1981 British Saloon Car Championship

Points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six finishers in each class, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each class. In races where a class had less than four starters, points would be awarded to the top two finishers (6 & 4 respectively) with one point for the fastest lap. A driver's best nine scores counted towards the championship, dropped scores are shown in brackets. Positions are shown as overall/class.

Pos Driver Class MAL SIL1 OUL2 THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts 1 Win Percy C 2/1 (Ret) 1/1 4/1 2/1 4/1 4/1 1/1 2/1 2/1 78 2 Chris Hodgetts B (Ret) Ret 1/1 11/1 8/4 12/1 ?/1 1/1 8/1 ?/4 7/2 74 3 Jon Dooley A 4/1 13/2 4/1 ?/2 6/3 ?/2 ?/1 (10/4) (16/3) ?/3 10/1 65 4 John Morris B 1/1 8/2 ?/? ?/2 5/3 13/2 ?/2 2/2 9/2 (?/3) 6/1 60 5 Richard Longman A Ret 15/3 13/5 ?/1 7/4 ?/? ?/2 6/1 14/1 ?/1 11/2 58 6 Pete Lovett D 5/4 4/3 1/1 1/1 2/1 3/2 3/2 2/2 52 7 Jeff Allam D 8/7 4/4 Ret 5/4 3/2 Ret 2/2 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 50 8 Andy Rouse D 1/1 1/1 3/2 3/3 Ret 3/3 3/3 3/2 5/4 5/4 Ret 49 9 Alan Curnow A Ret 12/1 6/2 ?/3 ?/? ?/4 ?/6 7/2 15/2 ?/2 12/3 48 10 Gordon Spice D 11/9 2/2 2/1 2/2 2/2 Ret 5/4 4/3 7/6 Ret 38 11 Vince Woodman D 3/2 3/3 4/3 1/1 7/6 5/4 Ret Ret Ret 4/3 4/4 35 12 Neil McGrath A 3/1 18/1 ?/3 8/3 DNS 13/4 33 13 Dave Morgan B Ret 24/? 9/6 18/4 2/2 16/4 ?/4 3/3 12/3 ?/2 9/4 33 14 Mike Buckley C 10/2 ?/1 Ret ?/? 8/2 NC Ret 23/3 ?/3 17/1 31 15 Martin Brundle B 2/2 6/1 12/8 ?/5 Ret Ret Ret 4/4 DSQ 10/1 Ret 30 16 Barrie Williams B Ret Ret 3/3 14/3 1/1 Ret ?/3 5/5 13/4 Ret 8/3 30 17 Nick Whiting D 4/3 Ret 5/4 6/5 1/1 6/5 5/4 6/5 16/? 25 18 David da Costa A 5/2 ?/4 ?/? ?/4 4/2 ?/? Ret 17/4 ?/6 16/5 24 19 Stirling Moss B 3/3 22/6 2/2 Ret Ret 15/3 22/7 9/6 DNS ?/5 14/5 20 20 Roger Saunders A 26/? 10/4 ?/6 10/5 ?/3 ?/4 ?/5 19/5 ?/5 19 21 Chuck Nicholson C 8/2 6/2 8/2 Ret 18 22 Tim Goss A 7/4 ?/6 7/3 ?/? 11/6 ?/? ?/5 ?/? ?/4 14 23 Rob Kirby B ?/3 5/4 ?/? 9/5 ?/5 ?/? ?/? 18/5 15/6 14 24 Peter Buxtorf B ?/4 ?/4 8/5 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/5 Ret 10 25 James Burrows C ?/2 ?/? DNS Ret Ret DNS 21/2 9 26 Terry Nightingale A 6/3 ?/5 ?/5 8 27 Terry Nightingale C 14/4 ?/2 NC DNS Ret 7 28 Brian Muir D Ret Ret 7/6 9/8 11/8 Ret ?/? 4/3 Ret Ret Ret 6 29 Jonathan Buncombe D 5/5 ?/? Ret 6/5 6/5 6 30 Charles Sawyer-Hoare D 9/8 7/6 Ret 10/9 9/8 7/6 7/6 11/7 9/7 5/5 5 31 Alan Minshaw B 21/5 14/6 ?/? ?/6 ?/? ?/6 5 32 John Bishop C 9/3 NC Ret 4 33 Rad Dougall D 3/3 4 34 Ian Stirling C 14/3 4 35 Phil Martin-Dye D 11/10 ?/? 6/5 10/9 Ret 10/8 7/5 ?/? Ret 4 36 John Spiller B ?/5 DNS ?/6 ?/6 ?/? 21/7 4 37 Chuck Nicholson D 6/5 ?/? 9/8 7/6 13/10 7/6 ?/? 4 38 Mike Kimpton D ?/? ?/? ?/? 5/4 14/10 ?/? Ret 3 39 Rex Greenslade D Ret 14/? 6/5 ?/? 10/7 8/7 ?/? Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 40 Erik Høyer C 15/5 2 41 Graham Goode D 7/6 10/9 8/7 ?/? ?/? 9/7 Ret 1 42 Robin Carlisle B ?/? ?/? 20/6 18/7 1 43 John Tait B ?/6 25/? ?/? ?/? 24/8 20/9 1 44 Dennis Leech D ?/? 12/11 ?/? ?/? 13/11 10/6 Ret 1 45 David Grimshaw A Ret ?/? 22/6 1 46 François Hamon A ?/6 1 47 Wayne Wainwright D DNS 8/7 ?/? 12/9 12/10 0 48 Andy Driver B DSQ 11/7 ?/? DSQ ?/? Ret 19/8 0 49 Colin Hawker A DNS ?/? 12/7 0 50 Alex Moss A 13/8 0 51 Tony Sugden D 11/9 0 52 Gordon Mayers B 25/9 0 53 Stuart Graham D Ret ?/? 0 54 Dave Brodie B ?/? Ret 0 55 Jonathan Buncombe B ?/? 0 56 Bill Postins B ?/? 0 57 Terry Watts B ?/? 0 NC Barry Sheene C Ret 0 NC Stuart Fowler A Ret 0 NC Julian May A DNS 0 Pos Driver Class MAL SIL OUL THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class

Notes:

1.^  – Class A pole position for round 2 is unknown.

2.^  – Class A & B pole positions for round 3 are unknown.