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1980 United States Grand Prix West

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLong Beach, 80 laps
Round4 of 14
Race numbers

The 1980 United States Grand Prix West was the:

  • 332nd World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship United States Grand Prix West
  • 5th World Championship race at Long Beach
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth801hr 50m 18.550s9
2+6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth80+49.212s6
3+21(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth80+1m 18.563s4
4+17(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap3
5+11(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari79+1 lap2
6+3(FRA) Didier PironiLigier-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap1
7+10(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8+6(IRL) Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
9-7(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault78+2 laps 
10+1(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault71+9 laps 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth58DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo49DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari46DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo40DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (ARG) Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (NLD) Jan LammersATS-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:17.694

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(IRL) David KennedyShadow-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Geoff LeesShadow-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Stephen SouthMcLaren-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Rene Arnoux18
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
3(AUS) Alan Jones13
4(FRA) Didier Pironi8
5(ITA) Riccardo Patrese7
6(ITA) Elio de Angelis6
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite6
8(FIN) Keke Rosberg4
=(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi4
10(IRL) Derek Daly3
=(GBR) John Watson3
12(FRA) Alain Prost3
13(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli2
=(ARG) Carlos Reutemann2
=(ZAF) Jody Scheckter2
16(DEU) Jochen Mass1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault18
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth18
3Williams-Ford Cosworth15
4Ligier-Ford Cosworth14
5Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
6Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
7Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
10Alfa Romeo2
=Ferrari2

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Clay Regazzoni
Milestone race start
100th for Mario Andretti (13th driver to start 100 races, 1st American driver)
Wins
1st for Nelson Piquet (66th different winner, 3rd Brazilian driver; first Brazilian winner since 1975)
21st for Brabham
Podiums
35th and last for Emerson Fittipaldi (first podium since 1978)
2nd for Nelson Piquet
2nd for Riccardo Patrese (first podium since 1978)
88th for Brabham
3rd and last for Fittipaldi
2nd for Arrows
Poles
1st for Nelson Piquet (57th different polesitter, 3rd Brazilian driver; first Brazilian polesitter since 1975)
21st for Brabham
Fastest laps
2nd for Nelson Piquet
28th for Brabham
Front row starts
6th for Rene Arnoux
2nd for Nelson Piquet
Points finishes
53rd and last for Jody Scheckter
Pole & win
1st for Nelson Piquet (32nd different driver to win from pole, 2nd Brazilian driver; first Brazilian driver to win from pole since 1974)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Nelson Piquet (40th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 2nd Brazilian driver; first Brazilian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1973)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Nelson Piquet (25th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st Brazilian driver)