The 1981 British Formula Three Championship (known as the 1981 Marlboro British F3 Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the British Formula Three Championship. The title was won by Jonathan Palmer driving for West Surrey Racing in the Ralt RT3 (Toyota). He finished the season with 126 points and 7 wins ahead of Belgian Thierry Tassin with 91 points (5 wins), and Brazilian Raul Boesel with 80 points (3 wins).
Race calendar and results RoundCircuitDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team1 Silverstone1 March Jonathan Palmer Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing2 Thruxton8 March David Sears Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing3 Silverstone29 March Mike White Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing4 Mallory Park12 April Mike White Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing5 Thruxton20 April David Leslie Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing6 Thruxton4 May Raul Boesel Mike WhiteAutowindscreens/March Engineering7 Snetterton10 May James Weaver James WeaverEurosports Management/Team Tiga8 Silverstone25 May Raul Boesel Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing9 Cadwell Park14 June Jonathan Palmer Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing10 Silverstone21 June Roberto Moreno Mauro BaldiEuroracing11 Silverstone5 July Jonathan Palmer Raul BoeselMurray Taylor Racing12 Brands Hatch12 July Dave Scott Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing13 Silverstone18 July Thierry Tassin Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing14 Mallory Park2 August Raul Boesel Roberto MorenoBarron Racing15 Oulton Park15 August Jonathan Palmer Raul BoeselCafé do Brasil16 Silverstone31 August Dave Scott Dave ScottSwift Caravans/Mint Engineering17 Oulton Park27 September Thierry Tassin Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing18 Silverstone4 October Jonathan Palmer Raul BoeselCafé do Brasil19 Snetterton11 October Jonathan Palmer Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing20 Thruxton25 October Dave Scott Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing
Championship Standings
The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six finishers, with 1 (one) extra point given to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race.
Pos.DriverTeamPts1 Jonathan PalmerWest Surrey Racing1222 Thierry TassinNeil Trundle Racing923 Raul BoeselMurray Taylor Racing804 Mike WhiteMarch Engineering385 David LeslieEddie Jordan Racing296 Dave ScottMint Engineering287 James WeaverTeam Tiga218 Cliff HansenTeam Tiga139 Kurt ThiimGerard Racing1210 Michael BleekemolenBarron Racing1111 Roberto MorenoBarron Racing911 Fred KrabDavid Price Racing913 David SearsEddie Jordan Racing713 Richard TrottRichard Trott Racing713 Bengt TrägårdhDavid Price Racing716 Shuroku SasakiShuroko Sasaki517 Toshio SuzukiMarch Engineering317 Mike BlanchetRoy Kennedy Racing319 Victor RossoArgentina Racing220 David CoyneRushbrooke Racing1
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