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The Formula One World and International Championships

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The year is 1981, and the World Championship of Drivers is dead.

For 31 years, Grand Prix racing as a World Championship sport had been a broad church. Although races were generally run to a consistent formula (this made economic sense as much as anything else) there was nothing to stop venues like Anderstorp inviting Indy cars, Formula Two cars - any cars, really, that they wanted - in order to make up the field. It is time for some professionalism.

Long live the FIA Formula One World Championships and International Championships.

The solution is that for the first time, Formula One as a sport will be run centrally by the FIA. Teams wishing to participate will have to commit to entry for a full season, as opposed to turning up sporadically to individual Grands Prix, as had been so common under the old format.

Additionally, the field will be split in two, with the top eight constructors contesting the World Constructors Championship (and their drivers the World Drivers Championship) and the rest contesting the International Constructors Championship (and their drivers the International Drivers Championship). The eighth-placed team from the World Championship will be relegated to the International Championship, and the International Constructors Champion will be promoted to the World Championship.

All that remains is to see which teams from 1980 will be the first eight World Championship teams:
  • The winners of the last International Cup for F1 Manufacturers was the Williams Racing Team, which made them the first team to qualify.
  • In second place, Equipe Ligier.
  • Brabham, known as the Parmalat Racing Team, were third.
  • In fourth place, Equipe Renault
  • Colin Chapman's Team Lotus were in fifth place.
  • Ken Tyrrell's eponymous team were sixth.
  • Arrows Racing Team were the first of three teams to finish the season on eleven points.
  • The Fittipaldi Team also came in on eleventh point, and were the eighth and final qualifiers.

    This meant that two of Formula One's oldest teams, Ferrari and McLaren, would start the new era in the International Championship - essentially the B-Class of Formula One.

Nobody is quite sure what persuaded these two turkeys to vote for Christmas, but it may have been fictitious licence on my part.
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World Championship of Drivers and International Cup records

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World Championship of Drivers

World Champions
1950. Image Giuseppe Farina
1951. Image Juan Manuel Fangio
1952. Image Alberto Ascari
1953. Image Alberto Ascari (II)
1954. Image Juan Manuel Fangio (II)
1955. Image Juan Manuel Fangio (III)
1956. Image Juan Manuel Fangio (IV)
1957. Image Juan Manuel Fangio (V)
1958. Image Mike Hawthorn
1959. Image Jack Brabham
1960. Image Jack Brabham (II)
1961. Image Phil Hill
1962. Image Graham Hill
1963. Image Jim Clark
1964. Image John Surtees
1965. Image Jim Clark (II)
1966. Image Jack Brabham (III)
1967. Image Denny Hulme
1968. Image Graham Hill (II)
1969. Image Jackie Stewart
1970. Image Jochen Rindt
1971. Image Jackie Stewart (II)
1972. Image Emerson Fittipaldi
1973. Image Jackie Stewart (III)
1974. Image Emerson Fittipaldi (II)
1975. Image Niki Lauda
1976. Image James Hunt
1977. Image Niki Lauda (II)
1978. Image Mario Andretti
1979. Image Jody Scheckter
1980. Image Alan Jones

Most Grand Prix Wins (drivers)
Including all races eligible for the World Championship of Drivers.
1. Image Jackie Stewart - 37 wins
2. Image Jim Clark - 25 wins
3. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 wins
4. Image Niki Lauda - 17 wins
5. Image Stirling Moss - 16 wins
6. Image Jack Brabham - 14 wins
= Image Emerson Fittipaldi - 14 wins
= Image Graham Hill - 14 wins
9. Image Alberto Ascari - 13 wins
10. Image Mario Andretti - 12 wins

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International Cup for F1 Manufacturers

Cup Winners
1958. Image Vanwall
1959. Image Cooper
1960. Image Cooper (II)
1961. Image Ferrari
1962. Image British Racing Motors
1963. Image Lotus
1964. Image Ferrari (II)
1965. Image Lotus (II)
1966. Image Brabham
1967. Image Brabham (II)
1968. Image Lotus (III)
1969. Image Matra
1970. Image Lotus (IV)
1971. Image Tyrrell
1972. Image Lotus (V)
1973. Image Lotus (VI)
1974. Image McLaren
1975. Image Ferrari (III)
1976. Image Ferrari (IV)
1977. Image Ferrari (V)
1978. Image Lotus (VII)
1979. Image Ferrari (VI)
1980. Image Williams

Most Grand Prix Wins (constructors)
Including all races eligible for the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers.
1. Image Lotus - 71 wins
2. Image Ferrari - 54 wins
3. Image McLaren - 24 wins
4. Image Brabham - 23 wins
5. Image Tyrrell - 21 wins
6. Image BRM - 17 wins
7. Image Cooper - 16 wins
8. Image Williams - 11 wins
9. Image Matra - 9 wins
10. Image Ligier - 6 wins
= Image Vanwall - 6 wins

Thanks to Simtek for the stats, which I shamelessly borrowed.
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Formula One World Championship Records

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Formula One World Drivers Championship

World Drivers Champions
1981. Image Nelson Piquet

Most Wins (drivers)
1. Image Alan Jones - 3 wins
= Image Jacques Laffite - 3 wins
= Image Nelson Piquet - 3 wins
= Image Alain Prost - 3 wins
= Image Carlos Reutemann - 3 wins

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Formula One World Constructors Championship

World Constructors Champions
1981. Image Williams

Most Wins (constructors)
1. Image Williams - 6 wins
2. Image Brabham - 3 wins
= Image Ligier - 3 wins
= Image Renault - 3 wins
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Formula One International Championship Records

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Formula One International Drivers Championship

International Drivers Champions
1981. Image John Watson

Most Wins (drivers)
1. Image John Watson - 5 wins
2. Image Gilles Villeneuve - 3 wins
3. Image Mario Andretti - 2 wins
= Image Didier Pironi - 2 wins
5. Image Bruno Giacomelli - 1 win
= Image Eliseo Salazar - 1 win
= Image Marc Surer - 1 win

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Formula One International Constructors Championship

International Constructors Champions
1981. Image McLaren

Most Wins (constructors)
1. Image Ferrari - 5 wins
= Image McLaren - 5 wins
3. Image Alfa Romeo - 3 wins
4. Image Ensign - 2 wins
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1981 Formula One Season

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World Championships

World Constructors Championship
  1. Image Williams Racing Team - 109 points (6 wins)
  2. Image Parmalat Racing Team (Brabham) - 71 points (3 wins)
  3. Image Equipe Renault Elf - 61 points (3 wins)
  4. Image Equipe Talbot Gitanes (Ligier) - 54 points (3 wins)
  5. Image Team Lotus - 38 points
  6. Image Tyrrell Racing Team - 21 points
  7. Image Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team - 12 points
  8. Image Fittipaldi Automotive - 2 points

World Drivers Championship
  1. Image Nelson Piquet - 58 points (3 wins)
  2. Image Carlos Reutemann - 57 points (3 wins)
  3. Image Jacques Laffite - 53 points (3 wins)
  4. Image Alan Jones - 52 points (3 wins)
  5. Image Alain Prost - 43 points (3 wins)
  6. Image Elio de Angelis - 25 points
  7. Image Rene Arnoux - 18 points
  8. Image Eddie Cheever - 17 points
  9. Image Nigel Mansell - 13 points
  10. Image Hector Rebaque - 13 points
  11. Image Riccardo Patrese - 11 points
  12. Image Michele Alboreto - 4 points
  13. Image Chico Serra - 2 points
  14. Image Siegfried Stohr - 1 point
  15. Image Jean-Pierre Jarier - 1 point
    Image Keke Rosberg - 0 points
    Image Ricardo Zunino - 0 points
    Image Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 0 points
    Image Patrick Tambay - 0 points
    Image Jacques Villeneuve - 0 points
    Image Kevin Cogan - 0 points

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International Championships

International Constructors Championship
  1. Image Marlboro McLaren International - 99 points (5 wins)
  2. Image Scuderia Ferrari - 82 points (5 wins)
  3. Image Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo - 68 points (3 wins)
  4. Image Theodore Racing Team - 29 points
  5. Image Ensign Racing - 27 points (2 wins)
  6. Image Team ATS - 13 points
  7. Image Osella Squadra Corse - 13 points
  8. Image March Grand Prix Team - 8 points
  9. Image Candy Toleman Motorsport - 2 points

International Drivers Championship
  1. Image John Watson - 71 points (5 wins)
  2. Image Didier Pironi - 42 points (2 wins)
  3. Image Gilles Villeneuve - 40 points (3 wins)
  4. Image Mario Andretti - 37 points (2 wins)
  5. Image Bruno Giacomelli - 31 points (1 win)
  6. Image Marc Surer - 30 points (1 win)
  7. Image Andrea de Cesaris - 28 points
  8. Image Patrick Tambay - 16 points
  9. Image Riccardo Patrese - 13 points
  10. Image Eliseo Salazar - 10 points (1 win)
  11. Image Slim Borgudd - 10 points
  12. Image Derek Daly - 8 points
  13. Image Jan Lammers - 3 points
  14. Image Brian Henton - 2 points
    Image Piercarlo Ghinzani - 0 points
    Image Beppe Gabbiani - 0 points
    Image Derek Warwick - 0 points
    Image Miguel Angel Guerra - 0 points
    Image Giorgio Francia - 0 points

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Marlboro McLaren International have been promoted to the World Championships for 1982.
Fittipaldi Automotive have been relegated to the International Championships for 1982.
The points system is 9 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1. No scores will be dropped.
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