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1980 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBrands Hatch, 76 laps
Round8 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 336th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth761hr 34m 49.228s9
2+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth76+11.007s6
3+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth76+13.285s4
4+6(IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap3
5+6(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap2
6+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap1
7+10(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
8+4(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
9+12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
10+13(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari73+3 laps 
11+7(GBR) Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73+3 laps 
12+10(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth72+4 laps 
13+11(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth69+7 laps 
NC (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault67+9 laps 
R (FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo42DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari35DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo27DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault6DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 30 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:11.004

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Jan LammersEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
(ZAF) Desire WilsonWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Alan Jones37
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet31
3(FRA) Rene Arnoux23
4(FRA) Didier Pironi23
5(ARG) Carlos Reutemann20
6(FRA) Jacques Laffite16
7(ITA) Riccardo Patrese7
8(ITA) Elio de Angelis6
9(IRL) Derek Daly6
10(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi5
11(FIN) Keke Rosberg4
12(DEU) Jochen Mass4
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier4
14(FRA) Alain Prost4
15(GBR) John Watson3
16(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve3
17(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli2
=(ZAF) Jody Scheckter2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth57
2Ligier-Ford Cosworth39
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth31
4Renault23
5Arrows-Ford Cosworth11
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth9
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth7
9Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
10Ferrari5
11Alfa Romeo2

Stats & milestones

Last start
Patrick Depailler
Wins
8th for Alan Jones (2nd driver to win the British Grand Prix for Williams)
9th for Williams
Podiums
32nd for Carlos Reutemann
13th for Alan Jones
4th for Nelson Piquet
90th for Brabham (3rd constructor to score 90 podiums)
19th & 20th for Williams (12th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
2nd for Didier Pironi (last until 1982; last for Ligier)
8th for Ligier
1-2 start
5th and last for Ligier
Fastest laps
1st for Didier Pironi (70th different fastest lap setter, 10th French driver)
7th for Ligier
Front row starts
10th for Jacques Laffite (28th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd French driver)
4th for Didier Pironi (last until 1982; last for Ligier)
Points finishes
50th for Carlos Reutemann