1980 United States Grand Prix

August 2023 F1 United States United States XXIII Toyota United States Grand Prix October 5 Watkins Glen 1975-1983.png 1980 14 14 Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race CourseWatkins Glen, New York Permanent road course 3.377 5.435 59 199.24 320.67 Cloudy and dry with temperatures reaching up to 54 F C flip;Wind speeds up to 9.21 mph km/h fliphttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/1980-10-05 Weather History for Watkins Glen, NY The Old Farmers' Almanac 31 August 2021 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:33.291 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:34.068 44 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford USA The 1980 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 5, 1980 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Watkins_Glen-1980-10-05e.jpg 1980 United States Grand Prix Entry list This event was also referred to as the United States Grand Prix East in order to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West held on March 30, 1980 in Long Beach, California. It was the fourteenth and final race of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 30th United States Grand Prix, the 20th and last to be held at Watkins Glen, and the last to be held for nine years (other Formula One races were held in the United States during that time, but none were billed as the United States Grand Prix). The race was held over 59 laps of the 5.435 km mi on circuit for a total race distance of 320.67 km mi. The race was won by the new World Champion, Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams FW07B. It was Jones' fifth World Championship Formula One victory of the season and the sixth of the seven Grands Prix (including Spain and Australia) he would win in his career defining season. Jones won by four seconds over his Argentine team mate Carlos Reutemann with French driver Didier Pironi finishing third in his Ligier JS11/15. Two former World Champions, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter, retired after the race, although Fittipaldi would later return to racing in the American CART series.F1 - The Official Home of Formula 1® Racing https://www.formula1.com/en.html 2024-08-06 Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website en Summary March 2016 Frank Williams' first Championship season, his eleventh as an owner, ended in style with another victory by team leader and new Driver's Champion Alan Jones, but this was the last Grand Prix to be held on the historic Watkins Glen course in the wooded hills at the foot of Seneca Lake. The Glen's demise came about when attempts to resurface the track proved not to be enough, runoff areas became too short for the speeds produced, and attendance was not what it had been, for even this race had been in doubt until just a month before. As the track's last Grand Prix weekend got under way, the big surprise of qualifying was the Alfa Romeo of Italian Bruno Giacomelli, who was quickest in both Friday's and Saturday's sessions, averaging 130.314 mph km/h on. Giacomelli took the only pole of his 69-race career, and the first for Alfa Romeo since Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1951 Italian Grand Prix, by three-quarters of a second over a tightly-bunched group including Nelson Piquet's Brabham, Carlos Reutemann's Williams, Elio de Angelis' Lotus and Jones in the second Williams. Race day threatened rain, but none appeared. Alain Prost, completing his first F1 season had a heavy crash at Turn 10 during Friday practice. He hit his head on his McLaren's steering wheel and suffered a concussion, forcing him to miss the race. This enabled Dutchman Jan Lammers to start the race, and Prost, already having suffered 8 previous mechanical failures during the season chose to leave McLaren for the factory Renault team. At the start, Giacomelli got off the line well and led into the first turn. Jones rocketed forward from fifth on the grid to second entering Turn One, but he could not hold his line through the turn. He, along with Giacomelli's teammate Andrea de Cesaris swung wide onto the dirt, then collected himself and continued, finishing the first lap in fourteenth place. At the end of a lap, Giacomelli had opened a gap back to Piquet, followed by Reutemann, Didier Pironi, de Angelis and Héctor Rebaque. In two more laps, the Alfa was ahead by two and a half seconds. Meanwhile, Jones was battling his way back through the field, and on lap 7, he was already poking around the gearbox of John Watson's McLaren, trying to take seventh place. Watson held him off until the tenth lap, and, once by, Jones quickly pulled away after de Angelis and Pironi. Giacomelli continued to set an even pace, and his lead was ten seconds on lap 21, with Reutemann now threatening Piquet, whose tires were beginning to go off. Jones had caught up to de Angelis, and on the next lap, got around him for fifth. Reutemann's pressure, and the Brabham's increasing lack of grip, finally got to Piquet on lap 26 as he spun off in turn one. The off-road excursion damaged a skirt, and he retired after reaching the pits. Three laps later, Jones passed Pironi for third, as the Ligier was also suffering from tire wear. The only car between Jones and the leader now was teammate Reutemann, but with the Driver's Championship already in Jones' hands, there would be no team orders. Understeer induced by a worn left front tire was plaguing the Argentine, however, and Jones easily overcame him on lap 30 and set his sights on Giacomelli, now 12 seconds ahead. The red and white Alfa Romeo coasted to a halt in the Boot on lap 32 with electrical trouble. Once in the lead, Jones went faster and faster, finally doing a 1:34.068 on lap 44, better than his qualifying time. When Watson pitted to replace a broken shock absorber on his McLaren, crowd favorite Mario Andretti moved up to the final points position. A set of new tires allowed René Arnoux to catch and pass the American, but a broken skirt soon slowed the Renault, and Andretti was able to regain the sixth spot and score his only point of the season. The Williams team celebrated the climax to a year in which they had taken the Driver's and Constructor's Championships by waving a huge Union Flag at their one-two finish. The race saw not only the end of Formula One at Watkins Glen, but former champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter's last Grand Prix and Mario Andretti's last race for Colin Chapman and Lotus. This Grand Prix would also witness the final occasion where a privateer entry would be classified as a finisher with Rupert Keegan finishing in 9th place in a RAM Racing-entered Williams FW07. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:33.291 2 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:34.080 +0.789 3 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:34.111 +0.820 4 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:34.185 +0.894 5 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:34.216 +0.925 6 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:34.839 +1.548 7 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:34.971 +1.680 8 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:35.166 +1.875 9 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:35.202 +1.921 10 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:35.235 +1.954 11 11 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:35.343 +2.052 12 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:35.421 +2.130 13 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:35.988 +2.697 14 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:36.332 +3.041 15 50 UK Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford 1:36.750 +3.459 16 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:36.908 +3.607 17 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:37.001 +3.710 18 2 CAN Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:37.040 +3.749 19 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:37.088 +3.797 20 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:37.405 +4.114 21 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.923 +4.632 22 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.966 +4.675 23 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:38.149 +4.858 24 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:38.526 +5.535 25 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 1:38.532 +5.541 DNQ Did not qualify 43 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Tyrrell-Ford 1:51.102 +17.811 DNQ Did not qualify 51 UK Geoff Lees Williams-Ford - - DNA Did not arrive 60 UK Nigel Mansell* Lotus-Ford - - DNA Did not arrive 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille* Renault - - * – Mansell was originally entered in this race, but Andretti used the car originally allocated to Mansell after Andretti wrote off his car during the Canadian Grand Prix one week earlier.May 2025 Jabouille was also entered in this race, but had to miss out due to leg injuries sustained at the same Canadian race. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 59 1:34:36.05 5 9 2 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 59 + 4.21 3 6 3 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford Goodyear 59 + 12.57 7 4 4 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 59 + 29.69 4 3 5 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 58 + 1 lap 12 2 6 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 58 + 1 lap 11 1 7 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 58 + 1 lap 6 8 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford Goodyear 57 + 2 laps 17 9 50 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford Goodyear 57 + 2 laps 15 10 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 57 + 2 laps 14 11 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin 56 + 3 laps 23 NC Not classified 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 50 + 9 laps 9 Ret Retired 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 49 Accident 18 NC Not classified 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 40 + 19 laps 22 Ret Retired 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear 36 Transmission 24 Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Goodyear 31 Electrical 1 Ret Retired 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 25 Spun off 2 Ret Retired 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford Goodyear 20 Engine 8 Ret Retired 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford Goodyear 20 Suspension 16 Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 16 Spun off 20 Ret Retired 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford Goodyear 16 Steering 25 Ret Retired 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 15 Suspension 19 Ret Retired 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 3 Spun off 21 Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Goodyear 2 Accident 10 DNS Did not start 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford Goodyear Driver injured 13Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/393/ 1980 USA East Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219104053/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/393/ 19 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1980-usa-east-grand-prix/ 1980 United States Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 5 October 1980 1 November 2021 Notes This was the 10th Grand Prix start for Osella. This was the 25th podium finish for Ligier. Final championship standings Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUS Alan Jones 67 (71) 10px 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 54 10px 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 42 (49) 10px 4 FRA Jacques Laffite 34 10px 1 5 FRA Didier Pironi 32Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1980/etats-unis-est/championnat.aspx United States 1980 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Williams-Ford 120 10px 2 FRA Ligier-Ford 66 10px 3 UK Brabham-Ford 55 10px 4 FRA Renault 38 10px 4 5 UK Lotus-Ford 14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 7 races and the best 5 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. If different from Championship points, total points scored are shown in parentheses. Bold text indicates the 1980 World Champions. References 30em Further reading Rob Walker (January, 1981). "22nd United States Grand Prix: Final Round". Road & Track, 110–113. United States Grand Prix 1980 1980 Canadian Grand Prix 1981 United States Grand Prix West 1979 United States Grand Prix 1989 United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix Category:United States Grand Prix Category:1980 in sports in New York (state) United States Grand Prix