1980 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 4 May 1980. It was the fifth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Belgian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Zolder. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.262-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.

1980 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Race details
Date May 4, 1980
Location Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 mi)
Distance 72 laps, 306.864 km (190.066 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
Williams-Ford
Time 1:19.12
Fastest lap
Driver Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford
Time 1:20.88 on lap 57
Podium
First
Ligier-Ford
Second
Williams-Ford
Third
Williams-Ford
The Williams FW07B of Alan Jones

The race was won by French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. It was Pironi's debut World Championship victory and he was the fourth driver to win in the first five races of the season. Pironi won by 47 seconds over Australian driver and eventual 1980 champion, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams teammate Argentinian driver, Carlos Reutemann. It was the first of three wins in Pironi's accident-shortened Formula One career. Jones' second place allowed him to close to within two points of series leader René Arnoux who had collected three points for finishing fourth in his Renault RE20. Piquet was one point behind Jones with Pironi just one point further behind.

Classification

Qualifying
PosNo.DriverConstructorTimeGap
1 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:19.12 -
2 25 Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:19.35 + 0.23
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:19.69 + 0.57
4 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:19.79 + 0.67
5 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:19.89 + 0.77
6 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:19.89 + 0.77
7 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:20.23 + 1.11
8 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:20.96 + 1.84
9 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.36 + 2.24
10 66 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 1:21.45 + 2.33
11 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.51 + 2.39
12 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:21.54 + 2.42
13 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:21.55 + 2.43
14 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:21.58 + 2.46
15 10 Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:21.72 + 2.60
16 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:21.75 + 2.63
17 11 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:22.07 + 2.95
18 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:22.20 + 3.08
19 8 Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:22.26 + 3.14
20 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:22.57 + 3.45
21 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:22.97 + 3.85
22 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 1:23.18 + 4.06
23 14 Tiff Needell Ensign-Ford 1:23.50 + 4.38
24 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:24.22 + 5.10
25 17 Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford 1:24.37 + 5.25
26 18 David Kennedy Shadow-Ford 1:24.64 + 5.52
27 31 Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:40.06 + 20.94
Source:[1]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 25 Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 72 1:38:47.4 2 9
2 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 72 +47.37 secs 1 6
3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 72 +84.12 secs 4 4
4 16 René Arnoux Renault 71 +1 Lap 6 3
5 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 71 +1 Lap 9 2
6 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 71 +1 Lap 12 1
7 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 71 +1 Lap 21
8 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 70 +2 Laps 14
9 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 70 +2 Laps 11
10 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 69 Spun Off 8
11 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 68 +4 Laps 3
12 9 Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 64 Engine 15
NC 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 61 Not Classified 20
Ret 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 58 Spun Off 16
Ret 11 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 41 Gearbox 17
Ret 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 38 Exhaust 10
Ret 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 32 Spun Off 7
Ret 8 Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 29 Transmission 19
Ret 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 16 Electrical 24
Ret 14 Tiff Needell Ensign-Ford 12 Engine 23
Ret 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 11 Suspension 18
Ret 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 5 Gearbox 22
Ret 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1 Spun Off 13
Ret 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 Clutch 5
DNQ 17 Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford
DNQ 18 David Kennedy Shadow-Ford
DNQ 31 Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "1980 Belgian Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. "1980 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. "Belgium 1980 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
Previous race:
1980 United States Grand Prix West		 FIA Formula One World Championship
1980 season		 Next race:
1980 Monaco Grand Prix
Previous race:
1979 Belgian Grand Prix		 Belgian Grand Prix Next race:
1981 Belgian Grand Prix
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.