1980 South African Grand Prix
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| 3rd of 14 races of the 1980 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XIV Grand Prix of South Africa | |
| Date: | March 1, 1980 | |
| Place: | Midrand | |
| Course: | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit | |
| Length: | 320.112 km in 78 laps of 4.104 km
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| Weather: | cloudy but warm | |
| Spectator: | ~ 50,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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| Time: | 1: 10.00 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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| Time: | 1: 13.15 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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| Second: |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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| Third: |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier
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The 1980 South African Grand Prix took place on March 1st at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the third race of the 1980 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
During the five-week break between the second and third World Championship rounds of the year, the ATS Racing Team had completed a first copy of the new D4 model . The car was driven by Marc Surer . At Tyrrell also a new vehicle came to be called Tyrrell 010 used. There was already a copy of this model for both factory drivers.
At Shadow , Stefan Johansson was replaced by Geoff Lees after two unsuccessful qualification attempts in Argentina and Brazil .
training
The two Renault drivers Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux formed the front row in front of Nelson Piquet and Jacques Laffite . This was followed by Didier Pironi and Carlos Reutemann .
Marc Surer had a serious accident during training, had to be cut out of his destroyed vehicle and suffered leg injuries. Regardless of this, Alain Prost also had an accident and had to refrain from participating in the race.
run
While Jabouille and Arnoux were able to pull away slightly, Alan Jones , Jacques Laffite, Carlos Reutemann, Nelson Piquet and Gilles Villeneuve fought for second place behind them . During the first laps, Jody Scheckter also intervened in the action by overtaking Villeneuve and Piquet.
While Villeneuve fell far behind with a pit stop, Jones was overtaken by Laffite. Due to engine problems, Scheckter, the second Ferrari driver, also fell behind hopelessly from the twelfth lap and finally dropped out completely on the 15th lap.
Jones had to retire on lap 35 due to a gearbox failure. Jean-Pierre Jarier , who had meanwhile finished fifth, fell behind Piquet and Pironi from the 55th lap.
Jabouille, who had been in the lead until then, retired on lap 62 due to a puncture. Nevertheless, there was a triple French victory with Arnoux ahead of Laffite and Pironi. The last time three compatriots had such a success was the 1968 US Grand Prix , when three Britons, Jackie Stewart , Graham Hill and John Surtees , stood on the podium at the same time. However, this was surpassed by the fact that this time the first three places for the constructors were achieved exclusively by French teams, as well as the pole position and the fastest race lap.
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 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 10.00 | 211.063 km / h | 1: 11.92 | 205.428 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 10.21 | 210.432 km / h | 1: 11.11 | 207.768 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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 Brabham-Ford
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1: 11.87 | 205.571 km / h | 1: 12.16 | 204.745 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 11.88 | 205.543 km / h | 1: 12.40 | 204.066 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 12.11 | 204.887 km / h | 1: 12.16 | 204.745 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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1: 12.15 | 204.773 km / h | 1: 12.18 | 204.688 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Patrick Depailler
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 Alfa Romeo
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1: 13.13 | 202.029 km / h | 1: 12.16 | 204.745 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 12.23 | 204.547 km / h | 1: 12.66 | 203.336 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 12.95 | 202.528 km / h | 1: 12.32 | 204.292 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 12.38 | 204.123 km / h | 1: 13.40 | 201.286 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 12.95 | 202.528 km / h | 1: 12.50 | 203.785 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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1: 12.51 | 203.757 km / h | 1: 12.83 | 202.861 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 12.70 | 203.224 km / h | 1: 12.76 | 203.057 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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1: 12.74 | 203.112 km / h | 1: 13.00 | 202.389 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 13.26 | 201.671 km / h | 1: 12.93 | 202.583 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
 Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 13.04 | 202.278 km / h | 1: 13.60 | 200.739 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 13.05 | 202.251 km / h | 1: 13.29 | 201.588 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 13.23 | 201.753 km / h | 1: 13.53 | 200.930 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
 Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 13.25 | 201.698 km / h | 1: 13.29 | 201.588 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 13.56 | 200.848 km / h | 1: 13.25 | 201.698 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 14.04 | 199.546 km / h | 1: 13.61 | 200.712 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Alain Prost
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 13.76 | 200.304 km / h | no time | - | DNS |
| 23 |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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1: 13.84 | 200.087 km / h | 1: 13.83 | 200.114 km / h | 22nd |
| 24 |
 Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 13.84 | 200.087 km / h | 1: 13.93 | 199.843 km / h | 23 |
| 25th |
Geoff Lees
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Shadow Ford
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1: 14.46 | 198.421 km / h | 1: 15.20 | 196.468 km / h | 24 |
| 26th |
Marc Surer
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ATS Ford
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1: 14.54 | 198.208 km / h | no time | - | DNS |
| DNQ |
Dave Kennedy
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Shadow Ford
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1: 15.23 | 196.390 km / h | 1: 15.38 | 195.999 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Jan Lammers
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ATS Ford
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no time | - | 1: 15.29 | 196.233 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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78 | 0 | 1: 36: 52.54 | 2 | 1: 13.15 | |
| 2 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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78 | 0 | + 34.07 | 4th | 1: 13.91 | |
| 3 |
Didier Pironi
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Ligier-Ford
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78 | 0 | + 52.49 | 5 | 1: 14.19 | |
| 4th |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Ford
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78 | 0 | +1: 01.02 | 3 | 1: 14.57 | |
| 5 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Williams-Ford
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77 | 1 | + 1 lap | 6th | 1: 14.41 | |
| 6th |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 19th | 1: 14.80 | |
| 7th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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77 | 1 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 13.34 | |
| 8th |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 14.90 | |
| 9 |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 15.05 | |
| 10 |
Ricardo Zunino
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Brabham-Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 14.93 | |
| 11 |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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76 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 21st | 1: 15.69 | |
| 12 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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76 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 15th | 1: 14.62 | |
| 13 |
Geoff Lees
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Shadow Ford
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70 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 16.81 | accident |
| - |
Bruno Giacomelli
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Alfa Romeo
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69 | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 14.88 | broken rear wing |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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61 | 0 | DNF | 1 | 1: 13.29 | Tire damage |
| - |
Derek Daly
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Tyrrell-Ford
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61 | 1 | DNF | 16 | 1: 15.10 | Tire damage |
| - |
Keke Rosberg
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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59 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 15.57 | Brake defect |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Alfa Romeo
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53 | 2 | DNF | 7th | 1: 15.08 | defective fuel supply |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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34 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 13.99 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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31 | 1 | DNF | 10 | 1: 14.65 | broken semi-axis |
| - |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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13 | 1 | DNF | 9 | 1: 14.68 | Engine failure |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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10 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 14.39 | Brake defect |
| - |
Eddie Cheever
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Osella-Ford
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8th | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 16.61 | Brake defect |
| - |
Elio de Angelis
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Lotus Ford
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1 | 0 | DNF | 14th | Lathe operator |
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 May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on September 16, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 16, 2012)
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