German racing championship 1981

Klaus Ludwig won his second DRM title in 1981 with a Ford Capri III Turbo

The German Racing Championship 1981 was the tenth season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

There were 13 races in the 1st and 2nd division. The first race took place on March 22nd in Zolder and the last race of the season took place on the Nürburgring on September 20th.

Klaus Ludwig won the championship title with a Ford Capri III Turbo with 215 points. This was his second DRM title after 1979. Second was Bob Wollek , who achieved 179 points.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 22	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
2	Division I.	International 300 km race Nürburgring	March 29	Bob Wollek	Jochen Mass	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
3	Division I.	Jim Clark race at Hockenheimring	April 5th	Manfred Winkelhock	Bob Wollek	Jochen Mass	Porsche 935 / 78-81
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
4th	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	26th of April	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II					Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
5	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	17th of May	Manfred Winkelhock	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
6th	Division I.	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf	June 21st	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Helmut Henzler	BMW M1
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
7th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 28th	Manfred Winkelhock	Jochen Mass	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M1 Turbo
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Hans Heyer	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
8th	Division I.	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	5th July	Bob Wollek	Manfred Winkelhock	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K4
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Hans Heyer	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
9	Division I.	Bavaria race Salzburgring	July 12	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M1 Turbo
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
10	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring	August 1st	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
11	Division I.	Westphalia Cup Zolder	August 23	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
12	Division I.	Hessencup Hockenheimring	September 6th	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo
13	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	September 20th	Bob Wollek	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri III Turbo

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

The following drivers came in the first ten places in the points classification.

space	driver	group	ZOL1	ONLY1	HOC1	ONLY2	MAY	WUN	NOR	ONLY3	SAL	HOC2	ZOL2	HOC3	ONLY4	Points
1	Klaus Ludwig	Division II	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	DNF 0	215
2	Bob Wollek	Division I.	2 15	1 20	2 15	2 15	1 20	5 8	6 6	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	2 15	179
3	Manfred Winkelhock	Division I.	1 20	14 0	3 12	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	3 12	2 15	DNF 0	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	174
4th	Hans Heyer	Division II	2 15	2 15	2 15	3 12	3 12	3 12	1 20	1 20	2 15	2 15	5 (8)	4 10	4 10	171
5	Siegfried Müller jun.	Division II	5 8	3 12	3 12	2 15	DNF 0	5 8	3 12	2 15	5 8	3 12	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	117
6th	Jürgen Hamelmann	Division II	3 12	4 10	4 10	DNF 0	DNF 0	4 10	17 0	DNF 0	3 12	4 10	3 12	3 12	3 12	100
7th	Helmut Henzler	Division I.	4 10	7 4	5 8	5 8	5 8	1 20	4 10	5 8	DNF 0	8 3	6 6	7 4	6 6	95
8th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Division I.	DNF 0	3 12	DNF 0	3 12	DNF 0	DNS 0	1 20		1 20	2 15	4 10	DNF 0	DNF 0	89
9	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Division II	12 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	5 8	2 15	2 15	22 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	1 20	88
10	Karl-Heinz Becker	Division II	4 10	5 8	DNF 0	DNF 0	4 10	6 6	4 10	3 12	6 6	6 6	DNF 0	5 8	15 0	76

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Touringcarracing - Website: Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft 1981. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1981 German racing championship. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 12, 2019 .