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Home / Seasons / 1980 F1 World Championship Season / 1980 Italian Grand Prix

1980 Italian Grand Prix

340th World Championship race, 31st World Championship Italian Grand Prix, 1st World Championship race at Imola

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1979 Italian Grand Prix

1981 Italian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 14 September 1980
Winner:Brazil flag Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom flag Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:France flag Rene Arnoux
France flag Renault
Fastest lap:Australia flag Alan Jones
United Kingdom flag Williams-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:Imola, 60 laps
Round:12 of 14

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth601hr 38m 07.520s9
2+4Australia flag Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth60+28.930s6
3 Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth60+1m 13.670s4
4+14Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap3
5+6Finland flag Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap2
6+7France flag Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap1
7+17France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap 
8+8South Africa flag Jody ScheckterFerrari59+1 lap 
9+11France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap 
10-9France flag Rene ArnouxRenault58+2 laps 
11+10United Kingdom flag Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (P)58+2 laps 
12+5USA flag Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth57+3 laps 
13-1France flag Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
R France flag Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault53DNF 
R Switzerland flag Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Italy flag Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R Ireland flag Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R Mexico flag Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari5DNF 
R Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo5DNF 
R Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo4DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:33.988
2France flag Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:34.339
3Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:34.686
4Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:34.912
5Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:34.960
6Australia flag Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:35.109
7Italy flag Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth1:35.618
8Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:35.751
9Mexico flag Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:35.872
10USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.084
11Finland flag Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:36.091
12France flag Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.181
13France flag Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.422
14United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.450
15Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:36.758
16South Africa flag Jody ScheckterFerrari1:36.827
17USA flag Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth1:36.884
18Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.919
19Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo1:36.929
20France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.972
21United Kingdom flag Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (P)1:37.169
22Ireland flag Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:37.215
23Switzerland flag Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth1:37.270
24France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:37.284

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:33.988 
2France flag Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:34.3390.351
3Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:34.6860.698
4Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:34.9120.924
5Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:34.9600.972
6Australia flag Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:35.1091.121
7Italy flag Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth1:35.6181.630
8Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:35.7511.763
9Mexico flag Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:35.8721.884
10USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.0842.096
11Finland flag Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:36.0912.103
12France flag Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.1812.193
13France flag Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.4222.434
14United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.4502.462
15Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:36.7582.770
16South Africa flag Jody ScheckterFerrari1:36.8272.839
17USA flag Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth1:36.8842.896
18Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.9192.931
19Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo1:36.9292.941
20France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.9722.984
21United Kingdom flag Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (P)1:37.1693.181
22Ireland flag Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:37.2153.227
23Switzerland flag Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth1:37.2703.282
24France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:37.2843.296
Did not qualify
25United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:37.6613.673
26Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockArrows-Ford Cosworth1:38.2124.224
27Netherlands flag Jan LammersEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:38.2154.227
28United Kingdom flag Geoff LeesEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:38.4514.463

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

  • Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1980

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag Nelson Piquet54
2Australia flag Alan Jones53
3Argentina flag Carlos Reutemann37
4France flag Jacques Laffite32
5France flag Rene Arnoux29
6France flag Didier Pironi24
7Italy flag Elio de Angelis10
8France flag Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
9Italy flag Riccardo Patrese7
10Finland flag Keke Rosberg6
11Ireland flag Derek Daly6
12France flag Jean-Pierre Jarier6
13Brazil flag Emerson Fittipaldi5
14France flag Alain Prost5
15Germany flag Jochen Mass4
16Italy flag Bruno Giacomelli4
17Canada flag Gilles Villeneuve4
18United Kingdom flag John Watson3
19South Africa flag Jody Scheckter2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Williams-Ford Cosworth90
2France flag Ligier-Ford Cosworth56
3United Kingdom flag Brabham-Ford Cosworth54
4France flag Renault38
5United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
6United Kingdom flag Arrows-Ford Cosworth11
7Brazil flag Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth11
8United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth10
9United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth8
10Italy flag Ferrari6
11Italy flag Alfa Romeo4

Statistics & Milestones

Last start
Driver: Vittorio Brambilla
World Champion
Constructor: 1st World Championship for Williams (10th different world champion)
Wins
Driver: 3rd for Nelson Piquet
Constructor: 23rd for Brabham
Podiums
Driver: 35th for Carlos Reutemann, 16th for Alan Jones, 6th for Nelson Piquet
Constructor: 92nd for Brabham, 25th & 26th for Williams
Poles
Driver: 5th for Rene Arnoux
Constructor: 11th for Renault
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 6th for Renault
Fastest laps
Driver: 7th for Alan Jones
Constructor: 10th for Williams
Front row starts
Driver: 11th and last for Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 10th for Rene Arnoux

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Imola Circuit
  • 1980 World Championship season

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