1981 European Formula Two season

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1981 European Formula Two season
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The 1981 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds.

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Silverstone	United Kingdom	March 29, 1981	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'11:44.76	185.482 km/h	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Geoff Lees
2	Hockenheim	West Germany	April 5, 1981	30	6.789=203.67 km	1'00:28.05	202.095 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Geoff Lees	Riccardo Paletti
3	Thruxton	United Kingdom	April 20, 1981	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'04:02.40	195.403 km/h	Roberto Guerrero	Thierry Boutsen	Marc Surer
4	Nürburgring	West Germany	April 26, 1981	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'05:04.63	189.481 km/h	Thierry Boutsen	Corrado Fabi	Thierry Boutsen
5	Vallelunga	Italy	May 10, 1981	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'16:01.14	164.169 km/h	Eje Elgh	Eje Elgh	Corrado Fabi
6	Mugello	Italy	May 24, 1981	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:20.99	175.414 km/h	Corrado Fabi	Thierry Boutsen	Piero Necchi
7	Pau	France	June 8, 1981	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'33:13.91	129.664 km/h	Geoff Lees	Michele Alboreto	Geoff Lees
8	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	July 26, 1981	45	4.95=222.75 km	1'10:09.82	190.483 km/h	Thierry Boutsen	Thierry Boutsen	Thierry Boutsen
9	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	August 9, 1981	30	6.967=209.01 km	1'10:02.68	179.037 km/h	Geoff Lees	Thierry Boutsen	Geoff Lees
10	Donington Park	United Kingdom	August 16, 1981	70	3.150=220.20 km	1'16:49.82	171.963 km/h	Geoff Lees	Manfred Winkelhock	Corrado Fabi Geoff Lees
11	Misano	Italy	September 6, 1981	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'12:03.74	174.249 km/h	Michele Alboreto	Thierry Boutsen	Geoff Lees Michele Alboreto
12	Mantorp Park	Sweden	September 20, 1981	65	3.125=203.125 km	1'20:08.0	152.090 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Corrado Fabi	Johnny Cecotto

[edit] Final point standings

[edit] Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 9 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine													Total Points
1	Geoff Lees	United Kingdom	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	-	2	-	2	2	6	9	-	9	9	6	6	51
2	Thierry Boutsen	Belgium	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	9	4	-	6	9	6	-	-	3	37
3	Eje Elgh	Sweden	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	3	6	6	9	3	2	2	4	-	-	-	35
4	Stefan Johansson	Sweden	Docking Spitzley Team Toleman	Lola	Hart	-	9	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	30
5	Corrado Fabi	Italy	March Racing	March	BMW	4	-	-	4	3	9	-	-	3	6	-	-	29
6	Mike Thackwell	New Zealand	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	9	4	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	4	-	22
7	Roberto Guerrero	Colombia	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	3	-	16
8	Michele Alboreto	Italy	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	13
9	Manfred Winkelhock	West Germany	Schäfer Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-					12
9	Manfred Winkelhock	West Germany	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW									2	4	-	-	12
10	Riccardo Paletti	Italy	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	6	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
11	Piero Necchi	Italy	Team Merzario	March	BMW	-	-	1	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	9
12	Carlo Rossi	Italy	San Remo Racing	Toleman	Hart	2	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Huub Rothengatter	Netherlands	Lista Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Johnny Cecotto	Venezuela	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	3	-	-	-							6
	Johnny Cecotto	Venezuela	Horag Hotz Racing	March	BMW							-	-	-	1	1	1	6
15	Kenny Acheson	United Kingdom	Docking Spitzley Team Toleman	Lola	Hart	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
16	Jim Crawford	United Kingdom	Plygrange Racing	Toleman	Hart	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4
	Richard Dallest	France	Team AGS Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
18	Christian Danner	West Germany	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
19	Brian Robinson	United Kingdom	Grange Performance	Chevron	Hart	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jo Gartner	Austria	Gartner Racing	Toleman	BMW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1