British Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th July 1980 (UTC)
Sun 13th July 1980 (Local)

Timestamp
1980-07-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1980

Round
8

Status
Match Finished

Location
Brands Hatch

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Description

The 1980 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 13 July 1980. It was the eighth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was held over 76 laps of the 4.207-km (2.614-mile) circuit for a total race distance of 319.73 km (198.67 miles).

The race was won by Australian driver, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. The win was Jones' eighth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his fourth of the year. Including the non-championship Spanish Grand Prix it was Jones' third victory in a row as he built his charge towards becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion. Jones won by eleven seconds over the man becoming his arch-rival, Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. Third, and the only other car to finish on the lead lap, was Jones' Williams Grand Prix Engineering teammate, Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann.

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Result List

01	Alan Jones	1:34:49.228
02	Nelson Piquet	+ 11.007
03	Carlos Reutemann	+ 13.285
04	Derek Daly	+ 1 Lap
05	Jean-Pierre Jarier	+ 1 Lap
06	Alain Prost	+ 1 Lap
07	Hector Rebaque	+ 2 Laps
08	John Watson	+ 3 Laps
09	Riccardo Patrese	+ 3 Laps
10	Jody Scheckter	+ 3 Laps
11	Rupert Keegan	+3 Laps
12	Emerson Fittipaldi	+4 Laps
13	Jochen Mass	+7 Laps
14	René Arnoux	DNF
15	Didier Pironi	DNF
16	Marc Surer	DNF
17	Mario Andretti	DNF
18	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
19	Gilles Villeneuve	DNF
20	Jacques Laffite	DNF
21	Patrick Depailler	DNF
22	Eddie Cheever	DNF
23	Elio de Angelis	DNF
24	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
25	Jan Lammers	Did not qualify
26	Keke Rosberg	Did not qualify
27	Desiré Wilson	Did not qualify