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| The 50’s | The 60’s | The 70’s | The 90’s |
1980
| World-champions: | Driver: | Alan Jones (Australia) | Williams-Ford |
| World-champions: | Team: | Williams-Ford |
| Williams won their first titles. |
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1981
| World-champions: | Driver: | Nelson Piquet (Brazil) | Brabham-Ford |
| World-champions: | Team: | Williams-Ford |
| After a two years break, Niki Lauda gave his comeback. |
1982
| World-champions: | Driver: | Keke Rosberg (Finland) | Williams-Ford |
| World-champions: | Team: | Ferrari |
| Rosberg became champion , although he won only one Grand-Prix. |
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1983
| World-champions: | Driver: | Nelson Piquet (Brazil) | Brabham-BMW-Turbo |
| World-champions: | Team: | Ferrari |
| Nelson Piquet was the first turbo-world-champion. |
1984
| World-champions: | Driver: | Niki Lauda (Austria) | McLaren-TAG |
| World-champions: | Team: | McLaren-TAG |
| Lauda won the world-championship only 0.5 points ahead Alain Prost |
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1985
| World-champions: | Driver: | Alain Prost (France) | McLaren-TAG |
| World-champions: | Team: | McLaren-TAG |
| Within two weeks two German F1-drivers died in a sports car: Stefan Bellof and Manfred Winkelhock. |
1986
| World-champions: | Driver: | Alain Prost (France) | McLaren-TAG |
| World-champions: | Team: | Williams-Honda |
| Nigel Mansell was the unlucky fellow of this season. Only because one tire has blown out he lost the title. |
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1987
| World-champions: | Driver: | Nelson Piquet (Brazil) | Williams-Honda |
| World-champions: | Team: | Williams-Honda |
| Piquet won the 3rd time Formula 1 world-champion. |
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1988
| World-champions: | Driver: | Ayrton Senna (Brazil) | McLaren-Honda |
| World-champions: | Team: | McLaren-Honda |
| McLaren won 15 of 16 Grand-Prix. Only because Jean-Louis Schlesser crashed with Senna in Monza, McLaren didn’t win all races |
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1989
| World-champions: | Driver: | Alain Prost (France) | McLaren-Honda |
| World-champions: | Team: | McLaren-Honda |
| Prost and Senna crashed in Suzuka. But who's fault was it ? I think Prost's. Senna drove again and won the race, but after that he was disqualified. It was a big scandal. |