1980 USA Grand Prix West
| Racing data | ||
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| 4th of 14 races in the 1980 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | VI Grand Prix of Long Beach | |
| Date: | March 30, 1980 | |
| Place: | Long Beach | |
| Course: | Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit | |
| Length: | 261.705 km in 80 laps of 3.251 km
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| Weather: | cloudy and windy | |
| Spectator: | ~ 85,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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 Brabham
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| Time: | 1: 17.694 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham
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| Time: | 1: 19.83 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham
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| Second: |
 Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows
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| Third: |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi
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The 1980 US Grand Prix took place in Long Beach on March 30th and was the fourth race of the 1980 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
At the end of March 1980, the sixth Grand Prix of Long Beach took place. Alain Prost and Marc Surer were absent due to injuries sustained during practice for the South African Grand Prix earlier this month . Prost was represented at McLaren by Grand Prix newcomer Stephen South , who thus made his first and only Formula 1 appearance. The ATS Racing Team , on the other hand, waived the obligation of a substitute driver for Surer.
training
Brabham driver Nelson Piquet secured the first pole position of his Formula 1 career with a lap time that was almost a second shorter than René Arnoux in Renault and Alfa Romeo factory driver Patrick Depailler . However, Jan Lammers created the real sensation of the training by qualifying for fourth place on the grid with the new ATS D4 . Williams driver Alan Jones finished fifth alongside Bruno Giacomelli in the second Alfa Romeo 179 , which also appeared to be very competitive on the Long Beach street circuit.
In addition to the debutant Stephen South, both Shadow pilots failed to qualify, which caused the already financially very troubled team to plunge deeper and deeper into the crisis.
run
Piquet defended his top position throughout the race, also drove the fastest race lap and thus achieved his first victory directly in the form of a Grand Slam .
In the first lap, Mario Andretti and Jean-Pierre Jarier collided . Ricardo Zunino was also involved in this accident . Only Jarier was initially able to continue the race. Jan Lammers, on the other hand, had to give up due to damage to the drive shaft. Thus three of the 24 participants were eliminated in the first round.
In the fourth lap, several pilots were involved in an accident caused by Bruno Giacomelli spinning. The race was over for Jean-Pierre Jarier and Carlos Reutemann as well as for Elio de Angelis , who broke an ankle.
Piquet led before Depailler, Jones, Arnoux and Patrese. From the 14th lap, Gilles Villeneuve took fourth place after overtaking Arnoux and Patrese. On lap 18, Jones took second place from Depailler.
Between the 40th and 47th laps, Depailler, Villeneuve and Jones, three pilots in promising positions were eliminated. Riccardo Patrese came second ahead of René Arnoux and Clay Regazzoni . He fell victim to a broken brake pedal on lap 51. As a result, his Ensign crashed almost unchecked into Ricardo Zunino's Brabham parked at the edge of the track. In the accident, the Swiss suffered such serious injuries that paraplegia was the result.
Nelson Piquet won ahead of the impressive Riccardo Patrese and Emerson Fittipaldi , who started the race from 24th and last place. The remaining World Championship points went to John Watson , Jody Scheckter and Didier Pironi .
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
| Item | driver | constructor | Qualification training 1 | Qualification training 2 | begin | ||
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| time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
| 1 |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 19.571 | 147.084 km / h | 1: 17.694 | 150.637 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
 René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 19.862 | 146.548 km / h | 1: 18.689 | 148.732 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 20.564 | 145.271 km / h | 1: 18.719 | 148.676 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Jan Lammers
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 ATS Ford
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1: 20.234 | 145.868 km / h | 1: 18.783 | 148.555 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.440 | 147.326 km / h | 1: 18.819 | 148.487 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 20.606 | 145.195 km / h | 1: 18.924 | 148.289 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.907 | 146.465 km / h | 1: 18.964 | 148.214 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 20.824 | 144.804 km / h | 1: 19.071 | 148.014 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 19.305 | 147.577 km / h | 1: 19.276 | 147.631 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 20.182 | 145.963 km / h | 1: 19.285 | 147.614 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 20.147 | 146.027 km / h | 1: 19.316 | 147.557 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 20.815 | 144.820 km / h | 1: 19.318 | 147.553 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 20.406 | 145.556 km / h | 1: 19.455 | 147.298 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
 Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 20.935 | 144.605 km / h | 1: 19.744 | 146.765 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 21.179 | 144.170 km / h | 1: 19.763 | 146.730 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 20.382 | 145.600 km / h | 1: 20.151 | 146.019 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 21.665 | 143.312 km / h | 1: 20.410 | 145.549 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 20.419 | 145.533 km / h | 1: 20.419 | 145.533 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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1: 22.442 | 141.962 km / h | 1: 20.808 | 144.832 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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1: 20.830 | 144.793 km / h | 1: 21.242 | 144.058 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 22.218 | 142.348 km / h | 1: 20.868 | 144.725 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
 Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 22.498 | 141.865 km / h | 1: 20.911 | 144.648 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 21.477 | 143.643 km / h | 1: 20.984 | 144.517 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 22.288 | 142.227 km / h | 1: 21,350 | 143.867 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
Dave Kennedy
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Shadow Ford
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1: 23.781 | 139.693 km / h | 1: 21.523 | 143.562 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Geoff Lees
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Shadow Ford
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1: 23.486 | 140.186 km / h | 1: 23.468 | 140.217 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Stephen South
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 24.896 | 137.858 km / h | 1: 24.121 | 139.128 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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80 | 0 | 1: 50: 18.550 | 1 | 1: 19.83 | |
| 2 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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80 | 0 | + 49.212 | 8th | 1: 21.35 | |
| 3 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 18.563 | 24 | 1: 21.51 | |
| 4th |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 21st | 1: 21.65 | |
| 5 |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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79 | 1 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 20.48 | |
| 6th |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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79 | 1 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 20.61 | |
| 7th |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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79 | 1 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 20.71 | |
| 8th |
Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 14th | 1: 21.91 | |
| 9 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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78 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 2 | 1: 21.28 | |
| 10 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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72 | 4th | + 8 rounds | 11 | 1: 20.48 | |
| - |
Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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58 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 22.19 | overheated engine |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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50 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 21.91 | accident |
| - |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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49 | 1 | DNF | 6th | 1: 20.79 | Collision damage |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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47 | 0 | DNF | 5 | 1: 20.67 | collision |
| - |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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45 | 2 | DNF | 10 | 1: 20.47 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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40 | 0 | DNF | 3 | 1: 20.76 | Driving error |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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36 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 21.18 | Tire damage |
| - |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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11 | 1 | DNF | 19th | 1: 22.41 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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3 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 21.92 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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3 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 23.58 | collision |
| - |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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3 | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 24.13 | collision |
| - |
Jan Lammers
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ATS Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 4th | - | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 18th | - | accident |
| - |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 15th | - | collision |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on September 16, 2012)
- ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)
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