Date Sun 31st August 1980 (UTC) Sun 31st August 1980 (Local)
Timestamp 1980-08-31T00:00:00
Time 00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)
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League Formula 1
Season 1980
Round
11
Status
Location Circuit Zandvoort
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Description The 1980 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 August 1980 at the Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands. It was the eleventh race of the 1980 Formula One season.
The race was the 29th Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.252-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 306 kilometres.
Drivers battling at the start behind the head of the race
The race was won by Brazilian driver, Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. The win was Piquet's second Formula One Grand Prix victory having taken his first win earlier the same year at the 1980 United States Grand Prix West. The win confirmed Piquet as being the major threat to Alan Jones' charge to the world championship crown.