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1980 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 78 laps
Round3 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 331st World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Kyalami
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault781hr 36m 52.540s9
2+2(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth78+34.070s6
3+2(FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth78+52.490s4
4-1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth78+1m 01.020s3
5+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+13(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap1
7+6(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8+10(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
9+11(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
10+7(ARG) Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
11+10(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
12+3(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
13+11(GBR) Geoff LeesShadow-Ford Cosworth70DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo69DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault61DNF 
R (IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth58DNF 
NC (FRA) Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo53+25 laps 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari31DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari14DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille ended lap 61 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:10.000

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(CHE) Marc SurerATS-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) David KennedyShadow-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Rene Arnoux18
2(AUS) Alan Jones13
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
4(FRA) Didier Pironi7
5(ITA) Elio de Angelis6
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite6
7(FIN) Keke Rosberg4
8(IRL) Derek Daly3
9(FRA) Alain Prost3
10(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli2
=(ARG) Carlos Reutemann2
12(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(DEU) Jochen Mass1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault18
2Williams-Ford Cosworth15
3Ligier-Ford Cosworth13
4Brabham-Ford Cosworth9
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
6Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth4
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth3
9Alfa Romeo2
10Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Osella
Last start
Shadow
Wins
2nd for Rene Arnoux (last win until 1982)
3rd for Renault
Podiums
15th for Jacques Laffite
5th for Rene Arnoux
3rd for Didier Pironi (first for Ligier)
16th & 17th for Ligier
6th for Renault
Poles
6th and last for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
8th for Renault
1-2 start
3rd for Renault
Fastest laps
4th for Rene Arnoux
4th for Renault
Front row starts
7th for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
5th for Rene Arnoux
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Rene Arnoux (last until 1982)