1980 Canadian Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 Canada Canadian September 28 1980 Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg 13 14 XIX Grand Prix Labatt du Canada Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Permanent racing facility 2.740 4.410 70 191.817 308.700 Cold and dry with temperatures reaching up to 11 C F; wind speeds up to 15.9 km/h mphhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1980-09-28 Weather information for the "1980 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2015-05-20 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:27.328 Brazil 1968 Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:28.769 62 France Alan Jones Williams-Ford Australia Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Argentina Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford France CAN The 1980 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 28 September 1980, at the Circuit Île Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Montreal-1980-09-28e.jpg 1980 Canadian Grand Prix Entry list It was the thirteenth and penultimate race of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 19th Canadian Grand Prix and the third to be held in Montreal. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.41-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 309 kilometres. Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams FW07B, won his second consecutive Canadian Grand Prix, and coupled with the retirement of the Brabham BT49 of Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet due to the failure of its Cosworth DFV engine, this allowed Jones to secure the 1980 World Drivers' Championship. Jones became only the second Australian to claim the world championship, a title last won by Jack Brabham in 1966. It was also the first World Drivers' Championship for Williams Grand Prix Engineering, adding to their first Constructors' Championship, achieved two weeks earlier at the Italian Grand Prix. The race featured a controversial first start where Piquet and Jones raced side by side to the first corner and touched, causing Piquet to hit the wall, sparking off other accidents behind. Piquet was forced to restart in his more fragile qualifying car, which ultimately led to his retirement and the end of the title battle. Some commentators thought Jones had forced Piquet into the wall, but the Brazilian shrugged it off as a racing incident. The brief comeback of Vittorio Brambilla had come to an end with the Italian veteran retiring from Formula One. Alfa Romeo replaced him with someone younger and Andrea de Cesaris made his Grand Prix debut, as did teenage New Zealander Mike Thackwell. Thackwell stepped aboard a third Tyrrell 010 breaking the record as the youngest ever driver to start a Grand Prix, a record held for 19 years by the late Mexican teenager Ricardo Rodríguez. The record would stand for 29 years until broken by Jaime Alguersuari in 2009. First and second in the championship were decided with the 1980 United States Grand Prix still to come. Jones led Piquet by 8 points but Piquet had already had five points-scoring finishes in the second half of the season. If Piquet won at Watkins Glen he would have to drop the two points from his fifth-place finish in Austria, leaving him one point behind Jones even if Jones failed to finish. Third place in the championship was theoretically open with Laffite eight points behind Reutemann. Second place in the constructors' championship was still open with Brabham just five points behind Ligier. The race weekend is also notable because the outgoing World Champion Jody Scheckter failed to qualify his Ferrari 312T5 for the event. Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos No. Driver Team Time Gap 1 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:27.328 - 2 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:28.164 + 0.836 3 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:28.322 + 0.994 4 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:28.575 + 1.247 5 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:28.663 + 1.335 6 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:28.702 + 1.374 7 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:28.755 + 1.427 8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:29.026 + 1.698 9 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:29.130 + 1.802 10 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:29.377 + 2.049 11 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:29.400 + 2.072 12 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:29.804 + 2.476 13 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:29.932 + 2.604 14 31 USA Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:29.937 + 2.609 15 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.070 + 2.742 16 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:30.294 + 2.966 17 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:30.316 + 2.988 18 11 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:30.559 + 3.231 19 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 1:30.668 + 3.340 20 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.791 + 3.463 21 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:30.831 + 3.503 22 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:30.855 + 3.527 23 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:30.912 + 3.584 24 43 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Tyrrell-Ford 1:31.036 + 3.708 25 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:31.169 + 3.841 26 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:31.688 + 4.360 27 50 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford 1:32.638 + 5.310 28 51 USA Kevin Cogan Williams-Ford 1:32.745 + 5.417Source:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1980-canadian-grand-prix 1980 Canadian Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine Database 2017-06-12 Motor Sport Magazine 2018-11-07 en Race Piquet qualified on pole from Jones but used a car in fragile qualifying specification to do it. At the start Jones outlaunched Piquet but the pair refused to compromise at the first turn and the two touched,http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr341.html Grand Prix Results: Canadian GP, 1980 GP Encyclopedia Inside F1, Inc 2012-04-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140315070540/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDc3DbUISS0 2014-03-15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDc3DbUISS0 YouTube, a Google company YouTube triggering a multi-car pile-up. The collision involved Jean-Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell 010), Derek Daly (Tyrrell 010), Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi F8), Keke Rosberg (Fittipaldi F8), Mario Andretti (Lotus 81), Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari 312T5) and Jochen Mass (Arrows A3). Piquet, Fittipaldi, Villeneuve, Andretti and Mass restarted in spare cars, in Piquet's case his fragile qualifying car and Rosberg had his car repaired. Daly was out as was Thackwell as Jarier commandeered his Tyrrell 010. At the restart Jones led before a storming Piquet took the lead until his qualifying specification Cosworth DFV inevitably failed.The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One Jones Bruce Carlton Books 1998 1-85868-515-X First London 52 The 1980s Two laps later and Jean-Pierre Jabouille crashed his Renault RE20 heavily, seriously injuring his legs. Jabouille had to be cut from the car. Jones took up the lead again until Pironi forced his way into a lead which was clouded over a jumped start for which he was eventually assigned a 60-second penalty. Pironi took the chequered flag first but would be classified third behind Jones and Reutemann. Alain Prost could have been third or even second until a suspension failure saw his McLaren M30 crash. Watson was ahead of Reutemann as well when he spun and finished fourth in his McLaren. Local hero Villeneuve claimed fifth for Ferrari on a dismal weekend that saw outgoing World Champion Jody Scheckter fail to qualify his Ferrari 312T5. The final point was claimed by Héctor Rebaque in his Brabham BT49 as Jacques Laffite ran out of fuel in his Ligier JS11/15 in the closing stages. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 70 1:46:45.53 2 9 2 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 70 +15.54 secs 5 6 3 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford Goodyear 70 +19.07 secs 3 4 4 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 70 +30.98 secs 7 3 5 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 70 +55.23 secs 22 2 6 6 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford Goodyear 69 +1 Lap 10 1 7 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 69 +1 Lap 15 8 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 68 Out of fuel 9 9 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 68 +2 Laps 6 10 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 68 +2 Laps 17 11 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear 67 +3 Laps 21 12 14 Netherlands Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford Goodyear 66 +4 Laps 19 Ret Retired 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford Goodyear 41 Suspension 12 Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 39 Brakes 23 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 25 Suspension/Accident 13 Ret Retired 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 23 Engine 1 Ret Retired 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 11 Engine 18 Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Goodyear 8 Engine 8 Ret Retired 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford Goodyear 8 Fuel system 14 Ret Retired 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 8 Gearbox 16 Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Goodyear 7 Chassis 4 Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 6 Accident 11 Ret Retired 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 0 Accident 20 Ret Retired 43 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 0 Car commandeered by Jarier 24 DNQ Did not qualify 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin DNQ Did not qualify 50 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 51 United States Kevin Cogan Williams-Ford Goodyear Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/392/ 1980 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219070314/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/392/ 19 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1980-canadian-grand-prix/ 1980 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 28 September 1980 1 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for New Zealand driver Mike Thackwell, Italian driver Andrea de Cesaris and American driver Kevin Cogan. This was the 10th Grand Prix win for Williams. This was the 10th Canadian Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUS Alan Jones 62 10px 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 54 10px 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 40 (43) 10px 4 FRA Jacques Laffite 32 10px 5 FRA René Arnoux 29Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1980/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1980 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Williams-Ford 105 10px 2 FRA Ligier-Ford 60 10px 3 UK Brabham-Ford 55 10px 4 FRA Renault 38 10px 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford 12Source: 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 to Championship points, total points scored are shown in parentheses. 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