Brands Hatch 1000km race in 1981

Made his racing debut at Brands Hatch; the Ford C100

The 1981 Brands Hatch 1000 km race , also known as the Flying Tiger 1000, FIA World Endurance Championship for Driver, Brands Hatch , took place on the Brands Hatch circuit on September 27 and was the 15th and final race of the World Sports Car Championship this year.

The race

The sports car world championship season in 1981 ended with the 1000 km race at Brands Hatch. Even before the championship was over, Lancia had secured the title of world brand championship. With his second place overall in the race - as a partner of Bobby Rahal in a Porsche 935 - the American Bob Garretson was crowned the first sports car world champion in motorsport history.

In this long-distance race came Ford C100 to his first race. In qualification training Manfred Winkelhock achieved the best training time on this vehicle model; During the race, a transmission failure stopped him and Klaus Ludwig prematurely. Overall victory secured Guy Edwards and Emilio de Villota on a plant - Lola T600 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 2.0	3	Banco Occidental Ultramar Team Lola	Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota	Lola T600	238
2	GTX	50	Flying Tigers-Garretson Racing	Bob Garretson Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935K3	230
3	Group 5	22nd	Emka Productions Limited	Derek Bell Chris Craft	BMW M1	227
4th	Group 5	25th	Charles Ivy Racing	John Cooper Dudley Wood	Porsche 935K3	226
5	S 2.0	10	Osella Squadra Corse	Giorgio Francia Lella Lombardi	Osella PA9	226
6th	Group 5	29	Vegla Racing Team Aachen	Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs	Porsche 935J	221
7th	S 2.0	12	Dorset Racing Associates	Martin Birrane Roy Baker Richard Jones	Lola T297	216
8th	GTX	51	Preston Henn	Desiré Wilson Edgar Dören	Porsche 935K3	214
9	GT	41	Canon Cameras Racing with GTi Engineering	Andy Rouse Richard Lloyd	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	213
10	S 2000	10	Ian Taylor Racing Limited	Mike Taylor Richard Eyre	Tiga SC81	212
11	S 2.0	15th	David Mercer	David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Vogue SP2	212
12	GT	43	Richard Cleare	Dave Kennedy Richard Cleare	Porsche 934	209
13	S 2000	64	Kemitex	Adrian Hall Robert Parker Mike Kimpton	Tiga SC80	206
14th	GT	42	Angelo Pallavicini	Neil Crang Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	202
15th	Group 5	25th	Crossroads Coachwork Center Motorfair Earls Court	Barry Robinson Paul Edwards	Porsche Carrera RSR	197
16	S 2000	78	DB Motorsport	Allan Kayes Robert Gibbs	March 81S	195
17th	Group 5	30th	Christian Bussi	Jacques Guérin Christian Bussi	Porsche 935	194
18th	S 2000	63	Kiron Camera Lenses	Chris Alford John Walker Roger Woodward	Tiga SC79	187
19th	Group 5	33	Tuff Kote Dinol	Jan Lundgardh Fritz Glatz	Porsche 935L1	186
20th	S 2000	77	Kelly Girl Services Limited	Divina Galica Tim Lee-Davey	Tiga SC80	184
21st	S 2000	61	HEP	Hans Lundstrom Ulf Dahl	Lola T492	180
Failed
22nd	Group 5	24	BASF Cassette Team GS Sport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Hans Heyer	BMW M1	160
23	Group 5	28	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Rodrigo Terran	Porsche 935K3	103
24	S 2000	66	Ian Taylor Racing Limited	Ian Taylor John Sheldon	Tiga SC81	83
25th	S 2000	62	Geoff Farmer	Jeremy Rossiter Geoff Farmer	Lola T590	69
26th	S + 2.0	2	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 917K / 81	52
27	S + 2.0	1	Ford Germany	Manfred Winkelhock Klaus Ludwig	Ford C100	40
28	Group 5	32	Arthur Hough Pressings Ark Racing	John Evans Max Payne	Lotus Elan	24
29	S 2.0	16	URD-Rennwagenbau-Grafenau	Robin Smith Joachim Winkelhock	URD 679	16
30th	S + 2.0	5	Dorset Racing Associates	Leon Walger Richard Jones	De Cadenet-Lola LM	15th
31	S 2000	60	RG Racing	John Brindley John Webb	Lola T592	14th
32	Group 5	21st	Janspeed ADA Engineering	William Wykeham Ian Harrower	Triumph TR8	12
Not started
33	Group 5	23	Wera Meibberg team	Jürgen Lässig Edgar Dören	Porsche 935K3	1

¹ accident in training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
34	Group 5		Richard Jenvey	Richard Jenvey Lawrie Hickman	Lotus Esprit S1
35	S 2000			Robin Smith Tony Charnell Laurence Jakobsen	Chevron B52
36	S + 2.0	4th	Pascal Pessiot	Pascal Pessiot Jacques Rubio	Lola T280
37	S 2.0	14th	GTP International Racing Limited	Neil Bettridge Richard Jones	Chevron B36
38	S 2.0	17th	Skoda GB Racing with Colin Bennett Racing	Walter Robertson Dough Niven	Škoda Coupe 1100SCB hard
39	Group 5	20th	BMW Italia		BMW M1
40	Group 5	27	Simon Phillips	Simon Phillips	Porsche Carrera RSR
41	GT	40	BMW Zol'Auto	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	BMW M1
42	GT	45	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 2 liters	Guy Edwards	Emilio de Villota	Lola T600	Overall victory
Sports cars up to 2 liters	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi	Osella PA9	Rank 5
Group 5	Derek Bell	Chris Craft	BMW M1	Rank 3
GT	Andy Rouse	Richard Lloyd	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Rank 9
GTX	Bob Garretson	Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935K3	Rank 2
S 2000	Mike Taylor	Richard Eyre	Tiga SC81	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 42
• Started: 32
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: light rain again and again
• Route length: 4.207 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 13: 30.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 238
• Total distance of the winning team: 1001.071 km
• Winner's average: 160.809 km / h
• Pole position: Manfred Winkelhock - Ford C100 (# 18) - 1.25.500 - 177.102 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 15th round of the sports car world championship in 1981

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at WSPR Racing

Previous race 500 Mile Road America 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1982