1980 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 4, 1980 | ||
| Location | 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 | ||
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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.
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 team mate 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
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | ||||
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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
- ↑ "1980 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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