Belgian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 4th May 1980 12:00am Local
Sun 4th May 1980 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1980

Round
Round 5

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Circuit Zolder

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The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 4 May 1980. It was the fifth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Belgian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Zolder. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.262-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.
The race was won by French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. It was Pironi's first World Championship victory and he was the fourth driver to win in the first five races of the season. Pironi won by 47 seconds over Australian driver and eventual 1980 champion, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams Argentine teammate, Carlos Reutemann. It was the first of three wins in Pironi's accident-shortened Formula One career. Jones' second place allowed him to close to within two points of series leader René Arnoux who had collected three points for finishing fourth in his Renault RE20. Piquet was one point behind Jones with Pironi just one point further behind.

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Result List

01	Didier Pironi	Ligier	1:38:47.4
02	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+0:47.37
03	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	84.12
04	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
05	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
06	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
07	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1 Lap
08	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+2 Laps
09	Derek Daly	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
10	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+4 Laps
12	Jan Lammers	ATS	DNF
13	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
15	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	DNF
16	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
17	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
18	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
20	Tiff Needell	Ensign Racing	DNF
21	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
22	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	DNF
23	Jochen Mass	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
24	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	DNF
25	Geoff Lees	Shadow	Did not qualify
26	Dave Kennedy	Shadow	Did not qualify
27	Eddie Cheever	Osella	Did not qualify