IF ONLY THE RACE COUNTED! The Story of the 1981 South African Grand Prix

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This came up recently, and it might be connected to the whole Felipe Massa thing. And that is how a race being made non-championship due to the FISA-FOCA war might have cost a driver his final chance at winning the title.

So, why was it made non-championship? And did it actually matter in the end given what happened in the final round at Vegas? Let's have a look.

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