# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1981

La temporada de 1981 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 33a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM.
Els pilots de Suzuki Marco Lucchinelli i Randy Mamola van lluitar fins a l'última cursa pel títol Mundial, guanyat finalment per l'italià, i amb el nord-americà en segona posició per segon any consecutiu. Barry Sheene va guanyar la seva última cursa al Gran Premi de Suècia mentre al Gran Premi de Gran Bretanya, un jove nord-americà anomenat Freddie Spencer feia la seva aparició en un Gran Premi pilotant una Honda NR500 i arribant a ser cinquè fins a haver d'abandonar. Anton Mang va guanyar els campionats de 350cc i 250cc, doblant en punts al sud-africà Jon Ekerold en 350cc. En 125cc, victòria per Ángel Nieto que va dominar totalment el campionat, mentre Ricardo Tormo guanyava en 50cc el seu segon títol amb una Bultaco.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 50cc | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi de l'Argentina | Buenos Aires | | Ángel Nieto | Jean-François Baldé | Jon Ekerold | | Resultat |
| 2 | Gran Premi d'Àustria | Salzburg | | Ángel Nieto | | Patrick Fernandez | Randy Mamola | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Hockenheim | Stefan Dörflinger | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | Anton Mang | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 4 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Monza | Ricardo Tormo | Guy Bertin | Eric Saul | Jon Ekerold | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 5 | Gran Premi de França | Paul Ricard | | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | | Marco Lucchinelli | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi d'Espanya | Jarama | Ricardo Tormo | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | | | Resultat |
| 7 | Gran Premi de Iugoslàvia | Rijeka | Ricardo Tormo | Loris Reggiani | | Anton Mang | Randy Mamola | Resultat |
| 8 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Ricardo Tormo | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | Anton Mang | Marco Lucchinelli | Resultat |
| 9 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Ricardo Tormo | | Anton Mang | | Marco Lucchinelli | Resultat |
| 10 | Gran Premi de San Marino | Imola | Ricardo Tormo | Loris Reggiani | Anton Mang | | Marco Lucchinelli | Resultat |
| 11 | Gran Premi de Gran Bretanya | Silverstone | | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | Anton Mang | Jack Middelburg | Resultat |
| 12 | Gran Premi de Finlàndia | Imatra | | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | | Marco Lucchinelli | Resultat |
| 13 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Anderstorp | | Ricardo Tormo | Anton Mang | | Barry Sheene | Resultat |
| 14 | Gran Premi de Txecoslovàquia | Brno | Theo Timmer | | Anton Mang | Anton Mang | | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 50cc | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Ricardo Tormo | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | Anton Mang | Marco Lucchinelli |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1969 a 1987:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Punts | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos | Pilot | Moto | AUT | GER | NAT | FRA | YUG | NED | BEL | SM | GBR | FIN | SWE | Pts |
| 1 | Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 105 |
| 2 | Randy Mamola | Suzuki | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 94 |
| 3 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | NVC | 2 | NVC | 2 | 7 | Ret | 74 |
| 4 | Barry Sheene | Yamaha | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 72 |
| 5 | Graeme Crosby | Suzuki | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 68 |
| 6 | Boet van Dulmen | Yamaha | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 2 | 64 |
| 7 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | NVC | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 60 |
| 8 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | NVC | 3 | 19 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| 9 | Marc Fontan | Yamaha | 12 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Suzuki | 3 | 7 | Ret | 6 | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 11 | Bernard Fau | Yamaha / Suzuki | Ret | 25 | | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 10 | 14 |
| 12 | Guido Paci | Yamaha | | | 6 | | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 |
| 13 | Franco Uncini | Suzuki | 7 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | Willem Zoet | Suzuki | | | | | 14 | 4 | 9 | Ret | | | | 10 |
| 15 | Seppo Rossi | Suzuki | 15 | Ret | 16 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 16 | Giovanni Pellettier | Suzuki | 10 | Ret | Ret | | 6 | Ret | 16 | 9 | | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 17 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | Ret | 5 | | | | 16 | 23 | 16 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 |
| 18 | Dave Potter | Yamaha | | Ret | Ret | | | 6 | 26 | | NC | | | 5 |
| 19 | Stewart Avant | Suzuki | Ret | Ret | 19 | 16 | | 19 | 22 | | 7 | | | 4 |
| 20 | Sergio Pellandini | Suzuki / Yamaha | 17 | 21 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 4 |
| 21 | Ikujiro Takai | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ret | | 3 |
| 22 | Steve Parrish | Yamaha | | | NVC | | | 18 | 20 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 23 | Cristian Sarron | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | | 17 | Ret | 12 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 24 | Wil Hartog | Suzuki | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 25 | Frank Gross | Suzuki | | | NQ | NQ | 15 | | Ret | | | 9 | | 2 |
| 26 | Sadao Asami | Yamaha / Suzuki | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 1 |
| 27 | Keith Huewen | Suzuki | | Ret | 17 | Ret | | | 13 | 10 | Ret | | | 1 |
| 28 | Kimmo Kopra | Suzuki | | 16 | | 14 | 10 | 20 | Ret | 15 | | Ret | 18 | 1 |
| 29 | Chris Guy | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 1 |
| 30 | Graziano Rossi | Morbidelli / Yamaha | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 11 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 27 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 17 | 0 |
| 32 | Dominique Pernet | Yamaha | | 26 | | 19 | 11 | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Leandro Becheroni | Suzuki | | | 11 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Gianni Rolando | Lombardini / Suzuki | | | 12 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| 35 | Peter Sjöström | Suzuki | | 17 | 21 | Ret | | | Ret | NQ | 12 | Ret | 22 | 0 |
| 36 | Dick Alblas | Suzuki | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Lars Johansson | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Walter Migliorati | Suzuki | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | Ret | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Alain Röthlisberger | Suzuki / Yamaha | 21 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 13 | | | NQ | | | 20 | 0 |
| 40 | Takazumi Katayama | Honda | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Timo Pohjola | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | 0 |
| 42 | Borge Nielsen | Suzuki / Lombardini | | | | | 16 | | 21 | Ret | | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Roberto Pietri | Suzuki | | | NQ | 21 | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| 44 | Dale Singleton | Suzuki | | NVC | | | | Ret | 14 | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 45 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | | | | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Raymond Roche | Suzuki / Yamaha | NVC | 15 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Andreas Hofmann | Suzuki / Yamaha | | Ret | | 20 | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| 48 | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki / Yamaha | 16 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 29 | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 49 | Josef Hage | Yamaha | 19 | 23 | NQ | 23 | 17 | | | NQ | 20 | | | 0 |
| 50 | Fabio Biliotti | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| = | Jean Lafond | Suzuki | | Ret | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 52 | Graham Wood | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| 53 | Henk de Vries | Suzuki | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 54 | Marco Greco | Yamaha / Suzuki | | 29 | NQ | 24 | 18 | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 55 | Raffaele Pasqual | Yamaha / Suzuki | Ret | | | NQ | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Jacques Agopian | Suzuki | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Carlo Perugini | Sanvenero | | | NQ | NQ | 19 | | | Ret | 23 | Ret | | 0 |
| 58 | Virginio Ferrari | Cagiva | | 30 | Ret | NQ | Ret | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Ake Grahn | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| 60 | Michael Schmid | Suzuki | 20 | 24 | NQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Jochen Schmidt | Suzuki | | | | | 20 | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Marco Papa | Suzuki | | | 20 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Alex George | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 21 | | | 0 |
| = | Peter Sköld | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 0 |
| 65 | Lennart Bäckström | Suzuki | 22 | | | NQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Barry Woodland | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | 0 |
| 67 | Philippe Chaltin | Suzuki | | | | | | | 24 | | | | | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | | | | | | | 25 | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 69 | Gerhardt Vogt | Seel-Suzuki | | 27 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Gary Lingham | Suzuki | | | | | | | 28 | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 71 | Günter Dreier | Yamaha | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jon Ekerold | Bimota-Yamaha | Ret | Ret | NQ | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mike Baldwin | Yamaha / Suzuki | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gustav Reiner | Bimota-Yamaha | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Adelio Faccioli | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stefan Klabacher | Yamaha | NVC | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wolfgang von Muralt | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Sergio Bertocchi | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Patrick Fernandez | Bimota-Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Graeme Geddes | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hervé Guilleux | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Henshaw | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Klaus Klein | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Seppo Korhonen | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | John Newbold | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Hubert Rigal | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bengt Slydal | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Freddie Spencer | Honda | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Corrado Tuzii | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Gina Bovaird | Yamaha | | | | NQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fritz Kerschbaumer | Yamaha | NQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | AUT | GER | NAT | FRA | YUG | NED | BEL | SM | GBR | FIN | SWE | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | ARG | AUT | GER | NAT | YUG | NED | Punts |
| 1 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 103 |
| 2 | Jon Ekerold | Bimota-Yamaha | 1 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 2 | | 52 |
| 3 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 49 |
| 4 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 4 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| 6 | Keith Huewen | Yamaha | | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Thierry Espié | Yamaha | 6 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 24 |
| 8 | Jacques Cornu | Yamaha | 9 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 4 | | 20 |
| 9 | Eric Saul | Chevallier-Yamaha | Ret | Ret | 2 | 5 | Ret | | 18 |
| 10 | Graeme McGregor | Yamaha | | | 7 | 7 | | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | Greame Geddes | Yamaha | 8 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 11 |
| 12 | Martin Wimmer | Yamaha | Ret | | 19 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 13 | Gustav Reiner | Yamaha | Ret | | 12 | Ret | | | 10 |
| 14 | Massimo Matteoni | Yamaha | | | | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 15 | Jeffrey Sayle | Yamaha | 5 | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 10 |
| 16 | Mar Schouten | Yamaha | | | | | | 6 | 10 |
| 17 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Yamaha | | | | Ret | 13 | | 8 |
| 18 | Didier de Radiguès | Yamaha | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | | 8 |
| 19 | Peter Looijensteijn | Yamaha | 12 | Ret | 8 | 9 | | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | Charlie Williams | Yamaha | | | | | | | 6 |
| 21 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 5 | | Ret | | 6 |
| 22 | Sauro Pazzaglia | Yamaha | | | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 |
| 23 | Roger Sibille | Yamaha | Ret | | 6 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 5 |
| 24 | Alan North | Yamaha | | Ret | 13 | 6 | | Ret | 5 |
| 25 | Reino Eskelinen | Yamaha | | | 26 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 4 |
| 26 | Tony Rogers | Yamaha | | | 11 | Ret | 8 | | 3 |
| 27 | Rene Delaby | Yamaha | | | 17 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 3 |
| 28 | Edi Stoellinger | Kawasaki | | 10 | 9 | 12 | Ret | | 3 |
| 29 | Donnie Robinson | Yamaha | | | | | | | 2 |
| 30 | Tony Head | Yamaha | | 9 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 31 | Paolo Ferretti | Yamaha | 11 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 14 | | 2 |
| 32 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | | 10 | Ret | | 1 |
| 33 | Bengt Elgh | Yamaha | | | 21 | 15 | | 10 | 1 |
| 34 | Vincenzo Cascino | Yamaha | 10 | | Ret | | | | 1 |
| | Bruno Kneubuhler | Yamaha | | 11 | 18 | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| | Walter Hoffmann | Yamaha | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| | Clive Horton | Yamaha | | | 16 | | | 13 | 0 |
| | Yervant Samirdjian | Yamaha | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Lucilo Baumer | Yamaha | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Louis Albera | Yamaha | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| | Klaas Hernamdt | Yamaha | Ret | | | 18 | 15 | | 0 |
| | Limberg Moreira | Yamaha | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Werner Hilbk | Yamaha | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| | Eero Hyvarinen | Yamaha | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| | Sagreira | Yamaha | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Werner Schmied | Yamaha | | | | | 16 | | 0 |
| | Rinus van Kasteren | Yamaha | | | Ret | 17 | Ret | 17 | 0 |
| | Manfred Obinger | Yamaha | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| | Mitja Erjavec | Yamaha | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| | Mladen Tomic | Yamaha | | | | | | 18 | 0 |
| | Eduardo Aleman | Yamaha | Ret | | | 19 | Ret | | 0 |
| | Edwin Weibel | Yamaha | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| | Manfred Herweh | Yamaha | | | 20 | | | | 0 |
| | Alois Tost | Yamaha | | | 22 | | | | 0 |
| | Heinz Chittka | Yamaha | | | 23 | | | | 0 |
| | Bodo Schmidt | Yamaha | | | 24 | | | | 0 |
| | Siegfried Minich | Yamaha | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| | Marcelo Diez | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Claudio Girotto | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Fernando Cerdera | Kawasaki | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rafael Olavarria | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pierre Bolle | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alfredo Rios | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pancracio Catania | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alejandro Aleman | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Walter Villa | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Arturo Venanzi | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Vojko Princic | Yamaha | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Bozo Janesic | Yamaha | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Yoshimasa Matsumoto | Yamaha | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Marijan Kosic | Yamaha | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Marian Srna | Yamaha | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Jacques Bolle | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Richard Schlachter | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Mick Grant | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | ARG | GER | NAT | FRA | ESP | NED | BEL | Punts |
| 1 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 160 |
| 2 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 95 |
| 3 | Roland Freymond | Ad Majora | 5 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 4 | 11 | 72 |
| 4 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 56 |
| 5 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 3 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Kawasaki | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 36 |
| 7 | Jean-Louis Tournadre | Yamaha | | Ret | | Ret | 16 | | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Martin Wimmer | Yamaha | 6 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 33 |
| 9 | Didier de Radiguès | Yamaha | 9 | 23 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Richard Schlachter | Yamaha | | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 9 | DNQ | 25 |
| 11 | Thierry Espie | Chevallier-Yamaha | 10 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 24 |
| 12 | Maurizio Massimiani | Ad Majora | 13 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 22 |
| 13 | Eric Saul | Chevallier-Yamaha | 7 | | 1 | Ret | 20 | | | 19 |
| 14 | Paolo Ferretti | Yamaha | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 |
| 15 | Graeme Geddes | Yamaha | 2 | 11 | Ret | 22 | 9 | | 13 | 14 |
| 16 | Jean Marc Toffolo | Armstrong | 16 | | Ret | 18 | 15 | Ret | 4 | 12 |
| 17 | Christian Estrosi | Yamaha | Ret | 12 | 9 | 10 | | 18 | Ret | 12 |
| 18 | Graeme McGregor | Yamaha | | 10 | Ret | DNQ | | 11 | Ret | 11 |
| 19 | Roger Sibille | Yamaha | 11 | 18 | | 6 | Ret | | 16 | 11 |
| 20 | Herve Guilleux | Siroko-Rotax | 4 | | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 21 | Pier Luigi Conforti | Kawasaki | | | Ret | | | | | 8 |
| 22 | Edi Stoellinger | Kawasaki | | 7 | 8 | | | | | 7 |
| 23 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | | | | | | | 17 | 6 |
| 24 | Jeffrey Sayle | Armstrong | Ret | | 14 | DNQ | | 5 | Ret | 6 |
| 25 | Angel Nieto | Siroko-Rotax | Ret | 5 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 12 | | 6 |
| 26 | Pierre Bolle | Yamaha | | | | 5 | | | Ret | 6 |
| 27 | Bruno Kneubühler | Rotax | | 8 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 14 | DNQ | 5 |
| 28 | Sito Pons | Siroko-Rotax | | | | Ret | Ret | | 7 | 4 |
| 29 | Jacques Bolle | Yamaha | | | | | | | 9 | 4 |
| 30 | Loris Reggiani | Yamaha | 8 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 14 | | | 3 |
| 31 | Andre Gouin | Yamaha | | 15 | | 13 | | | 10 | 3 |
| 32 | Steve Tonkin | Armstrong | | | | | | | DNQ | 1 |
| 33 | Bengt Elgh | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 34 | Siegfried Minich | Bartol-Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | DNQ | 1 |
| | Alan North | Yamaha | | | 16 | 17 | 11 | | Ret | 0 |
| | Franco Marchegiani | Yamaha | | 20 | 11 | | 18 | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| | Alain Beraud | Yamaha | | | | 11 | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Sauro Pazzaglia | MBA | | | Ret | DNQ | 12 | Ret | | 0 |
| | Tony Rogers | Yamaha | | | | 12 | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Germano Conti | MBA | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| | Karl-Thomas Grassel | Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 15 | 23 | 17 | | | 0 |
| | Pierre Tocco | Yamaha | | Ret | | 20 | | | 15 | 0 |
| | Mar Schouten | MBA | | | | | | 15 | Ret | 0 |
| | Eduardo Aleman | Yamaha | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | August Auinger | Rotax | | | | | | 17 | Ret | 0 |
| | Jacques Cornu | Egli | 17 | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Lauro Assakawa | Yamaha | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gianpaolo Marchetti | MBA | Ret | 19 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Antoine Longo | Yamaha | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| | Gerhard Waibel | Yamaha | | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| | Rinus van Kasteren | Yamaha | | | | | | 20 | | 0 |
| | Olivier Liegeois | Yamaha | | | | | | | 20 | 0 |
| | Clive Horton | Armstrong | | 25 | Ret | | Ret | 21 | DNQ | 0 |
| | Massimo Matteoni | Tre Stelle | | 21 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Tony Head | Yamaha | | Ret | | | 21 | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Walter Hoffmann | Yamaha | | 22 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Carlos Morante | Yamaha | | | | | 22 | | | 0 |
| | Jurgen Schmit | Yamaha | | 24 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Louis Albera | Kawasaki | | | | 24 | | | | 0 |
| | Etienne Geeraerd | Yamaha | | 26 | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Bernd Schappacher | Rotax | | 27 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Johnny Scott | Yamaha | | 28 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Franz Schwarz | Yamaha | | 29 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gerhard Vogt | Rotax | | 30 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Looijestein | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | DNQ | 0 |
| | Eddie Lawson | Kawasaki | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Klaas Hernamdt | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Hans Müller | MBA | | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | Ret | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Herbert Hauf | FKN | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Jean-Jacques Peyre | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Ivan Palazzese | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Michael Lederer | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sadao Asami | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Stefan Jannsen | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mick Grant | Armstrong | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Michel Simeon | Yamaha | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | ARG | AUT | GER | NAT | FRA | ESP | YUG | NED | SMR | Punts |
| 1 | Angel Nieto | Minarelli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 140 |
| 2 | Loris Reggiani | Minarelli | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 95 |
| 3 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | MBA | 5 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 84 |
| 4 | Hans Müller | MBA | | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | Jacques Bolle | Motobécane | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 26 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 55 |
| 6 | Guy Bertin | Sanvenero | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 40 |
| 7 | Iván Palazzese | MBA | Ret | | | | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 37 |
| 8 | Ricardo Tormo | Sanvenero | 12 | | Ret | | | | | 8 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Maurizio Vitali | MBA | | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 6 | Ret | 36 |
| 10 | Hugo Vignetti | MBA | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 8 | 7 | | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Stefan Dörflinger | MBA | | | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | | | 27 |
| 12 | Jean Claude Selini | MBA | | | Ret | 16 | 9 | | 9 | 9 | | 18 |
| 13 | Willy Perez | MBA | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| 14 | August Auinger | Bartol | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | | 10 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | Gerhard Waibel | MBA | | 5 | | | 12 | | 8 | Ret | 8 | 12 |
| 16 | Johnny Wickstroem | MBA | | 15 | 8 | | 16 | Ret | | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| 17 | Per Edward Carlsson | MBA | 7 | 7 | Ret | 18 | 10 | | | 11 | 16 | 9 |
| 18 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Iprem | | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | | Ret | 8 |
| 19 | Gert Bender | Bender | | | 4 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 20 | Anton Straver | MBA | | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | | | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| 21 | Thierry Noblesse | MBA | | 14 | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | | 11 | 7 |
| 22 | Henk Van Kessel | EGA | | 10 | 6 | | | 10 | Ret | 14 | | 7 |
| 23 | Ivan Troisi | MBA | 6 | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 24 | Michel Galbit | MBA | | | 15 | 13 | 14 | | 12 | | | 5 |
| 25 | Roberto Ruosi | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | 7 | 4 |
| 26 | Janos Drapal | MBA | | | 7 | Ret | | | | Ret | | 4 |
| 27 | Fernando González de Nicolás | MBA | 8 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 28 | Hans Hummel | MBA | | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | 2 |
| 29 | Joe Genoud | MBA | | | 9 | Ret | 20 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 |
| 30 | Maurizio Musco | MBA | | | | 9 | | | | | | 2 |
| 31 | Yves Dupont | MBA | | 12 | | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | Ret | | 2 |
| 32 | Jan Bäckström | MBA | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 2 |
| 33 | Barry Smith | MBA | 9 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 34 | Olivier Liegeois | MBA | | | | | | | | | 14 | 1 |
| 35 | Alfred Waibel | MBA | | | 10 | Ret | | Ret | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Michele Ettore | MBA | | | | 10 | | | | | | 1 |
| 37 | Erich Klein | MBA | | Ret | 12 | | 22 | | 15 | 12 | Ret | 1 |
| 38 | Norberto Gatti | Minarelli | 10 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| | Stefan Jannsen | MBA | | | 11 | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Fabian Gonzales | MBA | 11 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Hubbard | MBA | | | | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ton Spek | MBA | | 17 | | 12 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Jacky Hutteau | Afam | | | 13 | | 18 | Ret | Ret | | 18 | 0 |
| | Theo Timmer | MBA | | 16 | 22 | Ret | | 14 | 14 | | Ret | 0 |
| | Bernard Gatti | MBA | | | | | | 15 | 18 | | | 0 |
| | Libero Piccirillo | MBA | | | | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Balaz | MBA | | | | | 24 | | 16 | 22 | 19 | 0 |
| | Chris Baert | MBA | | | 24 | | | 16 | 20 | | | 0 |
| | Joel Benniza | MBA | | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Paul Bordes | MBA | | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| | Janez Pintar | Hess | | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| | Jan Eggens | EGA | | | | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| | Jan Huberts | Sanvenero | | | 18 | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| | Frédéric Michel | MBA | | | 26 | | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| | Norbert Peschke | MBA | | | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Marijan Kosic | MBA | | | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| | Boy van Erp | MBA | | | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| | Zbynek Havrda | MBA | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Lucio Pietroniro | MBA | | | | | 21 | | | 23 | Ret | 0 |
| | Robert Bauer | MBA | | | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Werner Schmied | MBA | | | | | | | 21 | | | 0 |
| | Peter van Niel | MBA | | | | | | | | 21 | | 0 |
| | Walter Kaletsch | MBA | | | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Bady Hassaine | MBA | | | | | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| | Joël Malatino | MBA | | | | | 25 | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | François Wirtz | MBA | | | 25 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Spencer Crabbe | MBA | | | | | 27 | | | | | 0 |
| | Reiner Koster | MBA | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Nardone | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Italo Zerbini | MBA | | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| | Francisco Incorvaia | MBA | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pierluigi Aldrovandi | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ivan Villini | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | John Kernan | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rino Zuliani | MBA | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Patrick Herouard | Sanvenero | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Michel Perret | MBA | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Toni García | MBA | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Juan Carlos González | MBA | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Pedro Cegarra | MBA | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Zdravko Ljeljak | MBA | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Vladimir Hegel | MBA | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Alojz Pavlic | MBA | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Maurizio Goretti | MBA | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Posició | Pilot | Moto | ARG | AUT | GER | NAT | FRA | ESP | YUG | NED | SMR | Punts |

## 50 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | GER | NAT | ESP | YUG | NED | BEL | SMR | Punts |
| 1 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| 2 | Theo Timmer | Bultaco | Ret | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 65 |
| 3 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | | | 51 |
| 4 | Hans Hummel | Sachs | 2 | 6 | | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 43 |
| 5 | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | Ret | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 39 |
| 7 | Henk van Kessel | Kreidler | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Ascareggi | Minarelli | | 4 | | | | | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Claudio Lusuardi | Villa | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | | | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | George Looijesteyn | Kreidler | 5 | 7 | Ret | | 17 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | Rainer Kunz | Kreidler | 3 | | | | Ret | Ret | | 20 |
| 12 | Yves Dupont | ABF | Ret | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | Ret | | 14 |
| 13 | Joaquim Galí | Bultaco | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| 14 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 21 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | Otto Motok | Kreidler | 4 | Ret | | Ret | 16 | 20 | 13 | 8 |
| 16 | Kasimer Rapczynski | Kreidler | 6 | | | Ret | Ret | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 17 | Pascal Kambourian | Kreidler | | 10 | 9 | | | 8 | | 6 |
| 18 | Gerhard Bauer | Kreidler | 7 | | | | 12 | 11 | | 4 |
| 19 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | Ret | 14 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| 20 | Jos van Dongen | Kreidler | 15 | | | | 8 | 15 | | 3 |
| 21 | Klaus Kull | Kreidler | 9 | | | | | 26 | 23 | 2 |
| 22 | Chris Baert | Kreidler | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | | 10 | Ret | 2 |
| 23 | Herbert Engelhardt | Kreidler | 10 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Rainer Scheidhauer | Kreidler | | Ret | | 15 | 10 | 13 | | 1 |
| | Yves le Toumelin | TYL | 11 | Ret | 11 | | 13 | | | 0 |
| | Zdravko Matulja | Tomos | | 11 | | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| | Giuliano Gerani | BBFT | | 16 | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| | Floor Maasland | FMT | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| | Gerhard Singer | Kreidler | | Ret | Ret | 12 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 0 |
| | Joe Genoud | RYB | | 15 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 24 | 0 |
| | Ramon Galí | Kreidler | 13 | | 15 | | 15 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| | Salvatore Milano | UFO | | 13 | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Zbynek Havdra | Kreidler | | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| | Bruno di Carlo | MDC | 16 | Ret | | 14 | | 17 | | 0 |
| | Claudio Granata | Kreidler | | Ret | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| | Dieter Göppner | Kreidler | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Giuliano Tabanelli | Ringhini | | 19 | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| | Reiner Koster | Malanca | 17 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 21 | 0 |
| | Zlatko Adamovic | Kreidler | | | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Verbic | Kreidler | 18 | 17 | | Ret | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Spencer Crabbe | MBA | | Ret | | 17 | | 25 | | 0 |
| | Enrico Cereda | Kreidler | | Ret | | | | | 17 | 0 |
| | José María Baena | Kreidler | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| | Thomas Engl | PCR | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| | Vicent Ferrer | Kreidler | | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| | Bertus Grinwis | PCR | | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| | Jan Welvaarts | Kreidler | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| | Enzo Saffiotti | UFO | | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| | Henry Nagel | Kreidler | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pasquale Buonfante | UFO | | | | | | | 20 | 0 |
| | Paul Rimmelzwaan | Kreidler | | | | | 21 | | | 0 |
| | Mika-Sakari Komu | Kreidler | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| | Ove Skifjeld | Kreidler | | | | | | 24 | | 0 |
| | Dirk van der Donckt | Kreidler | | | | | | 27 | | 0 |
| | Robert Evrard | Kreidler | | | | | | 28 | | 0 |
| | Hulric | Kreidler | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Daniel Mateos | Kreidler | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Alfons Mañer | Kreidler | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Pedro Cegarra | Kreidler | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Toni García | Kreidler | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Hans Spaan | Kreidler | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Bojan Miklos | Kreidler | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Darko Keletic | Kreidler | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Michel De Poligny | Kreidler | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Uli Merz | Kreidler | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Serge Julin | JVM | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Guido Delys | Jamathi | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Renzo Fabbri | Kreidler | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |

## Referències

* Büla, Maurice; Schertenleib, Jean-Claude. Continental Circus 1949–2000 (en anglès, francès i alemany). Chronosports S.A., 2001. ISBN 2-940125-32-5.
* «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 18/9/2012. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].
* Porcar, Joan «Velocidad. Campeonatos del Mundo» (en castellà). El año SOLO MOTO'81. SOLO MOTO [Barcelona], 12-1981, p. 46-64, 183-184.