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1980 British Grand Prix

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1980 British Grand Prix
Race 8 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Race details
Date 13 July 1980
Official name XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.207 km (2.614 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 319.732 km (198.672 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:11.004
Fastest lap
Driver France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford
Time 1:12.368 on lap 54
Podium
First Williams-Ford
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1980 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 13 July 1980. It was the eighth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was held over 76 laps of the 4.207-km (2.614-mile) circuit for a total race distance of 319.73 km (198.67 miles).

The race was won by Australian driver, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. The win was Jones' eighth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his fourth of the year. Including the non-championship Spanish Grand Prix it was Jones' third victory in a row as he built his charge towards becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion. Jones won by eleven seconds over the man becoming his arch-rival, Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. Third, and the only other car to finish on the lead lap, was Jones' Williams Grand Prix Engineering teammate, Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann.

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Background

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In the two weeks between the French and British Grands Prix, Brabham decided to replace Ricardo Zunino with Mexican driver Héctor Rebaque, while the Shadow team closed down. There were still 27 cars on the entry list, as RAM Racing entered year-old Williams FW07s for Rupert Keegan and South African female racer Desiré Wilson.[1]

Qualifying

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For the third consecutive race, a Ligier driver took pole position, Didier Pironi setting a time some 5.8 seconds faster than the pole time set by Ronnie Peterson at the previous Grand Prix at Brands Hatch two years before. Pironi's teammate Jacques Laffite was alongside on the front row, while the works Williams filled the second row with championship leader Alan Jones ahead of Carlos Reutemann. On the third row were Nelson Piquet in the Brabham and Bruno Giacomelli in the Alfa Romeo, and on the fourth were Alain Prost in the McLaren and Patrick Depailler in the second Alfa Romeo. Mario Andretti in the Lotus and Derek Daly in the Tyrrell completed the top ten.

The Renaults and Ferraris had issues with their Michelin tyres,[2] and Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux could only manage 13th and 16th respectively for the French team, while Gilles Villeneuve and reigning champion Jody Scheckter struggled to 19th and 23rd respectively for the Italian outfit, and were both out-qualified by Keegan's private Williams. Wilson failed to qualify in the other private Williams.

Race

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At the start, Pironi led with Laffite holding off Jones and Piquet passing Reutemann for fourth. Pironi held a comfortable lead until lap 19, when he suffered a deflating front tyre followed by a long pit stop to replace it. Laffite led until he too suffered a deflating tyre, causing him to spin off into catch fencing at Hawthorn Bend on lap 31. Thereafter, Jones retained a comfortable advantage over Piquet and Reutemann, while Pironi made a charge from the back of the field, reaching fifth before suffering another tyre failure on lap 64. It was later established that the Ligiers' problems were caused by their wheel rims cracking.[2]

Jones eventually took the chequered flag 11 seconds ahead of Piquet, for his fourth victory of the season and his third in succession (including the Spanish Grand Prix, which was subsequently stripped of its World Championship status). Reutemann, the last man on the lead lap, finished 2.2 seconds behind Piquet, with the minor points going to Daly, his Tyrrell teammate Jean-Pierre Jarier, and Prost.

In the Drivers' Championship, Jones doubled his lead over Piquet to six points, while in the Constructors' Championship Williams moved 18 points clear of Ligier.

This race turned out to be the last for Depailler, who died three weeks later while testing at Hockenheim ahead of the German Grand Prix.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:11.004 -
2 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:11.395 + 0.391
3 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:11.609 + 0.605
4 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:11.629 + 0.625
5 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:11.634 + 0.630
6 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:12.128 + 1.124
7 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:12.634 + 1.630
8 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 1:13.189 + 2.185
9 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:13.400 + 2.396
10 4 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:13.469 + 2.465
11 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:13.666 + 2.662
12 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:13.717 + 2.713
13 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:13.749 + 2.745
14 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:13.859 + 2.855
15 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:13.953 + 2.949
16 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:13.967 + 2.963
17 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:14.226 + 3.222
18 50 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford 1:14.236 + 3.232
19 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:14.296 + 3.292
20 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:14.517 + 3.513
21 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:14.560 + 3.556
22 20 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:14.580 + 3.576
23 1 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:15.370 + 4.366
24 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:15.423 + 4.419
25 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 1:15.596 + 4.592
26 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:15.845 + 4.841
27 43 South Africa Desiré Wilson Williams-Ford 1:16.315 + 5.311
Source:[3]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 76 1:34:49.228 3 9
2 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford G 76 + 11.007 5 6
3 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford G 76 + 13.285 4 4
4 4 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 10 3
5 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 11 2
6 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 7 1
7 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford G 74 + 2 Laps 17
8 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford G 74 Engine 12
9 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 73 + 3 Laps 21
10 1 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari M 73 + 3 Laps 23
11 50 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford G 73 + 3 Laps 18
12 20 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 72 + 4 Laps 22
13 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 69 + 7 Laps 24
NC 16 France René Arnoux Renault M 67 Not Classified 16
Ret 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford G 63 Tyre 1
Ret 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford G 59 Engine 15
Ret 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 57 Gearbox 9
Ret 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo G 42 Spun Off 6
Ret 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 35 Engine 19
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 30 Tyre 2
Ret 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo G 27 Engine 8
Ret 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford G 17 Suspension 20
Ret 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 16 Suspension 14
Ret 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 4 Engine 13
DNQ 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford G
DNQ 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford G
DNQ 43 South Africa Desiré Wilson Williams-Ford G
Source:[4][5]

Notes

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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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  1. ^ "Desiré Wilson – Biography". Formula One Rejects. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1980". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ "1980 British Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "1980 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ^ "1980 British Grand Prix – Race Results & History – GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 13 July 1980. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Britain 1980 – Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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