1980 South African Grand Prix

February 2021 May 2012 F1 South Africa 1928 South African Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png XXVI South African Nashua Grand Prix 1 March 1980 3 14 KyalamiTransvaal Province, South Africa Permanent racing facility 2.550 4.104 78 198.908 320.112 Dry Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:10.00 France René Arnoux Renault 1:13.15 51 France René Arnoux Renault France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford France RSA The 1980 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 1 March 1980 at Kyalami in Gauteng, South Africa. It was the third round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the twenty-sixth South African Grand Prix and the fourteenth to be held at Kyalami. The race was held over 78 laps of the 4.104-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 320 kilometres. The race was won by French driver René Arnoux driving a Renault RE20. It was Arnoux' second World Championship victory adding to his win at the previous race the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix. Arnoux won by 34 seconds over fellow French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS11/15. Laffite's Ligier teammate Didier Pironi was third, completing an all-French podium. This was the first race since the 1968 United States Grand Prix to have three drivers from the same country on the podium; all three were also driving French-built cars. The race was additionally notable because of two accidents during qualifying: French driver Alain Prost broke his wrist when he crashed his McLaren M29 at the Esses after a suspension failure, while Swiss driver Marc Surer badly injured his legs when he crashed the new ATS D4 at Crowthorne Corner at the end of the straight. Neither started the race, with Prost also missing the following race and Surer the next three races.http://www.mclaren.com/historyofmclaren/timeline_80s.php History of McLaren - Timeline - The 1980s McLaren dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080417021622/http://www.mclaren.com/historyofmclaren/timeline_80s.php 17 April 2008 19 January 2016http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr331.html Grand Prix Results: South African GP, 1980 Grandprix.com 10 November 2008 ATS had only just downsized from two entries to one, but with Surer injured the former #2 driver Dutchman Jan Lammers rejoined the team. The new ATS D4 was too heavily damaged to be repaired and leaving Lammers to try and fail to qualify an ATS D3. In common with the previous race in Brazil, altitude gave the turbo-charged Renaults a dominant edge in speed. Third on the grid, Nelson Piquet was almost two seconds behind in qualifying in his Brabham BT49. Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Arnoux led for much of the race until Jabouille punctured. The Ligiers climbed into the podium positions as championship leader Alan Jones retired his Williams FW07B. Piquet finished fourth ahead of Carlos Reutemann in the second Williams. The final point was claimed by Jochen Mass in his Arrows A3. Thirteen cars finished the race although Patrick Depailler's Alfa Romeo 179 was too far behind to be classified. Geoff Lees was classified 13th as he crashed his Shadow DN11 late in the race. This would be Shadow's last Grand Prix start (not counting the non-championship Spanish GP three months later). Arnoux became the new championship points leader, five points up on Jones and nine ahead of Piquet. Similarly Renault now led the constructors points over Williams. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:10.00 - 2 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:10.21 + 0.11 3 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:11.87 + 1.87 4 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:11.88 + 1.88 5 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:12.11 + 2.11 6 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:12.15 + 2.15 7 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 1:12.16 + 2.16 8 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:12.23 + 2.23 9 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:12.32 + 2.32 10 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:12.38 + 2.38 11 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:12.50 + 2.50 12 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:12.51 + 2.51 13 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:12.70 + 2.70 14 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:12.74 + 2.74 15 11 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:12.93 + 2.93 16 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:13.04 + 3.04 17 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 1:13.05 + 3.05 18 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:13.23 + 3.23 19 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:13.25 + 3.25 20 14 SWI Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford 1:13.25 + 3.25 21 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:13.61 + 3.61 22 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:13.76 + 3.76 23 31 USA Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:13.83 + 3.83 24 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:13.84 + 3.84 25 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford 1:14.46 + 4.46 26 9 SWI Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:14.54 + 4.54 27 18 Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford 1:15.23 + 5.23 28 10 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:15.29 + 5.29 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 78 1:36:52.54 2 9 2 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 78 + 34.07 4 6 3 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford Goodyear 78 + 52.49 5 4 4 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 78 + 1:01.02 3 3 5 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 6 2 6 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 19 1 7 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 13 8 20 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 18 9 14 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ensign-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 20 10 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford Goodyear 77 + 1 Lap 17 11 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 76 + 2 Laps 21 12 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 76 + 2 Laps 15 13 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford Goodyear 70 Suspension 24 Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Goodyear 69 Engine 12 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 61 Puncture 1 Ret Retired 4 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 61 Puncture 16 Ret Retired 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 58 Accident 23 NC Not classified 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo Goodyear 53 + 25 Laps 7 Ret Retired 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 34 Gearbox 8 Ret Retired 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 31 Transmission 10 Ret Retired 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin 14 Engine 9 Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 10 Spun Off 11 Ret Retired 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford Goodyear 8 Spun Off 22 Ret Retired 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 1 Spun Off 14 DNS Did not start 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford Goodyear Accident DNS Did not start 9 Switzerland Marc Surer ATS-Ford Goodyear Accident DNQ Did not qualify 18 Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 10 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford Goodyear Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/375/ 1980 South African Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218150439/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/375/ 18 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1980-south-african-grand-prix/ 1980 South African Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com March 1980 2 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 FRA René Arnoux 18 10px 1 2 AUS Alan Jones 13 10px 3 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 9 10px 2 4 FRA Didier Pironi 7 10px 1 5 ITA Elio de Angelis 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1980/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1980 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 FRA Renault 18 10px 1 2 UK Williams-Ford 15 10px 3 3 FRA Ligier-Ford 13 10px 1 4 UK Brabham-Ford 9 10px 1 5 UK Lotus-Ford 6Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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