Brazilian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 27th January 1980 12:00am Local
Sun 27th January 1980 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1980

Round
2

Status

Location
Interlagos Circuit

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Description

The 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 January 1980 at the Interlagos circuit in the Interlagos neighborhood of São Paulo. It was the second round of the 1980 Formula One season, and it was also the ninth Brazilian Grand Prix. It was the eighth to be held at Interlagos and would be the last until the circuit was substantially redeveloped for the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was held over 40 laps of the 7.87-kilometre (4.9 mile) circuit for a total race distance of 315 kilometres. This race was originally supposed to be held at the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro, but was transferred to Interlagos because parts of the Rio circuit's tarmac were actually sinking into the soft swampland the circuit was built on. This last-minute switch to Interlagos- which was to be resurfaced and heavily rebuilt with new pit facilities and safety measures for the 1981 season caused much controversy- Interlagos had returned a bit too soon for some of the drivers- the facility had been barely and badly maintained over the years.
The race was won by French driver René Arnoux driving a Renault RE20. It was Arnoux's first World Championship victory and Equipe Renault's second and the second for a turbocharged car. Arnoux won by 21 seconds over Italian driver Elio de Angelis driving a Lotus 81. Australian driver Alan Jones finished third in his Williams FW07B to maintain himself as Championship points leader.

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Result List

01	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	1:40:01.33
02	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+0:21.86
03	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+1:06.11
04	Didier Pironi	Ligier	+1:40.13
05	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:45.41
05	Jan Lammers	ATS	Did not qualify
06	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
07	Marc Surer	ATS	+1 Lap
08	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	+1 Lap
09	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1 Lap
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
11	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
12	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
14	Derek Daly	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+2 Laps
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
17	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
18	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	DNF
19	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
20	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
21	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign Racing	DNF
22	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
23	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	DNF
26	Dave Kennedy	Shadow	Did not qualify
27	Stefan Johansson	Shadow	Did not qualify
28	Eddie Cheever	Osella	Did not qualify