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1980 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 40 laps
Round2 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 330th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Interlagos (last until 1990)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault401hr 40m 01.330s9
2+5(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth40+21.860s6
3+7(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth40+1m 06.110s4
4-2(FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth40+1m 40.130s3
5+8(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40+2m 25.410s2
6+8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap1
7+13(CHE) Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
8+10(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
9+6(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
10+6(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
11+12(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
12+10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
13+4(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo39+1 lap 
14+10(IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
15+4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
16-13(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari36DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo33DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault25DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari10DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 

Notes

  • Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 36 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:21.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
2(FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth
3(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
9(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
11(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
12(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
15(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
16(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
18(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
20(CHE) Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo
22(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
24(IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) David KennedyShadow-Ford Cosworth
(SWE) Stefan JohanssonShadow-Ford Cosworth
(USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Alan Jones13
2(FRA) Rene Arnoux9
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet6
=(ITA) Elio de Angelis6
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg4
6(IRL) Derek Daly3
=(FRA) Didier Pironi3
8(FRA) Alain Prost3
9(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli2
10(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth13
2Renault9
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth6
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
5Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth4
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
=Ligier-Ford Cosworth3
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth3
9Alfa Romeo2
10Arrows-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st for Rene Arnoux (65th different winner, 7th French driver)
2nd for Renault
Podiums
10th for Alan Jones (33rd driver to score ten podiums, 2nd Australian driver)
4th for Rene Arnoux
1st for Elio de Angelis (136th different podium finisher, 17th Italian driver; last podium until 1982)
134th for Lotus
14th for Williams
5th for Renault
Poles
5th for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
7th for Renault
Fastest laps
3rd for Rene Arnoux
3rd for Renault
Front row starts
6th for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1st for Didier Pironi (98th different front row starter, 12th French driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Rene Arnoux (39th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd French driver)