1981 World Sportscar Championship

Lancia won the 1981 World Endurance Championship of Makes with its Beta Montecarlos

World Endurance Championship of Drivers was contested over all fifteen races however only six of the races counted towards the World Endurance Championship of Makes.[1]

Drivers Rd.	Makes Rd.	Race	Circuit	Date
1	1	24 Hours Pepsi Challenge	Daytona International Speedway	31 January 1 February
2	-	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	21 March
3	-	Mugello 6 Hours	Mugello Circuit	12 April
4	2	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	26 April
5	-	Los Angeles Times Toyota Grand Prix (6 Hours)	Riverside International Raceway	26 April
6	3	Silverstone 6 Hours	Silverstone Circuit	10 May
7	4	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	24 May
8	5	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	13 June 14 June
9	-	Coppa Florio (6 Hours)	Autodromo di Pergusa	28 June
10	-	6 Hours of Daytona Champion Spark Plug Challenge	Daytona International Speedway	2 July
11	6	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	12 July
12	-	24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 July 27 July
13	-	Molson 1000 Kilometres (6 Hours)	Mosport Park	16 August
14	-	Pabst 500 Miles	Road America	23 August
15	-	Flying Tigers 1000 Kilometres	Brands Hatch	27 September

Although various classes of cars contested the championship races, only the overall race winners are listed in the table below.

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Results
		Overall Winning Drivers
		Overall Winning Car
1	Daytona	#9 Garretson Racing	Results
		Bob Garretson Bobby Rahal Brian Redman
		Porsche 935
2	Sebring	#86 Bayside Disposal Racing	Results
		Al Holbert Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven
		Porsche 935
3	Mugello	#14 Osella Squadra Corse	Results
		Giorgio Francia Lella Lombardi
		Osella PA9 BMW
4	Monza	#3 Weralit Racing Team	Results
		Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup
		Porsche 935
5	Riverside	#1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	Results
		John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby
		Porsche 935 K3
6	Silverstone	#22 Vegla Racing Team	Results
		Harald Grohs Walter Röhrl Dieter Schornstein
		Porsche 935
7	Nürburgring	#12 GS Tuning	Results
		Hans-Joachim Stuck Nelson Piquet
		BMW M1
8	La Sarthe	#11 Porsche System	Results
		Jacky Ickx Derek Bell
		Porsche 936/81
9	Pergusa	#3 Grid Team Lola	Results
		Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota
		Lola T600 Ford Cosworth DFV
10	Daytona	#38 Mandeville Racing	Results
		Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson
		Mazda RX-7
11	Watkins Glen	#1 Martini Racing	Results
		Riccardo Patrese Michele Alboreto
		Lancia Beta Montecarlo
12	Spa	#40 Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Results
		Tom Walkinshaw Pierre Dieudonné
		Mazda RX-7
13	Mosport	#3 Andial Meister Racing	Results
		Harald Grohs Rolf Stommelen
		Porsche 935
14	Road America	#3 Andial Meister Racing	Results
		Harald Grohs Rolf Stommelen
		Porsche 935
15	Brands Hatch	#3 Banco Occidental Ultramar Lola	Results
		Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota
		Lola T600 Ford Cosworth DFL

• The 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix and the Road America 500 were also rounds of the 1981 IMSA GT Championship.
• The 6 Hours of Daytona was restricted to Racing Stock class cars [2] (i.e. IMSA RS).[3]
• The 24 Hours of Spa was restricted to Belgian Touring Cars [4] (i.e. Group 1).[3]

The World Endurance Championship of Drivers was open to FIA Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Group C and GTP cars and to IMSA GTX, IMSA GTP, IMSA AAGT, IMSA GTO, IMSA GTU and IMSA RS cars.[3]

Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first twenty overall finishers at each round.[3] Bonus points were also awarded as follows:[3]

• 0 points for Category 1 (Group 6 over 2 litres)
• 1 point for Category 2 (Group 5 over 2 litres, GTP over 2 litres, Group C over 2 litres, IMSA GTX over 2 litres, IMSA GTP over 2 litres, IMSA AAGT)
• 2 points for Category 3 (Group 6 under 2 litres, Group 5 under 2 litres, Group 4 under 2 litres, IMSA GTO, IMSA GTX under 2 litres)
• 3 points for Category 4 (GTP under 2 litres, Group 2 over 2 litres, IMSA GTU, Group C under 2 litres)
• 4 points for Category 5 (Group 4 under 2 litres, Group 1 over 2 litres)
• 5 points for Category 6 (Group 2 under 2 litres, Group 1 under 2 litres, IMSA RS)

Only half points were awarded at the shortened Nürburgring round.[3] All points scored were retained towards the championship totals.[3]

The World Endurance Championship of Makes was open FIA Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4 and Group 5 cars and to IMSA GTX cars.[3]

Cars from all eligible groups were combined, and then divided into two Divisions based on engine capacity.[3] Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten places in each Division at each race.[7] Only the best placed car of each make in each division at each race was eligible to score points.[3] Cars from groups not included in the championship (e.g. FIA Group 6 cars) were disregarded when assessing divisional positions for championship purposes. Only half points were awarded for the shortened Nurburgring race.[3] The best five round results could be retained by each make.[3]

Over 2000 cc

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	20	(7.5)	20	20	100
2	BMW	8	15	15	10	4		52
3	Ferrari		3			15		15
4	Lancia				6			6
5	Morgan			2				2

Under 2000 cc

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Lancia	20	20	20	(10)	20	20	100
2	BMW			15	7.5			22.5
3	Opel				5			5
4	Ford				4			4
5	Toyota				2			2
6	Alfa Romeo				0.5			0.5

• Automobile Year, 1981/1982. 1982.

• 1981 World Endurance Championship Race Results
• Racing Sports Cars