1981 BRDC International Trophy

The 33rd B.R.D.C. International Trophy, was the opening round of the 1981 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at Silverstone, on 29 March.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 46 F2 cars were entered for the event, however just 31 took part in qualifying.[1]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6/81, averaging a speed of 133.59 mph.[1]

Race

The race was held over 47 laps on a wet Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6/81. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 11:44.67mins., averaging a speed of 115.23 mph. Over 30 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Riccardo Paletti, in the March Onyx Racing Team’s March-BMW 812. The podium was completed by another Italian, Corrado Fabi, in his Roloil Marlboro Racing/March Racing Ltd-entered March-BMW 812, albeit one lap adrift.[2]

Classification

Race Result
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 15 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/81 1hr 11:44.67
2nd 7 Riccardo Paletti March Onyx Racing Team March-BMW 812 1hr 12:20.86
3rd 3 Corrado Fabi Roloil Marlboro Racing/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 46
4th 77 Jim Crawford Plygrange Racing Ltd Toleman-Hart TG280 46
5th 12 Carlo Rossi Sanremo Racing Srl Toleman-Hart TG280 46
6th 48 Brian Robinson Grange Performance Cars Chevron-Hart B42 46
7th 14 Geoff Lees Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/81 45
8th 36 Ray Mallock Cliff Smith Racing Ralt-Hart RT4 45
9th 1 Stefan Johansson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 45
10th 5 Christian Danner March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 45
11th 10 Michele Alboreto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 45
12th 24 Jürg Lienhard Lista Racing Team March-BMW 802 45
13th 27 Sewi Hopfer Sewi Hopfer Racing Toleman-Hart TG280 44
14th 9 Johnny Cecotto Minardi Team Minardi Fly-BMW 281 44
15th 18 Fredy Schnarwiler Formel Rennsport Club Lola- BMW T850 43
16th 29 Warren Booth Colin Bennett Racing Chevron-Hart B48 43
17th 28 Guido Daccò DAC Sport Racing Team Minardi-BMW GM75 42
18th 16 Eje Elgh Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 42
19th 2 Kenny Acheson Docking Spitzley Team Toleman Lola-Hart T850 41
20th 20 ‘Gianfranco’ Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812 39
DNF 4 Thierry Boutsen Marlboro Racing for Zolder/March Racing Ltd March-BMW 812 36 Spin / Gearbox
DNF 11 Guido Pardini Sanremo Racing Srl Lola-BMW T850 24 Crown wheel & pinion
DNF 31 Kim Mather Kim Mather March-Hart 792 24 Wheel bearing
DNF 17 Roberto Guerrero Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 21 Electrical
DNF 8 Richard Dallest Team AGS Motul GPA AGS-BMW JH17 8 Accident
DNF 40 Paul Smith BMTR March-Hart 782 8 Engine
DNS 19 Piero Necchi Astra Team Merzario Srl March-BMW 812
DNS 35 Jochen Dauer GRS Motorsport GRS-BMW TC 001
DNQ 21 Arturo Merzario Astra Team Merzario Srl Merzario-BMW M1
DNQ 33 Roy Baker Roy Baker Chevron-Hart B48
DNQ 46 Bob Howlings Bob Howlings Chevron-Hart B42

References
  1. http://www.formula2.net/F281_2.htm
  2. http://formula2.net/F281_2.htm
  3. Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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