| Car Name: | Toleman TG181 |
| Category: | Formula One |
| Constructor: | Toleman |
| Designer: | Rory Byrne |
| Team: | Toleman Group Motorsport |
| Drivers: |  Derek Warwick Brian Henton Teo Fabi |
| Chassis: | Carbon fibre monocoque |
| Engine Name: | Hart 415T, |
| Configuration: | Straight 4, |
| Capacity: | 14591NaN1, |
| Turbo/Na: | turbo, |
| Engine Position: | mid-engine, longitudinally mounted |
| Gearbox Name: | Hewland / Toleman |
| Type: | manual |
| Gears: | 5-speed |
| Front Suspension: | Double wishbones, pull-rod actuated coil springs over dampers |
| Rear Suspension: | Double wishbones, push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers |
| Wheelbase: | 26920NaN0 |
| Track: | Front: 18160NaN0 Rear: 16830NaN0 |
| Fuel: | Agip |
| Tyres: | Pirelli |
| Weight: | 545NaN |
| Debut: | 1981 San Marino Grand Prix |
| Last Event: | 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
| Races: | 26 |
| Cons Champ: | 0 |
| Drivers Champ: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 1 |
The Toleman TG181 is a Formula One car that was first used in the 1981 Formula One season. It was also the first car used by Toleman in F1.[1]
Being heavy and with a relatively underpowered and unreliable engine, a 4-cylinder 1.5 litre turbo by Brian Hart, it was a generally poor performing car, with its drivers, Derek Warwick and Brian Henton, only getting through qualifying once each, with Henton's tenth place at Monza the only finish for the car. Due to its bulk, the team ended up nicknaming it the "General Belgrano"[2] after the Argentine battleship sunk during the 1982 Falklands War, and the "Flying Pig".
Evolutions of the car, the Toleman TG181B and Toleman TG181C, were used the following year, to slightly better effect.
(key) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)
All chassis powered by versions of the Hart '415T' 1.5-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine.
| Year | Chassis | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG181 | USW | BRA | ARG | SMR | BEL | MON | ESP | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | CPL | 0 | NC | |||||
| Brian Henton | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Derek Warwick | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | ||||||||||
| TG181B TG181C | RSA | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | CAN | NED | GBR | FRA | GER | AUT | SUI | ITA | CPL | 0 | NC | ||||
| Derek Warwick | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||
| Teo Fabi | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NC | Ret | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | ||||||||