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1980 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1980 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Race details
Date 18 May 1980
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.312 km (2.057 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 miles)
Weather Dry at the start, damp in the end
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:24.813
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford
Time 1:27.418 on lap 40
Podium
First Williams-Ford
Second Ligier-Ford
Third Brabham-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1980 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 18 May 1980. It was the sixth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was held over 76 laps of the 3.34-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 254 kilometres.

It was won by Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams FW07B. The win was the Argentine Reutemann's tenth Formula One victory and his first since the 1978 United States Grand Prix. He also became the fifth winner in six races of the 1980 season. Reutemann won by 1 minute and 13 seconds over French driver Jacques Laffite driving Ligier JS11/15. Third was Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. Piquet's third place moved him past René Arnoux and Alan Jones into the lead of the world championship for the first time.

The race however is remembered for a memorable and spectacular crash at the start of the race when Derek Daly collided with Bruno Giacomelli's Alfa Romeo 179, which sent Daly's Tyrrell 010 flying over Giacomelli and landing between teammate Jean-Pierre Jarier and Alain Prost's McLaren M29. All four drivers were out on the spot, but none suffered any serious injury. Jan Lammers also collected damage in his ATS D4 but was able to continue. The accident was particularly disappointing for McLaren after John Watson failed to qualify for Monaco's shortened 20 car grid.

Fourth was West German driver Jochen Mass driving an Arrows A3 one lap down on Reutemann ahead of Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari 312T5. A further lap down in sixth was dual-World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi in a Fittipaldi F7. For Mass and Fittipaldi it would be last world championship points they would collect.

Reutemann's win put Williams in the lead of the constructor's points race by five points over Ligier.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:24.813 -
2 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:24.882 + 0.069
3 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:25.202 + 1.019
4 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:25.358 + 1.175
5 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:25.510 + 1.327
6 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:26.104 + 1.921
7 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 1:26.210 + 2.027
8 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:26.227 + 2.044
9 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.369 + 2.186
10 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:26.826 + 2.643
11 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:26.828 + 2.645
12 4 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.838 + 2.655
13 10 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford 1:26.883 + 2.700
14 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:26.930 + 2.747
15 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:26.956 + 2.773
16 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:27.099 + 2.916
17 1 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:27.182 + 2.999
18 20 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:27.495 + 3.312
19 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:27.514 + 3.331
20 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:27.524 + 3.341
21 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:27.731 + 3.548
22 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:27.808 + 3.625
23 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford 1:27.842 + 3.659
24 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:28.381 + 4.198
25 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 1:28.384 + 4.201
26 14 United Kingdom Tiff Needell Ensign-Ford 1:29.188 + 5.005
27 18 Republic of Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford 1:39.986 + 15.803
Source: [1]

Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 28 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford G 76 1:55:34.365 2 9
2 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 76 +1:13.629 5 6
3 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford G 76 +1:17.726 4 4
4 30 West Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 75 +1 Lap 15 3
5 2 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 75 +1 Lap 6 2
6 20 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 74 +2 Laps 18 1
7 11 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 73 +3 Laps 19
8 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 73 +3 Laps 11
9 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 68 Accident 14
NC 9 Netherlands Jan Lammers ATS-Ford G 64 Not Classified 13
Ret 25 France Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford G 54 Accident 1
Ret 16 France René Arnoux Renault M 53 Accident 20
Ret 22 France Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo G 50 Engine 7
Ret 1 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari M 27 Handling 17
Ret 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 25 Gearbox 16
Ret 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 24 Differential 3
Ret 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo G 0 Collision 8
Ret 3 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford G 0 Collision 9
Ret 8 France Alain Prost McLaren-Ford G 0 Collision 10
Ret 4 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford G 0 Collision 12
DNQ 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford G
DNQ 31 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford G
DNQ 17 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Shadow-Ford G
DNQ 21 Finland Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford G
DNQ 6 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford G
DNQ 14 United Kingdom Tiff Needell Ensign-Ford G
DNQ 18 Republic of Ireland David Kennedy Shadow-Ford G
Source:[2][3]

Notes

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  • This was the 100th Grand Prix start for an Alfa Romeo-powered car. In those 100 races, an Alfa Romeo-powered car had won 12 Grands Prix, achieved 35 podium finishes, 13 pole positions, 17 fastest laps, 9 Grand Slams and had won 2 Driver's Championships.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1980 Monaco Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. ^ "1980 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "1980 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 18 May 1980. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Monaco 1980 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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