Nelson Piquet wins his first F1 world championship for Brabham • Gilles Villeneuve wins his sixth and final grand prix for Ferrari in Spain • Bob Garretson takes the first World Sportscar title for drivers, despite winning only one race in his Porsche 935. Lancia wins makes title • FISA/FOCA war ends when 13 teams sign Concorde Agreement, but hostilities rumble on • Ford announces sportscar return with Group C prototype; the C100 • A young Brazilian named Ayrton Senna de Silva makes his Formula Ford 1600 debut at Brands Hatch • Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500, after Rick Mears' challenge ends in a pit fire • Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell win Le Mans for Porsche, though the event is marred by the death of Jean-Louis Lafosse • Ari Vatanen and future Prodrive boss David Richards become World Rally champions, while Talbot takes the make's honours • Hannu Mikkola scores the Audi Quattro's first win on the RAC Rally
1981
Nelson Piquet wins the world championship with the top five drivers covered by just seven points
Jacky Ickx claims the fifth of his six Le Mans 24 Hours wins and second alongside Derek Bell
Gilles Villeneuve scores the last of his six F1 wins with the first five cars covered by 1.24 seconds
Ari Vatanen wins the World Rally Championship for Ford
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