1981 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The '''1981 Australian Formula 2 Championship''' was an Australian motor racing competition open to Australian Formula 2 racing cars.<ref name=CAMS1981>1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Conditions for Australian Titles, pages 91-93</ref> It was the 14th Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.<ref>2002 Manual of Motor Sport, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd, Records Titles and Awards, page 14-6</ref>

The title was won by John Smith driving a Ralt RT1 Ford.

==Calendar== [[File:Ralt RT 1 (F3), Bj. 1976 (15.06.2007).jpg|thumb|John Smith won the 1981 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Ralt RT1, similar to that pictured above.]]

The championship was contested over a six-round series.<ref name=AMRY>Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1981/82, Australian Formula 2 Championship, pages 150-163</ref> {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | align="center" | Rd<ref name=AMRY/> | Name | Circuit<ref name=AMRY/> | Date<ref name=AMRY/> | Winning driver<ref name=AMRY/> | Car<ref name=AMRY/>

|- | align="center" | 2 | | Oran Park | 3 May | John Smith | Ralt RT1 Ford

|- | align="center" | 3 | | Amaroo Park | 24 May | John Smith | Ralt RT1 Ford

All rounds were staged over two heats except for the final round at Calder, which was contested as a single race.<ref name=AMRY/> {{-}}

==Points system== Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six positions at each round.<ref name=CAMS1981/> <br> Where a round was contested over two heats, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 positions in each heat and then aggregated for each driver to determine the first six positions for the round.<ref name=CAMS1981/>

==Results== {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | align="center" | Position<ref name=AMRY/> | Driver<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | No.<ref name=Winton>Official Programme, Winton, Sunday, 1 March 1981</ref><ref name=AIR>Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 25 October 1981</ref> | Car<ref name=AMRY/><ref name=Winton/><ref name=AIR/><ref name=RCN12/><ref name=RCN1>Racing Car News, January 1982, page 40</ref> | Entrant<ref name=Winton/><ref name=AIR/><ref name=RCN12/><ref name=RCN1/> | align="center" | Win<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | Ora<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | Ama<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | San<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | Ade<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | Cal<ref name=AMRY/> | align="center" | Total<ref name=AMRY/> |- | align="center" | 1 | John Smith | align="center" | 71 | Ralt RT1 Ford | Ralt Australia | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 31 |- | align="center" | 2 | Richard Davison | align="center" | 1 | Hardman JH1 Ford | Paragon Shoes Pty Ltd | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 19 |- | align="center" | = | Peter Macrow | align="center" | 25 | Cheetah Mk 7 Isuzu | Peter Macrow | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 19 |- | align="center" | 4 | Lucio Cesario | align="center" | 16 | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen | Formula 1 Automotive | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 18 |- | align="center" | 5 | Bob Prendegast | align="center" | 40 | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen | Rugolo Motor Body Works | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 17 |- | align="center" | 6 | Russell Norden | align="center" | 5 | Arbyen 793 Volkswagen | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 16 |- | align="center" | 7 | Graham Watson | align="center" | 9 | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen | Ralt Australia | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 |- | align="center" | = | Bob Power | align="center" | 79 | Kaditcha A80B Ford | Bob Power | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 |- | align="center" | 9 | John Bowe | align="center" | 33 | Elfin GE Two-25 Volkswagen | Chris Leach Racing | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 |- | align="center" | 10 | Peter Glover | align="center" | 13 | Cheetah Mk 7 Isuzu | Peter Glover | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3<ref>Glover is shown in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82 as placing fourth at Calder but he is not shown in the Points Score Table in the same publication.</ref> | align="center" | 3<ref>Glover is not shown in the Points Score Table in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82 but is shown in the Final Pointscore listing in Racing Car News, December 1981, page 10 as having scored 3 points.</ref> |- | align="center" | = | Hugh Gartley | align="center" | 92 | Cheetah Mk 7 Toyota | Hugh Gartley | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3 |- | align="center" | 12 | Andrew Newton | align="center" | 7 | Hardman JH1 Ford | Clive Millis Motors | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 |- | align="center" | = | Chris Hocking | align="center" | 74 | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen | Chris Hocking | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 |- | align="center" | 14 | Grahame Blee | align="center" | 2 | Cheetah Mk 6 GE Ford | Grahame Blee | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 |- | align="center" | = | Peter Hopwood | align="center" | 22 | Cheetah Mk 6 Ford | John Thompson Sports Cars | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 |}

==Notes & references== <references/>

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