1980 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 14 races of the 1980 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	IX Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	January 27, 1980
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	314.96 km in 40 laps of 7.874 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 55,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
Time:	2: 21.40 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	René Arnoux	Renault
Time:	2: 27.311 min
Podium
First:	René Arnoux	Renault
Second:	Elio de Angelis	lotus
Third:	Alan Jones	Williams

The 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on January 27 and was the second race of the 1980 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The field of participants in the Argentine Grand Prix also entered the second round of the season in Brazil in unchanged form, which took place two weeks later.

training

Jean-Pierre Jabouille qualified for pole position in the Renault RE20 from Didier Pironi , Gilles Villeneuve , Carlos Reutemann , Jacques Laffite and René Arnoux .

Alan Jones , who had won the opening race, only achieved tenth place on the grid.

The four pilots who failed to qualify were the same as two weeks earlier.

run

Villeneuve accelerated between Jabouille and Pironi at the start and took the lead. Laffite followed in third place behind Pironi and ahead of Jabouille. The latter overtook his two compatriots on the first lap and took the lead on the second lap.

Due to deteriorating tires, Villeneuve initially fell behind Elio de Angelis and Alan Jones before he had new tires fitted to the pits. Pironi also headed for the pits, leaving Jabouille in the lead ahead of Laffite and Arnoux.

In the 14th round Laffite was eliminated due to an electrical defect. This gave the two Renault drivers a one-two lead in front of Elio de Angelis, Alan Jones, Riccardo Patrese and Alain Prost .

When Jabouille retired due to a turbocharger damage, Arnoux took the lead on lap 25, defended it to the finish and thus secured his first victory.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari 312T5	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	M.
	2	Gilles Villeneuve
Candy Tyrrell team	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Derek Daly
Parmalat Racing Team	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49		G
	6th	Ricardo Zunino
Marlboro Team McLaren	7th	John Watson	McLaren M29		G
	8th	Alain Prost
Team ATS	9	Marc Surer	ATS D3		G
	10	Jan Lammers
Team Essex Lotus	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus 81		G
	12	Elio de Angelis
Unipart Racing Team	14th	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign N180		G
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RE20	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
Shadow cars	17th	Stefan Johansson	Shadow DN11	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	18th	Dave Kennedy
Skol Fittipaldi team	20th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F7		G
	21st	Keke Rosberg
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo 179	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	G
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Équipe Ligier Gitanes	25th	Didier Pironi	Ligier JS11 / 15	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Albilad-Williams Racing Team	27	Alan Jones	Williams FW07		G
	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams FW07B
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A3		G
	30th	Jochen Mass
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella FA1		G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	2: 21.40	200.470 km / h	2: 23.10	198.088 km / h	01
02	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	2: 22.42	199.034 km / h	2: 21.65	200.116 km / h	02
03	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2: 23.31	197.798 km / h	2: 22.17	199.384 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	2: 23.63	197.357 km / h	2: 22.26	199.258 km / h	04th
05	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	2: 23.16	198.005 km / h	2: 22.30	199.202 km / h	05
06th	René Arnoux	Renault	2: 22.31	199.188 km / h	2: 30.08	188.875 km / h	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	2: 23.48	197.563 km / h	2: 22.40	199.062 km / h	07th
08th	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	2: 23.02	198.199 km / h	2: 23.04	198.171 km / h	08th
09	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	2: 23.54	197.481 km / h	2: 23.16	198.005 km / h	09
10	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	2: 23.38	197.701 km / h	2: 23.77	197.165 km / h	10
11	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	2: 23.46	197.591 km / h	2: 23.46	197.591 km / h	11
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	2: 25.68	194.580 km / h	2: 24.85	195.695 km / h	12
13	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	2: 24.95	195.560 km / h	2: 26.21	193.875 km / h	13
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	2: 26.22	193.861 km / h	2: 25.06	195.412 km / h	14th
15th	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	2: 26.14	193.967 km / h	2: 25.74	194.500 km / h	15th
16	Jochen Mass	Arrows Ford	2: 25.75	194.486 km / h	2: 25.82	194.393 km / h	16
17th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	2: 25.80	194.420 km / h	2: 26.52	193.464 km / h	17th
18th	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	2: 26.53	193.451 km / h	2: 29.68	189.380 km / h	18th
19th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	2: 26.94	192.911 km / h	2: 26.86	193.016 km / h	19th
20th	Marc Surer	ATS Ford	2: 30.27	188.636 km / h	2: 27.10	192.702 km / h	20th
21st	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	2: 27.11	192.688 km / h	2: 30.23	188.687 km / h	21st
22nd	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 28.99	190.257 km / h	2: 27.15	192.636 km / h	22nd
23	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	2: 28.82	190.474 km / h	2: 27.29	192.453 km / h	23
24	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 28.21	191.258 km / h	2: 28.44	190.962 km / h	24
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS Ford	2: 29.54	189.557 km / h	2: 29.64	189.431 km / h	-
DNQ	Dave Kennedy	Shadow Ford	2: 31.49	187.117 km / h	2: 30.52	188.323 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Shadow Ford	2: 34.46	183.519 km / h	2: 31.48	187.130 km / h	-
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	2: 34.52	183.448 km / h	2: 34.60	183.353 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	René Arnoux	Renault	40	0	1: 40: 01.33	06th	2: 27.311
02	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	40	0	+ 21.86	07th	2: 30.210
03	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	40	0	+1: 06.11	10	2: 29.640
04th	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	40	1	+1: 40.13	02	2: 28.182
05	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	40	0	+ 2: 25.41	13	2: 30.883
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	14th	2: 32.124
07th	Marc Surer	ATS Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	20th	2: 31.221
08th	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	18th	2: 31.894
09	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	15th	2: 31.853
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	16	2: 33.245
11	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	23	2: 33.433
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	2: 33.170
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	39	1	+ 1 lap	17th	2: 31.111
14th	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	38	0	+ 2 rounds	24	2: 30.540
15th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	38	3	+ 2 rounds	19th	2: 32.547
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	36	1	DNF	03	2: 31.477	defective throttle cable
-	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	33	0	DNF	21st	2: 32.773	defective fuel pump
-	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	25th	0	DNF	01	2: 27.979	Turbocharger damage
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	14th	1	DNF	09	2: 31.273	accident
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	13	0	DNF	05	2: 29.077	Engine failure
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	13	3	DNF	12	2: 35.420	broken suspension
-	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	10	1	DNF	08th	2: 28.640	Oil pressure loss
-	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	01	0	DNF	11	2: 42.190	accident
-	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	01	0	DNF	04th	6: 04.820	broken half-wave

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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alan Jones Williams 13 02  René Arnoux Renault 9 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 6th 04th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 6th 05  Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  Didier Pironi Ligier 3 07th  Derek Daly Tyrrell 3 03  Alain Prost McLaren 3 09  Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 2 10  Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 13 02  Renault 9 03  Brabham 6th 04th  lotus 6th 05  Fittipaldi 4th

Item constructor Points 06th  Ligier 3 07th  Tyrrell 3 08th  McLaren 3 09  Alfa Romeo 2 10  Arrows 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 16, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website