1980 Argentine Grand Prix

Round

1/14

Date

Jan 13, 1980 at 00:00 CET

Location

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Circuit

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Circuit length

5.968 m (16 turns)

Race distance

316.304 km (53 laps)

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Jones

Winner

1:43:24.380

Winning time

Jones

Pole position

Jones

Fastest lap

1:50.450

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:43:24.380	1st	53	9
2	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+24.590	4th	53	6
3	#21 Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	+1:18.640	13th	53	4
4	#4 Derek Daly	Tyrrell	+1:23.480	22nd	53	3
5	#23 Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	+1 lap	20th	52	2
6	#8 Alain Prost	McLaren	+1 lap	12th	52	1
7	#6 Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	+2 laps	16th	51
DNF	#22 Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	Engine	23rd	46
DNF	#1 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Engine	11th	45
NC	#14 Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	+9 laps	15th	44
NC	#20 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+16 laps	24th	37
DNF	#2 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Suspension	8th	36
DNF	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Engine	2nd	30
DNF	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	Engine	7th	27
DNF	#9 Marc Surer	ATS	Fire	21st	27
DNF	#11 Mario Andretti	Lotus	Fuel system	6th	20
DNF	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	Gearbox	14th	20
DNF	#28 Carlos Reutemann	Williams	Engine	10th	12
DNF	#12 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	Suspension	5th	7
DNF	#7 John Watson	McLaren	Gearbox	17th	5
DNF	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Gearbox	9th	3
DNF	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	Suspension	19th	2
DNF	#25 Didier Pironi	Ligier	Engine	3rd	1
DNF	#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	Collision	18th	1
DNQ	#18 David Kennedy	Shadow
DNQ	#10 Jan Lammers	ATS
DNQ	#17 Stefan Johansson	Shadow
DNQ	#31 Eddie Cheever	Osella

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:44.170
2	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:44.440	+0.270
3	#25 Didier Pironi	Ligier	1:44.640	+0.470
4	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:45.020	+0.850
5	#12 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:45.460	+1.290
6	#11 Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:45.780	+1.610
7	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:46.010	+1.840
8	#2 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:46.070	+1.900
9	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:46.150	+1.980
10	#28 Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1:46.190	+2.020
11	#1 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:46.280	+2.110
12	#8 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:46.750	+2.580
13	#21 Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	1:46.970	+2.800
14	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:47.050	+2.880
15	#14 Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	1:47.180	+3.010
16	#6 Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	1:47.410	+3.240
17	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:47.700	+3.530
18	#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:47.830	+3.660
19	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	1:48.240	+4.070
20	#23 Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:48.440	+4.270
21	#9 Marc Surer	ATS	1:48.860	+4.690
22	#4 Derek Daly	Tyrrell	1:48.950	+4.780
23	#22 Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	1:49.200	+5.030
24	#20 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:49.420	+5.250
25	#18 David Kennedy	Shadow	1:50.250	+6.080
26	#10 Jan Lammers	ATS	1:51.390	+7.220
27	#17 Stefan Johansson	Shadow	1:51.570	+7.400
28	#31 Eddie Cheever	Osella	1:54.120	+9.950

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:44.830
2	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:45.020	+0.190
3	#12 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:45.460	+0.630
4	#2 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:46.070	+1.240
5	#25 Didier Pironi	Ligier	1:46.150	+1.320
6	#1 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:46.280	+1.450
7	#28 Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1:46.360	+1.530
8	#8 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:46.810	+1.980
9	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:47.050	+2.220
10	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:47.160	+2.330
11	#21 Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	1:47.220	+2.390
12	#6 Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	1:47.410	+2.580
13	#11 Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:47.940	+3.110
14	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:48.030	+3.200
15	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:48.060	+3.230
16	#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:48.060	+3.230
17	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	1:48.240	+3.410
18	#9 Marc Surer	ATS	1:48.860	+4.030
19	#22 Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	1:49.200	+4.370
20	#4 Derek Daly	Tyrrell	1:49.230	+4.400
21	#20 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:49.560	+4.730
22	#18 David Kennedy	Shadow	1:50.250	+5.420
23	#23 Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:50.780	+5.950
24	#14 Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	1:50.970	+6.140
25	#10 Jan Lammers	ATS	1:51.390	+6.560
26	#17 Stefan Johansson	Shadow	1:51.570	+6.740
27	#31 Eddie Cheever	Osella	2:04.620	+19.790
28	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	13:02.480	+11:17.650

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:44.170
2	#26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:44.440	+0.270
3	#25 Didier Pironi	Ligier	1:44.640	+0.470
4	#11 Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:45.780	+1.610
5	#29 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:46.010	+1.840
6	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:46.040	+1.870
7	#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:46.150	+1.980
8	#28 Carlos Reutemann	Williams	1:46.190	+2.020
9	#2 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:46.350	+2.180
10	#8 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:46.750	+2.580
11	#21 Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	1:46.970	+2.800
12	#1 Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:47.060	+2.890
13	#14 Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	1:47.180	+3.010
14	#12 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:47.300	+3.130
15	#6 Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	1:47.510	+3.340
16	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:47.700	+3.530
17	#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:47.830	+3.660
18	#30 Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:47.850	+3.680
19	#23 Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:48.440	+4.270
20	#4 Derek Daly	Tyrrell	1:48.950	+4.780
21	#22 Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	1:49.390	+5.220
22	#16 René Arnoux	Renault	1:49.420	+5.250
23	#20 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:49.420	+5.250
24	#9 Marc Surer	ATS	1:49.500	+5.330
25	#10 Jan Lammers	ATS	1:52.160	+7.990
26	#18 David Kennedy	Shadow	1:53.450	+9.280
27	#31 Eddie Cheever	Osella	1:54.120	+9.950
28	#17 Stefan Johansson	Shadow	1:55.150	+10.980

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#27 Alan Jones	Williams	1:50.450		5

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	0	1	6	-3
3	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	0	1	4	-5
4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	0	0	3	-6
5	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	0	2	-7
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	0	0	1	-8

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Williams	Ford	1	1	9
2	Brabham	Ford	0	1	6	-3
3	Fittipaldi	Ford	0	1	4	-5
4	Tyrrell	Ford	0	0	3	-6
5	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	0	2	-7
6	McLaren	Ford	0	0	1	-8

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Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1998	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	1:28.179 - Alexander Wurz	David Coulthard
1997	#3 Jacques Villeneuve	Eddie Irvine	Ralf Schumacher	1:27.981 - Gerhard Berger	Jacques Villeneuve
1996	#5 Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Jean Alesi	1:29.413 - Jean Alesi	Damon Hill
1995	#5 Damon Hill	Jean Alesi	Michael Schumacher	1:30.522 - Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard
1981	#5 Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	Alain Prost	1:45.287 - Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
1979	#26 Jacques Laffite	Carlos Reutemann	John Watson	1:46.910 - Jacques Laffite	Jacques Laffite
1978	#5 Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda	Patrick Depailler	1:49.760 - Gilles Villeneuve	Mario Andretti
1977	#20 Jody Scheckter	Carlos Pace	Carlos Reutemann	1:51.060 - James Hunt	James Hunt
1975	#1 Emerson Fittipaldi	James Hunt	Carlos Reutemann	1:50.910 - James Hunt	Jean-Pierre Jarier
1974	#6 Denny Hulme	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	1:52.100 - Clay Regazzoni	Ronnie Peterson
1973	#2 Emerson Fittipaldi	François Cevert	Jackie Stewart	1:11.220 - Emerson Fittipaldi	Clay Regazzoni
1972	#21 Jackie Stewart	Denny Hulme	Jacky Ickx	1:13.660 - Jackie Stewart	Carlos Reutemann
1960	#16 Bruce McLaren	Cliff Allison	Maurice Trintignant	1:38.900 - Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss
1958	#14 Stirling Moss	Luigi Musso	Mike Hawthorn	1:41.800 - Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio
1957	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	Jean Behra	Carlos Menditéguy	1:44.700 - Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss
1956	#34 Luigi Musso	Jean Behra	Mike Hawthorn	1:45.300 - Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio
1955	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	José Froilán González	Nino Farina	1:48.300 - Juan Manuel Fangio	José Froilán González
1954	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	Nino Farina	José Froilán González	1:48.200 - José Froilán González	Nino Farina
1953	#10 Alberto Ascari	Luigi Villoresi	José Froilán González	1:48.400 - Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari

The 1980 Argentine Grand Prix started Jan 13, 1980 on Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alan Jones started from pole position with Jacques Laffite next to him. Didier Pironi started from third place.

In 1 hour, 43 minutes and 24 seconds Alan Jones finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Nelson Piquet in second and Keke Rosberg in third place.

After the 1980 Argentine Grand Prix, Alan Jones is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 9 points. Jones is 3 points ahead of Nelson Piquet.