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French Grand Prix



Date
Sun 29th June 1980 (UTC)
Sun 29th June 1980 (Local)

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1980-06-29T00:00:00

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League
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Season
1980

Round
7

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The 1980 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 29 June 1980. It was the seventh round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 58th French Grand Prix, or the 66th Grand Prix de l'ACF and the sixth to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.809-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres.
The race was won by Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. The win was Jones' seventh Formula One Grand Prix victory and his third of the year. Jones was entering a period of good form having won the Spanish Grand Prix four weeks earlier. Jones won by four seconds over French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. Third was Pironi's French teammate Jacques Laffite. Laffite had led for much of the race until his tyres lost condition. The large French contingent had dominated proceedings with the all-French teams Renault and Ligier taking up four of the top six grid positions with only Jones and his Williams teammate Carlos Reutemann intervening. Jean-Pierre Jabouille's Renault RE20 broke its transmission at the start and Jones picked his way past Pironi then the second Renault of René Arnoux before finally catching Laffite on lap 34.
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Transparent Spacer01 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Alan Jones1:32:43.4
Transparent Spacer02 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Didier Pironi+0:04.52
Transparent Spacer03 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jacques Laffite+0:30.26
Transparent Spacer04 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Nelson Piquet+1:14.88
Transparent Spacer05 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon René Arnoux+1:16.15
Transparent Spacer06 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Carlos Reutemann+1:16.74
Transparent Spacer07 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon John Watson+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer08 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Gilles Villeneuve+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer09 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Riccardo Patrese+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer10 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jochen Mass+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer11 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Derek Daly+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer12 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jody Scheckter+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer13 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Emerson FittipaldiDNF
Transparent Spacer14 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jean-Christophe Boullion+4 Laps
Transparent Spacer15 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Eddie CheeverDNF
Transparent Spacer16 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Marc SurerDNF
Transparent Spacer17 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Patrick DepaillerDNF
Transparent Spacer18 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Mario AndrettiDNF
Transparent Spacer19 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Keke RosbergDNF
Transparent Spacer20 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Bruno GiacomelliDNF
Transparent Spacer21 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Alain ProstDNF
Transparent Spacer22 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Elio de AngelisDNF
Transparent Spacer23 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jean-Christophe BoullionDNF
Transparent Spacer24 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Ricardo ZuninoDNF
Transparent Spacer25 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Geoff LeesDid not qualify
Transparent Spacer26 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jan LammersDid not qualify
Transparent Spacer27 Player Cutout thumb Team Badge icon Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Dave KennedyDid not qualify


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