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1980 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round13 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 341st World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Montreal
  • 1980 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth701hr 46m 45.530s9
2+3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth70+15.540s6
3 (FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth70+19.130s (60.000s)4
4+3(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth70+30.980s3
5+17(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari70+55.230s2
6+4(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap1
7+8(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
8+1(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth68DNF 
9-3(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
10+7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
11+10(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
12+7(NLD) Jan LammersEnsign-Ford Cosworth66+4 laps 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault39DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault25DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo8DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo7DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (NZL) Mike ThackwellTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Didier Pironi received a 60-second time penalty for a jump start. He originally finished P1.
  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 68 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 23 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:27.328

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
2(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
3(FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth
4(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
5(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
6(FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
9(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
10(MEX) Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
14(USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
18(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
19(NLD) Jan LammersEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20(IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
22(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
23(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
24(NZL) Mike ThackwellTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(CHE) Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth
(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
(GBR) Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(USA) Kevin CoganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Alan Jones62
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet54
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann40
4(FRA) Jacques Laffite32
5(FRA) Rene Arnoux29
6(FRA) Didier Pironi28
7(ITA) Elio de Angelis10
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
9(ITA) Riccardo Patrese7
10(FIN) Keke Rosberg6
11(IRL) Derek Daly6
=(GBR) John Watson6
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier6
14(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
15(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi5
16(FRA) Alain Prost5
17(DEU) Jochen Mass4
18(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli4
19(ZAF) Jody Scheckter2
20(MEX) Hector Rebaque1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Ford Cosworth105
2Ligier-Ford Cosworth60
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth55
4Renault38
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth11
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth11
9Lotus-Ford Cosworth10
10Ferrari8
11Alfa Romeo4

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Andrea de Cesaris
Mike Thackwell (first New Zealander driver to start a race since 1976)
Milestone race start
50th for Riccardo Patrese (44th driver to start 50 races, 3rd Italian driver)
World Champion
1st and only title for Alan Jones (18th driver to win the World Championship, 2nd Australian champion; first Australian champion since 1959)
Wins
9th for Alan Jones
10th for Williams (9th constructor to win ten races)
Race 1-2
2nd for Williams
Podiums
36th for Carlos Reutemann
17th for Alan Jones
6th for Didier Pironi
27th & 28th for Williams
24th for Ligier
Poles
2nd for Nelson Piquet
22nd for Brabham
Fastest laps
2nd for Didier Pironi (last for Ligier)
8th for Ligier
Front row starts
10th for Alan Jones (31st driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd Australian driver)
3rd for Nelson Piquet