1980 Belgian Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 5th of 14 races of the 1980 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXXVIII Grote Prijs van Belgie | |
| Date: | May 4th 1980 | |
| Place: | Zolder-Terlaemen | |
| Course: | Circuit Zolder | |
| Length: | 306.864 km in 72 laps of 4.262 km
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| Weather: | sunny | |
| Spectator: | ~ 70,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Alan Jones
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 Williams
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| Time: | 1: 19.12 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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| Time: | 1: 20.88 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier
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| Second: |
Alan Jones
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Williams
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| Third: |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Williams
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The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 4th at the Circuit Zolder in Zolder-Terlaemen and was the fifth race of the 1980 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
There were five weeks between the Long Beach Grand Prix and the start of the European season in Belgium. During this hiatus, the financially troubled Shadow team had been sold to Teddy Yip, the founder of Theodore Racing team .
Alain Prost returned to the field after a break of several weeks due to injury. As a replacement for Clay Regazzoni , who had been paraplegic since his accident in Long Beach, the Ensign Racing team hired Formula 1 newcomer Tiff Needell , who made his only Grand Prix appearance.
In order to save costs, the two competing tire manufacturers Goodyear and Michelin agreed not to produce special qualifying tires from now on.
training
Alan Jones secured his second pole position of the year in dry conditions on Friday in front of the two Ligier drivers Didier Pironi and Jacques Laffite . The second Williams driver Carlos Reutemann followed in fourth place in front of the two Renaults driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux .
Since no time improvements were expected on Saturdays due to the damp track conditions, some drivers decided not to take part in the second qualifying session.
run
Pironi accelerated Jones at the start and took the lead. Jabouille dropped out due to a clutch defect.
The order of the first nine drivers did not change until the 17th lap. Then Arnoux fell back to tenth place after the unsuccessful attempt to overtake Reutemann in fourth place and had to leave his fifth place to Nelson Piquet . This was eliminated in the 33rd lap due to a spin. After Laffite had lost his third place to Reutemann on lap 38, he headed for the pit because he suspected a brake defect. After his mechanics had rectified the problem, he returned to the track as 14th and thus penultimate at this point in time.
Pironi won ahead of Jones and Reutemann. Arnoux finished fourth just ahead of Jean-Pierre Jarier and Gilles Villeneuve .
Didier Pironi was the third driver after Nelson Piquet and René Arnoux in that year to win a Grand Prix for the first time.
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 |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.12 | 193.923 km / h | 1: 28.81 | 172.764 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 19.35 | 193.361 km / h | 1: 29.66 | 171.126 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 19.69 | 192.536 km / h | 1: 35.84 | 160.092 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.79 | 192.295 km / h | no time | - | 4th |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 19.89 | 192.054 km / h | 1: 31.14 | 168.348 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 19.89 | 192.054 km / h | 1: 34.11 | 163.035 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 20.23 | 191.240 km / h | 1: 36.48 | 159.030 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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1: 20.96 | 189.516 km / h | 1: 40.83 | 152.169 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 21.36 | 188.584 km / h | 1: 29.71 | 171.031 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 21.45 | 188.376 km / h | 1: 39.73 | 153.847 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
 Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 21.51 | 188.237 km / h | 1: 37.52 | 157.334 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 21.54 | 188.168 km / h | 1: 34.50 | 162.362 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
 Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 21.55 | 188.145 km / h | no time | - | 13 |
| 14th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 21.58 | 188.076 km / h | 1: 35.73 | 160.276 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Jan Lammers
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ATS Ford
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1: 21.72 | 187.753 km / h | 1: 33.87 | 163.452 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 21.75 | 187.684 km / h | 1: 33.87 | 163.452 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 22.07 | 186.953 km / h | 1: 33.71 | 163.731 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 22.20 | 186.657 km / h | 1: 31.08 | 168.458 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Alain Prost
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 22.26 | 186.521 km / h | 1: 31.01 | 168.588 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 22.57 | 185.821 km / h | 1: 30.64 | 169.276 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
 Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 22.97 | 184.925 km / h | 1: 32.30 | 166.232 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 23.18 | 184.458 km / h | no time | - | 22nd |
| 23 |
Tiff Needell
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 23.50 | 183.751 km / h | 1: 33.97 | 163.278 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 24.22 | 182.180 km / h | 1: 46.09 | 144.624 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
Geoff Lees
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Shadow Ford
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1: 24.37 | 181.856 km / h | no time | - | - |
| DNQ |
Dave Kennedy
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Shadow Ford
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1: 24.64 | 181.276 km / h | no time | - | - |
| DNQ |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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no time | - | 1: 40.06 | 153.340 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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72 | 0 | 1: 38: 46.51 | 2 | 1: 20.94 | |
| 2 |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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72 | 0 | + 47.37 | 1 | 1: 20.97 | |
| 3 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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72 | 0 | +1: 24.12 | 4th | 1: 22.35 | |
| 4th |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 6th | 1: 21.33 | |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 22.25 | |
| 6th |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 12 | 1: 22.62 | |
| 7th |
Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 21st | 1: 22.34 | |
| 8th |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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70 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 14th | 1: 22.84 | |
| 9 |
Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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70 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 11 | 1: 23.62 | |
| 10 |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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69 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 21.81 | accident |
| 11 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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68 | 1 | + 4 rounds | 3 | 1: 20.88 | |
| 12 |
Jan Lammers
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ATS Ford
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64 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 23.33 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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61 | 1 | NC | 20th | 1: 23.48 | Unrated |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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58 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 21.89 | accident |
| - |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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41 | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 24.06 | broken shift linkage |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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38 | 2 | DNF | 10 | 1: 23.51 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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32 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 22.51 | accident |
| - |
Alain Prost
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McLaren-Ford
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29 | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 24.89 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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16 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 26.16 | Electrical damage |
| - |
Tiff Needell
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Ensign-Ford
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12 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 26.83 | Engine failure |
| - |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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11 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 24.18 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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5 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 27.06 | Clutch damage |
| - |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 38.00 | accident |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1 | 0 | DNF | 5 | 1: 44.38 | Clutch damage |
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 January 5, 2016 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 December 18, 2015 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)
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