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South African Grand Prix



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Sat 1st March 1980 12:00am Local
Sat 1st March 1980 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1980

Round
3

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The 1980 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 1 March 1980 at Kyalami in Gauteng, South Africa. It was the third round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the twenty-sixth South African Grand Prix and the fourteenth to be held at Kyalami. The race was held over 78 laps of the 4.104-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 320 kilometres.
The race was won by French driver René Arnoux driving a Renault RE20. It was Arnoux' second World Championship victory adding to his win at the previous race the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix. Arnoux won by 34 seconds over fellow French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS11/15. Laffite's Ligier teammate Didier Pironi was third, completing an all-French podium. This was the first race since the 1968 United States Grand Prix to have three drivers from the same country on the podium; all three were also driving French-built cars.
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Transparent Spacer01 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon René Arnoux Team Badge icon Renault F1 Team1:36:52.54
Transparent Spacer02 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jacques Laffite Team Badge icon Ligier+0:34.07
Transparent Spacer03 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Didier Pironi Team Badge icon Ligier+0:52.49
Transparent Spacer04 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Nelson Piquet Team Badge icon Brabham+1:01.02
Transparent Spacer05 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Carlos Reutemann Team Badge icon Williams Racing+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer06 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jochen Mass Team Badge icon Arrows Grand Prix International+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer07 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jean-Christophe Boullion Team Badge icon Tyrrell Racing+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer08 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Emerson Fittipaldi Team Badge icon Fittipaldi Automotive+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer09 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Clay Regazzoni Team Badge icon Ensign Racing+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer10 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Ricardo Zunino Team Badge icon Brabham+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer11 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon John Watson Team Badge icon McLaren Formula 1 Team+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer12 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mario Andretti Team Badge icon Lotus F1+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer13 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Geoff Lees Team Badge icon ShadowDNF
Transparent Spacer14 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Bruno Giacomelli Team Badge icon Alfa Romeo S.p.A.DNF
Transparent Spacer15 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jean-Christophe Boullion Team Badge icon Renault F1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer16 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Derek Daly Team Badge icon Tyrrell RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer17 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Keke Rosberg Team Badge icon Fittipaldi AutomotiveDNF
Transparent Spacer18 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Patrick Depailler Team Badge icon Alfa Romeo S.p.A.DNF
Transparent Spacer19 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Alan Jones Team Badge icon Williams RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer20 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Gilles Villeneuve Team Badge icon Scuderia Ferrari HPDNF
Transparent Spacer21 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jody Scheckter Team Badge icon Scuderia Ferrari HPDNF
Transparent Spacer22 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Riccardo Patrese Team Badge icon Arrows Grand Prix InternationalDNF
Transparent Spacer23 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Eddie Cheever Team Badge icon OsellaDNF
Transparent Spacer24 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Elio de Angelis Team Badge icon Lotus F1DNF
Transparent Spacer25 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Alain Prost Team Badge icon McLaren Formula 1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer26 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Marc Surer Team Badge icon ATSDNF
Transparent Spacer27 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Dave Kennedy Team Badge icon ShadowDid not qualify
Transparent Spacer28 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jan Lammers Team Badge icon ATSDid not qualify


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