1980 Italian Grand Prix
1980 Italian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 12 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 14 September 1980 | ||
Official name | 51º Gran Premio d'Italia[1] | ||
Location | |||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.000[2] km (3.107 miles) | ||
Distance | 60 laps, 300.000[2] km (186.411 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny, Mild, Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Renault | ||
Time | 1:33.988 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | |
Time | 1:36.089 on lap 47 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Brabham-Ford | ||
Second | Williams-Ford | ||
Third | Williams-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was a
This was the first Formula One World Championship race to be held at Imola (the circuit having hosted the non-championship
The race was held over 60 laps of the 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 300 kilometres (186.4 mi).
The race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-Ford. Piquet won by nearly half a minute from Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, with Jones' Argentine team-mate Carlos Reutemann third. The win was Piquet's third of the season and second in succession, and it gave him the lead of the Drivers' Championship by one point from Jones.
Manfred Winkelhock made his debut, substituting for the injured Jochen Mass at Arrows. A collision with Nigel Mansell's Lotus during qualifying resulted in both drivers failing to make the grid. Ferrari debuted their first turbo car, the 126C, but Gilles Villeneuve started the race in his regular 312T5. Regardless, after a heavy crash in practice at the flat-out right hander before Tosa, reigning World Champion Jody Scheckter announced his retirement from the sport.
The front row of the grid was occupied by the Renaults of René Arnoux and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, although Piquet led by lap 4 and was never headed. On lap 6, Villeneuve crashed his Ferrari heavily at the corner which now bears his name, following a puncture. Villeneuve escaped unhurt, but the incident also caused the retirement of Bruno Giacomelli, who ran over some of the debris in his Alfa Romeo. Jones moved up to second on lap 29 after running as low as seventh. Behind Reutemann, Elio de Angelis finished fourth in his Lotus, with Keke Rosberg fifth in his Fittipaldi and Didier Pironi sixth in his Ligier.
Jones' and Reutemann's podium finishes enabled the Williams team to secure their first Constructors' Championship with two races remaining.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
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1 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault
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1:33.988 | - |
2 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault
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1:34.339 | + 0.351 |
3 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford
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1:34.686 | + 0.698 |
4 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.912 | + 0.924 |
5 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 1:34.960 | + 0.972 |
6 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford
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1:35.109 | + 1.121 |
7 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:35.618 | + 1.630 |
8 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:35.751 | + 1.763 |
9 | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 1:35.872 | + 1.884 |
10 | 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:36.084 | + 2.096 |
11 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:36.091 | + 2.103 |
12 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:36.181 | + 2.193 |
13 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford
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1:36.422 | + 2.434 |
14 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:36.450 | + 2.462 |
15 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:36.758 | + 2.770 |
16 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:36.827 | + 2.839 |
17 | 31 | Eddie Cheever | Osella-Ford | 1:36.884 | + 2.896 |
18 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 1:36.919 | + 2.931 |
19 | 22 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 1:36.929 | + 2.941 |
20 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford
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1:36.972 | + 2.984 |
21 | 50 | Rupert Keegan | Williams-Ford
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1:37.169 | + 3.181 |
22 | 4 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:37.215 | + 3.227 |
23 | 9 | Marc Surer | ATS-Ford | 1:37.270 | + 3.282 |
24 | 8 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Ford | 1:37.284 | + 3.296 |
25 | 43 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 1:37.661 | + 3.673 |
26 | 30 | Manfred Winkelhock | Arrows-Ford | 1:38.212 | + 4.224 |
27 | 14 | Jan Lammers | Ensign-Ford | 1:38.215 | + 4.227 |
28 | 41 | Geoff Lees | Ensign-Ford | 1:38.451 | + 4.463 |
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Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | G | 60 | 1:38:07.52 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | G | 60 | + 28.93 | 6 | 6 |
3 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | G | 60 | + 1:13.67 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | G | 59 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 3 |
5 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | 59 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 2 |
6 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford
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G | 59 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 1 |
7 | 8 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Ford | G | 59 | + 1 Lap | 24 | |
8 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | M | 59 | + 1 Lap | 16 | |
9 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford
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G | 59 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
10 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | M | 58 | + 2 Laps | 1 | |
11 | 50 | Rupert Keegan | Williams-Ford | G | 58 | + 2 Laps | 21 | |
12 | 31 | Eddie Cheever | Osella-Ford | G | 57 | + 3 Laps | 17 | |
13 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 54 | Brakes | 12 | |
Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | M | 53 | Gearbox | 2 | |
Ret | 9 | Marc Surer | ATS-Ford
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G | 45 | Engine | 23 | |
Ret | 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | G | 40 | Engine | 10 | |
Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | G | 38 | Engine | 7 | |
Ret | 4 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 33 | Accident | 22 | |
Ret | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | G | 20 | Wheel Bearing | 14 | |
Ret | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | G | 18 | Suspension | 9 | |
Ret | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | 17 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | M | 5 | Puncture | 8 | |
Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | G | 5 | Puncture | 4 | |
Ret | 22 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | G | 4 | Spun Off | 19 | |
DNQ | 43 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | G | ||||
DNQ | 30 | Manfred Winkelhock | Arrows-Ford | G | ||||
DNQ | 14 | Jan Lammers | Ensign-Ford | G | ||||
DNQ | 41 | Geoff Lees | Ensign-Ford | G | ||||
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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- ^ "1980 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "1980 Italian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 14 September 1980. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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