The 1980 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 August 1980 at the Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands. It was the eleventh race of the 1980 Formula One season.
Report The race was the 29th Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.252-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 306 kilometres.
The race was won by Brazilian driver, Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. The win was Piquet's second Formula One Grand Prix victory having taken his first win earlier the same year at the 1980 United States Grand Prix West. The win confirmed Piquet as being the major threat to Alan Jones' charge to the world championship crown. Piquet won by twelve seconds over French driver René Arnoux driving a Renault RE20. Less than half a second behind in third was another French driver Jacques Laffite (Ligier JS11/15).
The circuit had been altered for the second time in as many years with the back straight chicane tightened significantly. There were several new combinations. Alfa Romeo entered a second car, a replacement after Patrick Depailler's death a month earlier, for Italian veteran Vittorio Brambilla. Geoff Lees was entered in a second Ensign N180 and Jochen Mass returned from injury in an Arrows A3. Mass' return proved to be premature and he pulled out of the meeting. Tyrrell Racing test driver Mike Thackwell stepped into the car but failed in his attempt to be the youngest ever Formula One race starter.
Jones won the start from the second row of the grid to lead early until he pitted with damaged skirts. Laffite soon took the lead from Arnoux before both were picked-off by Piquet. Late in the race Arnoux regained second place. Behind Laffite, the second Williams FW07B of Carlos Reutemann finished fourth ahead of Jean-Pierre Jarier (driving his 100th Grand Prix) in the surviving Tyrrell 010 after Derek Daly had crashed earlier after brake failure. Young rookie Alain Prost claimed the final point debuting the new McLaren M30, while in seventh Gilles Villeneuve had given one of Ferrari's few 1980 highlights, running as high as third before his tyres went off.
Jones was three laps down in eleventh, his championship now in real danger as Piquet had closed to within two points. Reutemann now led the battle for third by a point over Laffite and three over Arnoux. Williams now had one hand firmly on the constructors' trophy, leading Ligier by 25 points and Brabham by 35 with Piquet's teammates providing virtually no support to the constructor's tally.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Gap 1 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:17.44 - 2 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:17.74 + 0.30 3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 1:17.81 + 0.37 4 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:17.82 + 0.38 5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 1:17.85 + 0.41 6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:18.15 + 0.71 7 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:18.40 + 0.96 8 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:18.52 + 1.08 9 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:18.53 + 1.09 10 11 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:18.60 + 1.16 11 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:18.74 + 1.30 12 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:18.87 + 1.43 13 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1:18.89 + 1.45 14 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:18.90 + 1.46 15 25 Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 1:18.94 + 1.50 16 43 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:18.97 + 1.53 17 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.98 + 1.54 18 8 Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 1:19.07 + 1.63 19 31 Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 1:19.38 + 1.94 20 9 Marc Surer ATS-Ford 1:19.44 + 2.00 21 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:19.57 + 2.13 22 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 1:19.60 + 2.16 23 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.68 + 2.24 24 41 Geoff Lees Ensign-Ford 1:19.72 + 2.28 25 50 Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford 1:19.96 + 2.52 26 14 Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 1:20.11 + 2.67 27 30 Mike Thackwell Arrows-Ford 1:20.22 + 2.78 28 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 1:20.33 + 2.89Source:
Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 72 1:38:13.83 5 9 2 16 René Arnoux Renault 72 +12.93 secs 1 6 3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 72 +13.43 secs 6 4 4 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford 72 +15.29 secs 3 3 5 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 72 +1:00.02 secs 17 2 6 8 Alain Prost McLaren-Ford 72 +1:22.62 secs 18 1 7 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 71 +1 Lap 7 8 11 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 70 Out of Fuel 10 9 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 70 +2 Laps 12 10 9 Marc Surer ATS-Ford 69 +3 Laps 20 11 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 69 +3 Laps 4 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 60 Brakes 23 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 58 Accident 8 31 Eddie Cheever Osella-Ford 38 Engine 19 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 29 Engine 14 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 23 Handling 2 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 21 Accident 22 41 Geoff Lees Ensign-Ford 21 Accident 24 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 18 Engine 9 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 16 Brakes 21 43 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 15 Brakes 16 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 2 Accident 11 25 Didier Pironi Ligier-Ford 2 Accident 15 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham-Ford 1 Gearbox 13 50 Rupert Keegan Williams-Ford 14 Jan Lammers Ensign-Ford 30 Mike Thackwell Arrows-Ford 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi-Ford 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Driver Injured
Notes
This race marked the 99th and 100th podium finish for a French driver. This was the 10th pole position for Renault and a Renault-powered car. This was the 10th Dutch Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alan Jones* 47 2 Nelson Piquet* 45 3 Carlos Reutemann* 33 4 Jacques Laffite* 32 5 René Arnoux* 29Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Ford* 80 2 Ligier-Ford* 55 3 Brabham-Ford 45 4 Renault 38 1 5 Tyrrell-Ford 12Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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