1980 French Grand Prix

January 2017 F1 France French Paul Ricard 1970.png June 29 1980 7 14 Paul Ricard Circuit Permanent racing facility 3.610 5.809 54 194.915 313.686 Dry Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:38.88 France Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:41.45 48 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Australia Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford France FRA The 1980 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 29 June 1980. It was the seventh round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 58th French Grand Prix, or the 66th Grand Prix de l'ACF and the sixth to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.809-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres. Controversy Originally the race was the eighth round of the season but moved up the order after the Spanish Grand Prix was removed from the schedule as a consequence of the first major confrontation between FISA and FOCA.September 2012 The controversy threatened to spill over into the French Grand Prix as well as the FISA aligned teams, primarily Ferrari, Renault and Alfa Romeo, had boycotted the Spanish race which later saw its results removed from championship considerations. The two camps came to an agreement in time for the French Grand Prix to not be affected. Results The race was won by Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. The win was Jones' seventh Formula One Grand Prix victory and his third of the year. Jones was entering a period of good form having won the Spanish Grand Prix four weeks earlier. Jones won by four seconds over French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. Third was Pironi's French teammate Jacques Laffite. Laffite had led for much of the race until his tyres lost condition. The large French contingent had dominated proceedings with the all-French teams Renault and Ligier taking up four of the top six grid positions with only Jones and his Williams teammate Carlos Reutemann intervening. Jean-Pierre Jabouille's Renault RE20 broke its transmission at the start and Jones picked his way past Pironi then the second Renault of René Arnoux before finally catching Laffite on lap 34. Arnoux faded to fifth behind Nelson Piquet (Brabham BT49) with throttle problems with Reutemann taking the final point in sixth. The win saw Jones move back into the championship lead passing Arnoux and Piquet. Jones now led Piquet by three points and Arnoux by five. Pironi was now equal with Arnoux. Williams now led Ligier by five points, unchanged from Monaco thanks to the efforts of all four drivers and Brabham increased the gap over Renault in third and fourth. Shadow Racing Cars This race also saw the final appearance of Shadow Racing Cars. Geoff Lees and David Kennedy were 25th and 27th in qualifying in the Shadow DN12s meaning both drivers missed the 24-car grid. The team had been sold only two months previously to Macau-based businessman and motor racing team owner Teddy Yip. Yip's own race team Theodore Racing would emerge as a Formula One team in 1981. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:38.88 - 2 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:39.49 + 0.61 3 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:39.49 + 0.61 4 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:39.50 + 0.62 5 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:39.60 + 0.78 6 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:40.18 + 1.30 7 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:40.63 + 1.75 8 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:40.67 + 1.79 9 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:40.85 + 1.97 10 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 1:40.89 + 2.01 11 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:41.03 + 2.15 12 11 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:41.56 + 2.68 13 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:41.63 + 2.75 14 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:41.66 + 2.78 15 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:41.71 + 2.83 16 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.78 + 2.90 17 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:41.99 + 3.11 18 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:42.07 + 3.19 19 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:42.38 + 3.50 20 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:42.77 + 3.89 21 31 USA Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:42.85 + 3.97 22 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 1:43.14 + 4.26 23 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:43.16 + 4.28 24 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:43.21 + 4.33 25 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford 1:44.28 + 5.40 26 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 1:44.33 + 5.45 27 18 Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford 1:44.56 + 5.68 Source:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1980-french-grand-prix 1980 French Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine Database 2017-06-12 Motor Sport Magazine 2018-10-04 en Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 54 1:32:43.4 4 9 2 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford Goodyear 54 +4.52 secs 3 6 3 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 54 +30.26 secs 1 4 4 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 54 +1:14.88 secs 8 3 5 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 54 +1:16.15 secs 2 2 6 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 54 +1:16.74 secs 5 1 7 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 53 +1 Lap 13 8 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 53 +1 Lap 17 9 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 53 +1 Lap 18 10 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear 53 +1 Lap 15 11 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 52 +2 Laps 20 12 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin 52 +2 Laps 19 13 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 50 Engine 24 14 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 50 +4 Laps 16 Ret Retired 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford Goodyear 43 Engine 21 Ret Retired 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford Goodyear 26 Gearbox 11 Ret Retired 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo Goodyear 25 Handling 10 Ret Retired 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 18 Gearbox 12 Ret Retired 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 8 Spun Off 23 Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Goodyear 8 Handling 9 Ret Retired 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford Goodyear 6 Transmission 7 Ret Retired 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 3 Clutch 14 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 0 Transmission 6 Ret Retired 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford Goodyear 0 Clutch 22 DNQ Did not qualify 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 18 Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford Goodyear Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1980/races/86/france.html 1980 French Grand Prix formula1.com 6 January 2018 17 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193650/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1980/races/86/france.html dead https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1980-french-grand-prix/ 1980 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 29 June 1980 2 November 2021 Notes This was the 10th French Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 2 1 AUS Alan Jones 28 10px 1 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 25 10px 1 3 FRA René Arnoux 23 10px 4 FRA Didier Pironi 23 10px 5 ARG Carlos Reutemann 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1980/france/championnat.aspx France 1980 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Williams-Ford 44 10px 2 FRA Ligier-Ford 39 10px 3 UK Brabham-Ford 25 10px 4 FRA Renault 23 10px 5 UK Arrows-Ford 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em French Grand Prix 1980 1980 Monaco Grand Prix 1980 British Grand Prix 1979 French Grand Prix 1981 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:June 1980 sports events in Europe Category:French Grand Prix