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

1980 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 14 September 1980
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
CircuitImola, 60 laps
Round12 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was the

  • 340th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Imola
  • 1980 Constructors’ title decider
More 1980 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

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

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier ended lap 54 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:33.988

PosDriverConstructor
1France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault
2France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
7Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
8Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
9Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
11Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
12France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13France flag lazyload Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
16South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterFerrari
17USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth
18Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo
20France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Rupert KeeganWilliams-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22Ireland flag lazyload Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23Switzerland flag Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth
24France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockArrows-Ford Cosworth
Netherlands flag lazyload Jan LammersEnsign-Ford Cosworth
United Kingdom flag lazyload Geoff LeesEnsign-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1980 Italian Grand Prix.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Vittorio Brambilla
World Champion
1st title for Williams (10th constructor world champion)
Wins
3rd for Nelson Piquet
23rd for Brabham
Podiums
35th for Carlos Reutemann, 16th for Alan Jones, 6th for Nelson Piquet
92nd for Brabham, 25th & 26th for Williams
Poles
5th for Rene Arnoux
11th for Renault
Qualifying 1-2
6th for Renault
Fastest laps
7th for Alan Jones
10th for Williams (11th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
11th and last for Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 10th for Rene Arnoux (30th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 4th French driver)

See also

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

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