Automobile World Championship 1980

Automobile World Championship 1980

World Champion
Driver:	Alan Jones
Constructor:	Williams-Ford
Season dates
Number of races:	14th
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The 1980 World Automobile Championship was the 31st season of the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship . Over 14 races between January 13, 1980 and October 5, 1980, the Drivers World Championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held. It was the last year the series was called the World Automobile Championship.

At the beginning of June, the dispute between FISA and FOCA over the regulations that would apply from the following year escalated . The drivers of the FOCA teams were banned for the Spanish Grand Prix and Bernie Ecclestone , chairman of the FOCA, countered again with the threat of a boycott. Finally, the King of Spain Juan Carlos personally urged the organizers to continue the event, which then banned the FISA teams from the event. The FOCA teams contested the race alone. As a result, FISA President Jean-Marie Balestre declared the run as a pirate race and not counted it for the World Cup .

Alan Jones won the drivers' championship for the first time. Williams became world constructors champions for the first time.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T5	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	M.	01	Jody Scheckter	1-14
					02	Gilles Villeneuve	1-14
	Candy Tyrrell team	Tyrrell 009 Tyrrell 010	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	03	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1-14
					04th	Derek Daly	1-14
					43	Mike Thackwell	13, 14
	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	05	Nelson Piquet	1-14
					06th	Ricardo Zunino	1-7
						Hector Rebaque	8-14
	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M29 McLaren M29B McLaren M29C McLaren M30	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	07th	John Watson	1-14
					08th	Alain Prost	1-3, 5-14
						Stephen South	4th
	Team ATS	ATS D3 ATS D4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	09	Marc Surer	1-3, 7-14
						Jan Lammers	4-6
					10	Jan Lammers	1-3
						Harald Ertl	9
	Team Essex Lotus	Lotus 81, Lotus 81B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	11	Mario Andretti	1-14
					12	Elio de Angelis	1-14
					43	Nigel Mansell	10-12
	Unipart Racing Team	Ensign N180	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	14th	Clay Regazzoni	1-4
						Tiff Needell	5, 6
						Jan Lammers	7-14
					41	Geoff Lees	11, 12
	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE22 Renault RE23 Renault RE24 Renault RE25	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6t	M.	15th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1-14
					16	René Arnoux	1-14
	Shadow Cars  Theodore Shadow	Shadow DN11 Shadow DN12	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	17th	Stefan Johansson	1, 2
						Geoff Lees	3-7
					18th	Dave Kennedy	1-7
	Skol Fittipaldi team	Fittipaldi F7 Fittipaldi F8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	20th	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-14
					21st	Keke Rosberg	1-14
	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 179	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	G	22nd	Patrick Depailler	1-8
						Vittorio Brambilla	11, 12
						Andrea de Cesaris	13, 14
					23	Bruno Giacomelli	1-14
	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS11 / 15	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	25th	Didier Pironi	1-14
					26th	Jacques Laffite	1-14
	Albilad-Williams Racing Team	Williams FW07 Williams FW07B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	27	Alan Jones	1-14
					28	Carlos Reutemann	1-14
	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	29	Riccardo Patrese	1-14
					30th	Jochen Mass	1-10, 13, 14
						Mike Thackwell	11
						Manfred Winkelhock	12
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1 Osella FA1B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	31	Eddie Cheever	1-14
	Brands Hatch Racing	Williams FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	43	Desiré Wilson	8th
	RAM / Williams Grand Prix Engineering  RAM / Penthouse-Rizla Racing	Williams FW07 Williams FW07B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	50	Rupert Keegan	8-14
	RAM / Rainbow Jeans Racing				51	Kevin Cogan	13
	RAM / Theodore / Rainbow Jeans Racing					Geoff Lees	14th

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	13th January	Argentina	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires	316,304	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
02	January 27th	Brazil	Autódromo de Interlagos	318,400	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux	René Arnoux
03	1st March	South Africa	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	320.112	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	Renault
04th	March 30	USA West	Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit	261.625	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet		Williams-Ford
05	May 4th	Belgium	Circuit Zolder	306.864	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite	Didier Pironi
06th	May 18	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	251.712	Didier Pironi	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann	Nelson Piquet
0- 1	June 1st	Spain	Circuito del Jarama	255.300	Jacques Laffite	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	- 1	- 1
07th	June 29th	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	313.740	Jacques Laffite	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
08th	July 13th	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	319.732	Didier Pironi	Didier Pironi	Alan Jones
09	August 10	Germany	Hockenheimring	305.505	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite
10	17th August	Austria	Österreichring	320.868	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
11	August 31	Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	306.144	René Arnoux	René Arnoux	Nelson Piquet
12	September 14th	Italy	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	300,000	René Arnoux	Alan Jones	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
13	September 28th	Canada	Île Notre-Dame Circuit	308,700	Nelson Piquet	Didier Pironi	Alan Jones	Alan Jones
14th	5th October	USA East	Watkins Glen International	320.665	Bruno Giacomelli	Alan Jones	Alan Jones

Remarks:

¹ The race was subsequently canceled by FISA and not counted in the world championship.

Race reports

Argentina Grand Prix

→ Main article : Argentine Grand Prix 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 43: 24.380
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	+ 24,590
3	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	+1: 18.640
PP	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 44.170
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 50.450

The Argentine Grand Prix in the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires took place on January 13, 1980 and went over a distance of 53 laps of 5.968 km (316.304 km).

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 40: 01.330
2	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	+ 21.860
3	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	+1: 06.110
PP	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	2: 21,400
SR	René Arnoux	Renault	2: 27.310

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo de Interlagos took place on January 27, 1980 and covered a distance of 40 laps of 7.96 km (318.40 km).

South Africa Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 South African Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 36: 52.540
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	+ 34.070
3	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	+ 52.490
PP	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1: 10,000
SR	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 13.150

The South African Grand Prix at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit took place on March 2, 1980 and went over a distance of 78 laps of 4.104 km for a total of 320.112 km.

US Grand Prix West

→ Main article : US Grand Prix West 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 50: 18.550
2	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	+ 49.212
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	+1: 18.563
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 17.694
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.830

The Grand Prix of the USA West at the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit took place on March 30, 1980 and went over a distance of 80 laps of 3.25 km (260 km).

Clay Regazzoni had a serious accident in Long Beach. His racing car crashed at about 280 km / h at the end of a long straight into a concrete block weighing four tons, almost unbraked. "Until today," said Clay Regazzoni, who has been paraplegic since then, "no doctor has yet been able to explain to me why I survived it."

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1: 38: 46.510
2	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	+ 47.370
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+1: 24.120
PP	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 19.120
SR	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1: 20.880

The Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder took place on May 4, 1980 and covered a distance of 72 laps of 4.262 km (306.864 km).

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 55: 34.365
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	+1: 13.629
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	+1: 17.726
PP	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1: 24.813
SR	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 27.418

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 18, 1980 and covered a distance of 76 laps of 3.312 km (251.712 km).

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 32: 43.420
2	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	+ 4.520
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	+ 30.260
PP	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1: 38.880
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 41.450

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard took place on June 29, 1980 and covered a distance of 54 laps of 5.810 km for a total of 313.740 km.

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 34: 49.228
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	+ 11.007
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+ 13.285
PP	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1: 11.004
SR	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1: 12.368

The British Grand Prix at the Brands Hatch Circuit took place on July 13, 1980 and went over a distance of 76 laps of 4.207 km (319.732 km).

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : German Grand Prix 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1: 22: 59.730
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+ 3.190
3	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	+ 43.530
PP	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 45.850
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 48.490

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring took place on August 10, 1980 and covered a distance of 45 laps of 6.789 km (305.505 km).

Patrick Depailler had a fatal accident during test drives before the race.

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Austria 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1: 26: 15.730
2	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	+ 0.820
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+ 19,360
PP	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 30.270
SR	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 32.530

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring took place on August 17, 1980 and covered a distance of 54 laps of 5.942 km (320.868 km).

Grand Prix of the Netherlands

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 38: 13.830
2	René Arnoux	Renault	+ 12.930
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	+ 13,430
PP	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 17.440
SR	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 19.350

The Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Park Zandvoort took place on August 31, 1980 and covered a distance of 72 laps of 4.226 km (303.112 km).

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 38: 07,520
2	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	+ 28.930
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+1: 13.670
PP	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 33.988
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 36.089

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari took place on September 14, 1980 and covered a distance of 60 laps of 5.040 km (302.40 km).

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1980 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 46: 45,530
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+ 15,540
3	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	+ 19.070
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 27.328
SR	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1: 28.769

The Canadian Grand Prix at the Île Notre-Dame Circuit took place on September 28, 1980 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.35 km (304.5 km).

After this race result, Alan Jones could no longer be ousted from first place in the drivers' world championship due to the cancellation rules and was determined as the new champion.

US Grand Prix East

→ Main article : East US Grand Prix 1980

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 34: 36.050
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	+ 4.210
3	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	+ 12,570
PP	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 33.291
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 34.068

The US East Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International took place on October 5, 1980 and went over a distance of 59 laps of 5.435 km for a total of 320.665 km.

Jody Scheckter retired from active racing after scoring just two championship points for Ferrari in the entire season as the reigning world champion.

World championship ratings

The six first-placed drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

In the driver standings, the five best results of the first seven and the best five of the remaining seven races were counted (the total points in brackets). All results were evaluated in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

The 1980 Spanish Grand Prix was subsequently canceled by FISA and not counted in the World Cup.

Item	driver	constructor															Points
01	A. Jones	Williams-Ford	1	3	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	1	1	(3)	2	11	2	1	1	67 (71)
02	N. Piquet	Brabham-Ford	2	DNF	4th	1	DNF	3	4th	2	4th	5	1	1	DNF	DNF	54
03	C. Reutemann	Williams-Ford	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	3	1	6th	3	2	3	(4)	(3)	2	2	42 (49)
04th	J. Laffite	Ligier-Ford	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	11	2	3	DNF	1	4th	3	9	8th	5	34
05	D. Pironi	Ligier-Ford	DNF	4th	3	6th	1	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	3	3	32
06th	R. Arnoux	Renault	DNF	1	1	9	4th	DNF	5	NC	DNF	9	2	10	DNF	7th	29
07th	E. de Angelis	Lotus Ford	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	10	9	DNF	DNF	16	6th	DNF	4th	10	4th	13
08th	J.-P. Jabouille	Renault	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	DNF		9
09	R. Patrese	Arrows Ford	DNF	6th	DNF	2	DNF	8th	9	9	9	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th
10	K. Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	3	9	DNF	DNF	7th	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	16	DNQ	5	9	10	6th
11	J. Watson	McLaren-Ford	DNF	11	11	4th	NC	DNQ	7th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	NC	6th
12	D. Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	4th	14th	DNF	8th	9	DNF	11	4th	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th
13	J.-P. Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	DNF	12	7th	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	5	15th	DNF	5	13	7th	NC	6th
14th	G. Villeneuve	Ferrari	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	6th	5	8th	DNF	6th	8th	7th	DNF	5	DNF	6th
15th	E. Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	NC	15th	8th	3	DNF	6th	DNF	12	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5
16	A. Cheers	McLaren-Ford	6th	5	DNS		DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	11	7th	6th	7th	DNF	DNS	5
17th	J. Mass	Arrows Ford	DNF	10	6th	7th	DNF	4th	10	13	8th	DNQ			11	DNF	4th
18th	B. Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	5	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th
19th	J. Scheckter	Ferrari	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	8th	DNF	12	10	13	13	9	8th	DNQ	11	2
20th	M. Andretti	Lotus Ford	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	6th	1
21st	H. Rebaque	Brabham-Ford								7th	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	1
-	M. Surer	ATS Ford	DNF	7th	DNS				DNF	DNF	12	12	10	DNF	DNQ	8th	0
-	R. Zunino	Brabham-Ford	7th	8th	10	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF								0
-	R. Keegan	Williams-Ford								11	DNQ	15th	DNQ	11	DNQ	9	0
-	C. Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	NC	DNF	9	DNF											0
-	J. Lammers	ATS Ford	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	12	NC									0
		Ensign-Ford							DNQ	DNQ	14th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNF	0
-	E. Cheever	Osella-Ford	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	0
-	G. Lees	Shadow Ford			13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ								0
		Ensign-Ford											DNF	DNQ			0
		Williams-Ford														DNQ	0
-	P. Depailler	Alfa Romeo	DNF	DNF	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF							0
-	N. Mansell	Lotus Ford										DNF	DNF	DNQ			0
-	V. Brambilla	Alfa Romeo											DNF	DNF			0
-	A. de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo													DNF	DNF	0
-	M. Thackwell	Arrows Ford											DNQ				0
		Tyrrell-Ford													DNF	DNQ	0
-	T. Needell	Ensign-Ford					DNF	DNQ									0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

1	Williams - Ford	120
2	Ligier - Ford	66
3	Brabham - Ford	55
4th	Renault	38
5	Lotus - Ford	14th
6th	Tyrrell - Ford	12
7th	Arrows - Ford	11
8th	Fittipaldi - Ford	11
9	McLaren - Ford	11
10	Ferrari	8th
11	Alfa Romeo	4th

Formula 1 races not included in the World Championship

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 43: 14.076
2	Jochen Mass	Arrows Ford	+ 50.940
3	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	+1: 12.271
PP	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1: 12.64
SR	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 15.467

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito del Jarama took place on June 1, 1980 and covered a distance of 80 laps of 3,404 km (272.320 km).

The race was announced as a regular world championship run, but then took place without the works teams due to the FISA-FOCA dispute . The run was subsequently canceled by FISA and not counted in the world championship. This race will be run retrospectively as a Formula 1 race without world championship status.

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1980  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1980 (English)