The 1980 United States Grand Prix West started March 30th, 1980 at 01:00 on Long Beach in California, USA. Nelson Piquet started from pole position with René Arnoux next to him. Patrick Depailler started from third place.
After 1 hour, 50 minutes and 19 seconds Nelson Piquet finished the race first. The podium was completed with Riccardo Patrese in second and Emerson Fittipaldi in third place.
After the 1980 United States Grand Prix West, René Arnoux is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 18 points. Arnoux is 0 points ahead of Nelson Piquet.
Circuit
Location
California, USA
Date
March 30th, 1980 at 01:00
Round
4/14
Winner
Nelson Piquet
Winning time
1:50:19.4
Pole position
Nelson Piquet

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1
#5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:50:19.4 1 80 9
2 6
#29 Riccardo Patrese
Arrows +49.212 8 80 6
3 21
#20 Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi +1:18.563 24 80 4
4 17
#7 John Watson
McLaren +1 Lap 21 79 3
5 11
#1 Jody Scheckter
Ferrari +1 Lap 16 79 2
6 3
#25 Didier Pironi
Ligier +1 Lap 9 79 1
7 10
#30 Jochen Mass
Arrows +1 Lap 17 79 0
8 6
#4 Derek Daly
Tyrrell +1 Lap 14 79 0
9 7
#16 René Arnoux
Renault +2 Laps 2 78 0
10 1
#15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault +9 Laps 11 71 0
-
#21 Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi DNF (Overheating) 22 58 0
-
#14 Clay Regazzoni
Ensign DNF (Accident) 23 50 0
-
#23 Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo DNF (Accident) 6 49 0
-
#27 Alan Jones
Williams DNF (Accident) 5 47 0
-
#2 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari DNF (Transmission) 10 46 0
-
#22 Patrick Depailler
Alfa Romeo DNF (Suspension) 3 40 0
-
#26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier DNF (Puncture) 13 36 0
-
#31 Eddie Cheever
Osella DNF (Transmission) 19 11 0
-
#28 Carlos Reutemann
Williams DNF (Transmission) 7 3 0
-
#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell DNF (Accident) 12 3 0
-
#12 Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus DNF (Accident) 20 3 0
-
#9 Jan Lammers
ATS DNF (Transmission) 4 0 0
-
#11 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus DNF (Accident) 15 0 0
-
#6 Ricardo Zunino
Brabham DNF (Accident) 18 0 0
-
#18 Dave Kennedy
Shadow Did not qualify 0 0 0
-
#17 Geoff Lees
Shadow Did not qualify 0 0 0
-
#8 Stephen South
McLaren Did not qualify 0 0 0

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
René Arnoux
Renault 2 2 18
2
Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1 2 18 0
3
Alan Jones
Williams 1 2 13 -5
4
Didier Pironi
Ligier 1 8 -10
5
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows 1 7 -11
6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier 1 6 -12
7
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus 1 6 -12
8
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi 1 4 -14
9
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi 1 4 -14
10
Derek Daly
Tyrrell 3 -15
11
John Watson
McLaren 3 -15
12
Alain Prost
McLaren 3 -15
13
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo 2 -16
14
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari 2 -16
15
Carlos Reutemann
Williams 2 -16
16
Jochen Mass
Arrows 1 -17
17
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham 0 -18
18
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell 0 -18
19
Marc Surer
ATS 0 -18
20
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign 0 -18
21
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault 0 -18
22
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 0 -18
23
Geoff Lees
Shadow 0 -18
24
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari 0 -18
25
Patrick Depailler
Alfa Romeo 0 -18
26
Eddie Cheever
Osella 0 -18
27
Jan Lammers
ATS 0 -18
28
Dave Kennedy
Shadow 0 -18
29
Stefan Johansson
Shadow 0 -18
30
Stephen South
McLaren 0 -18
Pos Team Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1 Renault 2 2 18
2 Brabham 1 2 18 0
3 Williams 1 2 15 -3
4 Ligier 2 14 -4
5 Arrows 1 8 -10
6 Fittipaldi 2 8 -10
7 Team Lotus 1 6 -12
8 McLaren 6 -12
9 Tyrrell 3 -15
10 Alfa Romeo 2 -16
11 Ferrari 2 -16
12 ATS 0 -18
13 Ensign 0 -18
14 Shadow 0 -18
15 Osella 0 -18

Other race results

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Pole position
1983
#7 John Watson
Niki Lauda
René Arnoux
Patrick Tambay
1982
#8 Niki Lauda
Keke Rosberg
Riccardo Patrese
Andrea de Cesaris
1981
#1 Alan Jones
Carlos Reutemann
Nelson Piquet
Riccardo Patrese
1979
#12 Gilles Villeneuve
Jody Scheckter
Alan Jones
Gilles Villeneuve
1978
#11 Carlos Reutemann
Mario Andretti
Patrick Depailler
Carlos Reutemann
1977
#5 Mario Andretti
Niki Lauda
Jody Scheckter
Niki Lauda
1976
#2 Clay Regazzoni
Niki Lauda
Patrick Depailler
Clay Regazzoni