1980 Formula One season

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1980 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1980 Formula One season included the 31st FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 13, 1980, and ended on October 5 after fourteen races. Although not counting towards the World Championship, the Spanish Grand Prix was also run, on June 1, and was won by Alan Jones in a Williams, marking the team's first of many constructors and drivers championships. Frenchman Patrick Depailler tragically lost his life August 1 while testing at Hockenheim.

1 Season summary
2 Drivers & Constructors
3 Season review
4 1980 Constructors Championship final standings
5 1980 Drivers Championship final standings
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Drivers & Constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312T5	Ferrari 015 3.0 V12	M	1	Jody Scheckter
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312T5	Ferrari 015 3.0 V12	M	2	Gilles Villeneuve
Candy Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	009 010	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier
					4	Derek Daly
					43	Mike Thackwell
Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham	BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	5	Nelson Piquet
					6	Hector Rebaque
					6	Ricardo Zunino
Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M29B M29C M30	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	7	John Watson
					8	Alain Prost
					8	Stephen South
Team ATS	ATS	D3 D4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	9	Marc Surer
					9	Jan Lammers
					10	Jan Lammers
					10	Harald Ertl
Team Essex Lotus	Lotus	81 81B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	11	Mario Andretti
					12	Elio de Angelis
					43	Nigel Mansell
Unipart Racing Team	Ensign	N180	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	14	Clay Regazzoni
						Tiff Needell
						Jan Lammers
					41	Geoff Lees
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS20	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6T	M	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS20	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6T	M	16	René Arnoux
Theodore Shadow Shadow Cars	Shadow	DN11 DN12	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	17	Stefan Johansson
					17	Geoff Lees
					18	Dave Kennedy
Skol Fittipaldi Team	Fittipaldi	F7 F8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	20	Emerson Fittipaldi
Skol Fittipaldi Team	Fittipaldi	F7 F8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	21	Keke Rosberg
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	179	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	G	22	Vittorio Brambilla
					22	Andrea de Cesaris
					23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS11/15	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	25	Didier Pironi
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS11/15	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	26	Jacques Laffite
Albilad Williams Racing Team	Williams	FW07 FW07B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	27	Alan Jones
Albilad Williams Racing Team	Williams	FW07 FW07B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	28	Carlos Reutemann
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	A3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	29	Riccardo Patrese
					30	Jochen Mass
						Manfred Winkelhock
						Mike Thackwell
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1 FA1B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	31	Eddie Cheever
Brands Hatch Racing	Williams	FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	43	Desiré Wilson
RAM - Penthouse Rizla Racing RAM - Rainbow Jeans Racing RAM Theodore - Rainbow Jeans Racing	Williams	FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	50	Rupert Keegan
					51	Kevin Cogan
					51	Geoff Lees

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 13	Oscar Gálvez	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 27	Interlagos	René Arnoux	Renault	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 1	Kyalami	René Arnoux	Renault	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	March 30	Long Beach	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 4	Zolder	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 18	Monaco	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	Report
7	French Grand Prix	June 29	Paul Ricard	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 13	Brands Hatch	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
9	German Grand Prix	August 10	Hockenheimring	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
10	Austrian Grand Prix	August 17	Österreichring	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Report
11	Dutch Grand Prix	August 31	Zandvoort	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	September 14	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Report
13	Canadian Grand Prix	September 28	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
14	United States Grand Prix	October 5	Watkins Glen	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report

[edit] 1980 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Ford	FW07 FW07B	Ford Cosworth DFV	120	6	18	3
2	Ligier-Ford	JS11/15	Ford Cosworth DFV	66	2	10	4
3	Brabham-Ford	BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV	55	3	6	2
4	Renault	RE20	Renault-Gordini EF1	38	3	4	5
5	Lotus-Ford	81 81B	Ford Cosworth DFV	14		1
6	Tyrrell-Ford	009 010	Ford Cosworth DFV	12
7	McLaren-Ford	M29B M29C M30	Ford Cosworth DFV	11
8	Arrows-Ford	A3	Ford Cosworth DFV	11		1
9	Fittipaldi-Ford	F7 F8	Ford Cosworth DFV	11		2
10	Ferrari	312T5 126C	Ferrari 015	8			1
11	Alfa Romeo	179	Alfa Romeo 1260	4			1
12	Shadow-Ford	DN11 DN12	Ford Cosworth DFV
13	ATS-Ford	D3 D4	Ford Cosworth DFV
14	Osella-Ford	FA1 FA1B	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	Ensign-Ford	N180	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1980 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	Pts^[1]
1	Alan Jones	1	3	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	3	2	11	2	1	1	67 (71)
2	Nelson Piquet	2	Ret	4	1	Ret	3	4	2	4	5	1	1	Ret	Ret	54
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	3	1	6	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	42 (49)
4	Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	11	2	3	Ret	1	4	3	9	8	5	34
5	Didier Pironi	Ret	4	3	6	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	3	32
6	René Arnoux	Ret	1	1	9	4	Ret	5	NC	Ret	9	2	10	Ret	7	29
7	Elio de Angelis	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret	16	6	Ret	4	10	4	13
8	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret		9
9	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	6	Ret	2	Ret	8	9	9	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
10	Keke Rosberg	3	9	Ret	Ret	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	16	DNQ	5	9	10	6
11	John Watson	Ret	11	11	4	NC	DNQ	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	NC	6
12	Derek Daly	4	14	Ret	8	9	Ret	11	4	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	12	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	15	Ret	5	13	7	NC	6
14	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	6	5	8	Ret	6	8	7	Ret	5	Ret	6
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	NC	15	8	3	Ret	6	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
16	Alain Prost	6	5	DNS		Ret	Ret	Ret	6	11	7	6	7	Ret	DNS	5
17	Jochen Mass	Ret	10	6	7	Ret	4	10	13	8	DNQ			11	Ret	4
18	Bruno Giacomelli	5	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
19	Jody Scheckter	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	12	10	13	13	9	8	DNQ	11	2
20	Mario Andretti	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	1
21	Héctor Rebaque								7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	1
22	Marc Surer	Ret	7					Ret	Ret	12	12	10	Ret	DNQ	8	0
23	Ricardo Zunino	7	8	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret								0
24	Rupert Keegan								11	DNQ	15	DNQ	11	DNQ	9	0
25	Clay Regazzoni	NC	Ret	9	Ret											0
26	Jan Lammers	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	12	NC	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	Ret	0
27	Eddie Cheever	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	0
28	Geoff Lees			13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				Ret	DNQ		DNQ	0
—	Patrick Depailler	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret							0
—	Nigel Mansell										Ret	Ret	DNQ			0
—	Vittorio Brambilla											Ret	Ret			0
—	Andrea de Cesaris													Ret	Ret	0
—	Mike Thackwell											DNQ		Ret	DNQ	0
—	Tiff Needell					Ret	DNQ									0
—	Dave Kennedy	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ								0
—	Stefan Johansson	DNQ	DNQ													0
—	Stephen South				DNQ											0
—	Desiré Wilson								DNQ							0
—	Harald Ertl									DNQ						0
—	Kevin Cogan													DNQ		0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

^ Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.