1980 South African Grand Prix
1980 South African Grand Prix | |||
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Race 3 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 1 March 1980 | ||
Official name | XXVI South African Nashua Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Transvaal Province, South Africa | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.104 km (2.550 miles) | ||
Distance | 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Renault | ||
Time | 1:10.00 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | René Arnoux | Renault | |
Time | 1:13.15 on lap 51 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Renault | ||
Second |
Ligier-Ford | ||
Third |
Ligier-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1980 South African Grand Prix was a
The race was won by French driver
The race was additionally notable because of two accidents during qualifying: French driver
In common with the previous race in Brazil, altitude gave the turbo-charged Renaults a dominant edge in speed. Third on the grid,
Thirteen cars finished the race although Patrick Depailler's Alfa Romeo 179 was too far behind to be classified. Geoff Lees was classified 13th as he crashed his Shadow DN11 late in the race. This would be Shadow's last Grand Prix start (not counting the non-championship Spanish GP three months later).
Arnoux became the new championship points leader, five points up on Jones and nine ahead of Piquet. Similarly Renault now led the constructors points over Williams.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault
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1:10.00 | - |
2 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault
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1:10.21 | + 0.11 |
3 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 1:11.87 | + 1.87 |
4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford
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1:11.88 | + 1.88 |
5 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford
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1:12.11 | + 2.11 |
6 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford
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1:12.15 | + 2.15 |
7 | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 1:12.16 | + 2.16 |
8 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford
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1:12.23 | + 2.23 |
9 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:12.32 | + 2.32 |
10 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:12.38 | + 2.38 |
11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:12.50 | + 2.50 |
12 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:12.51 | + 2.51 |
13 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:12.70 | + 2.70 |
14 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 1:12.74 | + 2.74 |
15 | 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:12.93 | + 2.93 |
16 | 4 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:13.04 | + 3.04 |
17 | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 1:13.05 | + 3.05 |
18 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:13.23 | + 3.23 |
19 | 29 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 1:13.25 | + 3.25 |
20 | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | 1:13.25 | + 3.25 |
21 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:13.61 | + 3.61 |
22 | 8 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Ford | 1:13.76 | + 3.76 |
23 | 31 | Eddie Cheever | Osella-Ford | 1:13.83 | + 3.83 |
24 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:13.84 | + 3.84 |
25 | 17 | Geoff Lees | Shadow-Ford | 1:14.46 | + 4.46 |
26 | 9 | Marc Surer | ATS-Ford | 1:14.54 | + 4.54 |
27 | 18 | David Kennedy | Shadow-Ford | 1:15.23 | + 5.23 |
28 | 10 | Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford | 1:15.29 | + 5.29 |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | M | 78 | 1:36:52.54 | 2 | 9 |
2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford
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G | 78 | + 34.07 | 4 | 6 |
3 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford
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G | 78 | + 52.49 | 5 | 4 |
4 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | G | 78 | + 1:01.02 | 3 | 3 |
5 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 2 |
6 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 19 | 1 |
7 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 13 | |
8 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
9 | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
10 | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | G | 77 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
11 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | G | 76 | + 2 Laps | 21 | |
12 | 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | G | 76 | + 2 Laps | 15 | |
13 | 17 | Geoff Lees | Shadow-Ford | G | 70 | Suspension | 24 | |
Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | G | 69 | Engine | 12 | |
Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | M | 61 | Puncture | 1 | |
Ret | 4 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 61 | Puncture | 16 | |
Ret | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | G | 58 | Accident | 23 | |
NC | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | G | 53 | + 25 Laps | 7 | |
Ret | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | G | 34 | Gearbox | 8 | |
Ret | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | M | 31 | Transmission | 10 | |
Ret | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | M | 14 | Engine | 9 | |
Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | G | 10 | Spun Off | 11 | |
Ret | 31 | Eddie Cheever | Osella-Ford | G | 8 | Spun Off | 22 | |
Ret | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | G | 1 | Spun Off | 14 | |
DNS | 8 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Ford | G | Accident | |||
DNS | 9 | Marc Surer | ATS-Ford
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G | Accident | |||
DNQ | 18 | David Kennedy | Shadow-Ford | G | ||||
DNQ | 10 | Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford
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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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- ^ "Grand Prix Results: South African GP, 1980". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ "1980 South African Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "1980 South African Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. March 1980. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "South Africa 1980 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.