1980 French Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 7th of 14 races of the 1980 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | LXVI Grand Prix de France | |
| Date: | June 29, 1980 | |
| Place: | Le Castellet | |
| Course: | Circuit Paul Ricard | |
| Length: | 313.74 km in 54 laps of 5.81 km
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| Weather: | hot | |
| Spectator: | ~ 70,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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| Time: | 1: 38.88 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Alan Jones
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 Williams
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| Time: | 1: 41.45 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Alan Jones
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Williams
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| Second: |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier
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| Third: |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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The 1980 French Grand Prix took place on June 29th on the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the seventh race of the 1980 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
Between the Monaco Grand Prix and the World Cup in France, the Spanish Grand Prix initially took place on June 1st . Due to the increasingly professional marketing of Formula 1 under the direction of Bernie Ecclestone , there was disagreement between the FOCA, headed by him, and the world association FISA regarding the distribution of the television money and the future direction of Formula 1. Alan Jones won the race in which the FISA-related teams Ferrari , Renault and Alfa Romeo did not participate. As a world association still responsible for awarding the World Cup points, the organization subsequently withdrew its World Cup status from the race.
Just in time for the French GP that followed about a month later, a temporary compromise was reached in order to be able to organize this race properly again.
Marc Surer returned to the ATS Racing Team after a break of several weeks due to injury . Since they only wanted to use one car there, Jan Lammers had to leave the team. He then became the new regular driver at Ensign Racing , where he replaced Tiff Needell , who had temporarily jumped in after Clay Regazzoni's accident, permanently.
training
For their home race, the French Jacques Laffite , René Arnoux and Didier Pironi qualified for the first three starting positions. Behind the two Williams teammates Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann , Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Prost were followed by two other Frenchmen.
The starting positions 17 and 19 for Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter made it clear again that the reigning world championship team Ferrari was in a serious crisis.
All drivers completed their fastest laps during training at average speeds of more than 200 km / h.
run
Laffite confidently led the race during the first half. Behind them, Arnoux and Pironi dueled for second place. From the fourth round, Jones also intervened in this fight and won it in the eighth round. He then gradually shortened his deficit on Laffite. Meanwhile, Arnoux fell behind Didier Pironi and Nelson Piquet .
When Laffite began to have increasing problems with his tires at the beginning of the second half, Jones quickly caught up and finally took the lead on lap 35, which he never relinquished. In the 42nd lap, Laffite also lost second place to Pironi. He finally kept third place in front of Piquet, Arnoux and Reutemann.
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 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 38.88 | 211.529 km / h | 1: 39.60 | 210,000 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 39.49 | 210.232 km / h | 1: 39.86 | 209.453 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 39.55 | 210.105 km / h | 1: 39.49 | 210.232 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 39.70 | 209.789 km / h | 1: 39.50 | 210.211 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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1: 39.60 | 210,000 km / h | 1: 39.86 | 209.453 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 40.63 | 207.851 km / h | 1: 40.18 | 208.784 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Alain Prost
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 40.73 | 207.644 km / h | 1: 40.63 | 207.851 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 40.67 | 207.768 km / h | 1: 41.51 | 206.049 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
 Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 40.90 | 207.294 km / h | 1: 40.85 | 207.397 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 41.51 | 206.049 km / h | 1: 40.89 | 207.315 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
 Marc Surer
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 ATS Ford
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1: 43.55 | 201.989 km / h | 1: 41.03 | 207.028 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 42.50 | 204.059 km / h | 1: 41.56 | 205.947 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 41.63 | 205.805 km / h | 1: 41.81 | 205.442 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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1: 41.66 | 205.745 km / h | 1: 42.43 | 204.198 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 43.07 | 202.930 km / h | 1: 41.71 | 205.643 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 41.78 | 205.502 km / h | 1: 42.10 | 204.858 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 42.21 | 204.638 km / h | 1: 41.99 | 205.079 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 42.28 | 204.497 km / h | 1: 42.07 | 204.918 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 42.38 | 204.298 km / h | 1: 42.48 | 204.098 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
 Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 42.77 | 203.522 km / h | 1: 43.23 | 202.616 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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1: 43.60 | 201.892 km / h | 1: 42.85 | 203.364 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 43.33 | 202.419 km / h | 1: 43.14 | 202.792 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
 Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 43.32 | 202.439 km / h | 1: 43.16 | 202.753 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 43.74 | 201.619 km / h | 1: 43.21 | 202.655 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
Geoff Lees
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Shadow Ford
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1: 48.85 | 192.154 km / h | 1: 44.28 | 200.575 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Jan Lammers
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 44.74 | 199.694 km / h | 1: 44.33 | 200.479 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Dave Kennedy
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Shadow Ford
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1: 45.91 | 197.488 km / h | 1: 44.56 | 200.038 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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54 | 0 | 1: 32: 43.42 | 4th | 1: 41.45 | |
| 2 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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54 | 0 | + 4.52 | 3 | 1: 41.51 | |
| 3 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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54 | 0 | + 30.26 | 1 | 1: 42.34 | |
| 4th |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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54 | 0 | +1: 14.88 | 8th | 1: 42.86 | |
| 5 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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54 | 0 | +1: 16.15 | 2 | 1: 42.41 | |
| 6th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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54 | 0 | +1: 16.74 | 5 | 1: 42.41 | |
| 7th |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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53 | 0 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 44.22 | |
| 8th |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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53 | 1 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 43.65 | |
| 9 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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53 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 44.35 | |
| 10 |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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53 | 0 | + 1 lap | 15th | 1: 44.27 | |
| 11 |
Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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52 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 45.82 | |
| 12 |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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52 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 19th | 1: 43.81 | |
| 13 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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50 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 44.51 | Electrical damage |
| 14th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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50 | 1 | + 4 rounds | 16 | 1: 45.54 | |
| - |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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43 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 45.24 | Engine failure |
| - |
Marc Surer
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ATS Ford
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26th | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 45.00 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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25th | 2 | DNF | 10 | 1: 44.74 | defective shock absorber |
| - |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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18th | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 45.67 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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8th | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 46.22 | accident |
| - |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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8th | 1 | DNF | 9 | 1: 45.48 | Handling problems |
| - |
Alain Prost
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McLaren-Ford
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6th | 1 | DNF | 7th | 1: 44.87 | Differential damage |
| - |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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3 | 1 | DNF | 14th | 1: 50.65 | Clutch damage |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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0 | 0 | DNF | 6th | - | defective power transmission |
| - |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | - | 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" ( 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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on September 16, 2012)
- ↑ "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)
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