Alan Jones	1-		TBA
					2	Stefan Bellof	1-
Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	TBA	TBA	Turbo	3	Chico Serra	1-	TBA	TBA
					4	Eliseo Salazar	1-
Parmalat Team Datsun	Brabham	810F	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	5	Larry Perkins	1-	TBA	TBA
					6	Riccardo Patrese	1-
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS17	Matra MS81	Turbo	7	Jody Scheckter	1-	Brian Henton	TBA
					8	Eddie Cheever	1-
RAM Racing	RAM	TBA	Hart 415T	Turbo	9	Jan Lammers	1-	Andre Mignolet	Johnny Cecotto
					10	Mike Thackwell	1-
Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. SEFAC	Ferrari	126CK	Ferrari 021	Turbo	11	Jacques Laffite	1-	Patrick Tambay	TBA
					12	Gilles Villeneuve	1-
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RE30	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	15	Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler	1-	Teo Fabi	TBA
					16	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1-
Shadow Racing	Shadow	TBA	Ford Zetec XT	Turbo	17	Robert Kagan	1-	TBA	TBA
					18	Thomas Nurmester	1-
Olympus Cameras Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf	TBA	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	19	Davey Clarke	1-	Tiff Needell	TBA
					20	John Watson	1-
Candy Toleman Racing	Toleman	TBA	Honda RA3	Turbo	21	Carlos Reutemann	1-	TBA	TBA
					22	Nigel Mansell	1-
Saras Team Merzario S.p.A.	Merzario	TBA	Lamborghini V6T	Turbo	23	Mario Andretti	1-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Vittorio Brambilla
					24	Alain Prost	1-
Marlboro McLaren	McLaren	TBA	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	25	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-	TBA	TBA
					26	Derek Warwick	1-
Albilad Williams Racing Team	Williams	TBA	Honda RA3	Turbo	27	Callum McAllister	1-	Tommy Byrne	TBA
					28	Guillaume Gauthier	1-
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	TBA	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	29	Keke Rosberg	1-	Thierry Boutsen	Stefan Johansson
					30	Brendon Cassidy	1-
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	811	Renault-Gordini EF2	Turbo	31	Didier Pironi	1-	Beppe Gabbiani	TBA
					32	Valentino Nicchi	1-
Scuderia Minardi	Minardi	TBA	Honda RA3	Turbo	33	Giancarlo Martini	1-	TBA	TBA
					34	Elio de Angelis	1-
Marlboro Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	182	Alfa Romeo 1260	Turbo	35	Michele Alboreto	1-	Percival Carrington-Smythe	Abilio Diniz
					36	Frank Jelinski	1-
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1B	Alfa Romeo 1260	Turbo	37	Andrea de Cesaris	1-	Alberto Colombo	Mauro Baldi Riccardo Paletti
					38	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-
Steve Smith Racing	Steve Smith	TBA	Cosworth	N-A	39	Hope Stever	1-	TBA	TBA
Renzo Engineering	Renzo	A1	Renzo-Cosworth P1	N-A	40	Arsenio Matarazzo	1-	Antonio Bizzarri	None
Spirit Racing	Spirit	201	BMW	Turbo	41	Catalina Bertinelli	1-	Hans Heyer	TBA
					42	Dave Kennedy	1-
Rothmans Team March International	March	811	Alfa Romeo 1260	Turbo	43	Rene Arnoux	1-	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Geoff Lees
					44	Jochen Mass	1-

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	8th March	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Stefan Bellof	Lotus-Renault
2	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	22nd March
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	6th April
4	European Grand Prix	Donington Park	26th April
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3rd May
6	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	17th May
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	31st May
8	French Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois	15th June
9	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	28th June
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Osterreichring	12th July
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	26th July
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	9th August
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6th September
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Île Notre-Dame Circuit	27th September
15	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	11th October
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	25th October

Championship Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos	Driver	AUS	RSA	ARG	ENG	BEL	ESP	MON	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JAP	Pts
1	Stefan Bellof	1																10
2	Eddie Cheever	2																7
3	Thomas Nurmester	3																5
4	Larry Perkins	4																3
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	5																2
6	Brendon Cassidy	6																1
7	Alain Prost	7																0
8	Mario Andretti	8																0
9	Carlos Reutemann	9																0
10	Riccardo Patrese	10																0
11	Valentino Nicchi	11																0
12	Eliseo Salazar	12																0
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	13																0
14	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	14†																0
15	Frank Jelinski	Ret																0
16	Derek Warwick	Ret																0
17	Elio de Angelis	Ret																0
18	Keke Rosberg	Ret																0
19	Michele Alboreto	Ret																0
20	Jacques Laffite	Ret																0
21	Jody Scheckter	Ret																0
22	Guillaume Gauthier	Ret																0
23	Didier Pironi	Ret																0
24	Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler	Ret																0
25	Alan Jones	Ret																0
26	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret																0
27	John Watson	Ret																0
28	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret																0
29	Chico Serra	Ret																0
30	Callum McAllister	Ret																0
-	Robert Kagan	DNQ																-
-	Jochen Mass	DNQ																-
-	Dave Kennedy	DNQ																-
-	Giancarlo Martini	DNQ																-
-	Mike Thackwell	DNQ																-
-	Jan Lammers	DNQ																-
-	Davey Clarke	DNQ																-
-	Hope Stever	DNPQ																-
-	Arsenio Matarazzo	DNPQ																-
-	Nigel Mansell	DNPQ																-
-	Catalina Bertinelli	DNPQ																-
-	Rene Arnoux	DNPQ																-