1980 German Grand Prix

1980 German Grand Prix
Race 9 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Hockenheim in 1980
Race details
Date	August 10, 1980
Official name	XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.789 km (4.218 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 305.505 km (189.81 mi)
Weather	Overcast, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:45.85
Fastest lap
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:48.49 on lap 43
Podium
First	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
Second	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford
Third	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1980 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 10 August 1980. It was the ninth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 42nd German Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at Hockenheim. The race was held over 45 laps of the 6.823-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.^[1]

The race was won by Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS11/15. The win was Laffite's fourth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his first in over a year having previously won the 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix. Laffite won by three seconds over Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Reutemann's Williams Grand Prix Engineering teammate Alan Jones.

Report[]

The lead up to the race was overshadowed by the death of Alfa Romeo driver Patrick Depailler. Who had suffered a fatal accident ten days prior in private testing at Hockenheim when his Alfa Romeo 179 crashed.

In qualifying, Jones managed to beat Renault RE20 driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille to the pole by four-hundredths of a second. Both drivers averaged 231 km/h (143.5 mph) around the circuit. They were followed by René Arnoux in the other Renault, Jones's Argentine teammate Carlos Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite, Brazilian Nelson Piquet (Brabham BT49), Frenchman Didier Pironi (Ligier JS11/15), and Finn Keke Rosberg in a Fittipaldi F8.

The very high speed Hockenheimring favored more powerful turbocharged engines, and was expected to be a Renault circuit. Jean-Pierre Jabouille led early with Arnoux third behind Jones. Both engines in the Renault RE20s failed within a lap of each other leaving Jones to lead until he stopped after he punctured a tyre after the second chicane, dropping behind Laffite and Reutemann.

Nelson Piquet finished fourth in his Brabham BT49 ahead of the only Alfa Romeo entered, that of Bruno Giacomelli. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve collected just his fourth point for the year in the blighted Ferrari 312T5. In his 100th race start, West German driver Jochen Mass finished eighth in his Arrows A3, behind Mario Andretti (Lotus 81).

Jones expanded his points lead over Piquet to seven. Reutemann was up to third, 15 points behind and Laffite was up to fourth, 16 points down on Jones. The Renault drivers had faded and Ferrari drivers were completely out of the picture. Williams' lead over Ligier in the Constructors' Championship was now 19 points, with the rest over 30 points behind.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1:45.85	-
2	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:45.89	+ 0.04
3	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:46.00	+ 0.15
4	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1:46.14	+ 0.29
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1:46.78	+ 0.93
6	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1:46.90	+ 1.05
7	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1:47.20	+ 1.35
8	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:47.64	+ 1.89
9	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:48.45	+ 2.60
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	1:48.58	+ 2.73
11	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	1:48.59	+ 2.74
12	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:48.70	+ 2.85
13	9	Marc Surer	ATS-Ford	1:48.72	+ 2.87
14	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	1:48.75	+ 2.90
15	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1:48.78	+ 2.93
16	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:48.86	+ 3.01
17	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	1:48.93	+ 3.08
18	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	1:49.06	+ 3.21
19	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:49.11	+ 3.26
20	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:49.26	+ 3.41
21	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:49.35	+ 3.50
22	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	1:49.51	+ 3.66
23	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	1:49.52	+ 3.67
24	14	Jan Lammers	Ensign-Ford	1:50.30	+ 4.45
25	50	Rupert Keegan	Williams-Ford	1:50.75	+ 4.90
26	10	Harald Ertl	ATS-Ford	1:53.13	+ 7.28
Source:[2]

Race[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	G	45	1:23:59.73	5	9
2	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	G	45	+3.19 secs	4	6
3	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	G	45	+43.53 secs	1	4
4	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	G	45	+44.48 secs	6	3
5	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	G	45	+1:16.49 secs	19	2
6	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	M	45	+1:28.72 secs	16	1
7	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	G	45	+1:33.01 secs	9
8	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	G	45	+1:47.75 sec	17
9	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	10
10	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	22
11	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	14
12	9	Marc Surer	ATS-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	13
13	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	M	44	+1 Lap	21
14	14	Jan Lammers	Ensign-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	24
15	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	23
16	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	G	43	Wheel Bearing	11
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	G	39	Engine	20
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	M	27	Engine	2
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	M	26	Engine	3
Ret	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	G	23	Gearbox	18
Ret	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	G	18	Transmission	7
Ret	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	18	Brakes	12
Ret	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	8	Wheel Bearing	8
Ret	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	G	4	Gearbox	15
DNQ	50	Rupert Keegan	Williams-Ford	G
DNQ	10	Harald Ertl	ATS-Ford	G
Source:[3][4]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alan Jones 41 2 Nelson Piquet 34 3 Carlos Reutemann 26 4 Jacques Laffite 25 5 René Arnoux 23 Source:[5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Ford 67 2 Ligier-Ford 48 3 Brabham-Ford 34 4 Renault 23 5 Arrows-Ford 11 Source:[5]

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

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