1980 German Grand Prix

The 1980 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 10 August 1980. It was the ninth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 42nd German Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at Hockenheim. The race was held over 45 laps of the 6.790 kilometres (4.219 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 305.505 kilometres (189.832 mi).

1980 German Grand Prix
Race 9 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Hockenheim in 1980
Race details
Date	10 August 1980
Official name	XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.790 km (4.219 miles)
Distance	45 laps, 305.505 km (189.81 miles)
Weather	Overcast, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:45.85
Fastest lap
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:48.49 on lap 43
Podium
First	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
Second	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford
Third	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The race was won by Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier. Laffite won by three seconds over Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams. Third was Reutemann's teammate Alan Jones.

Report

The very high speed Hockenheimring favored more powerful turbocharged engines, and was expected to be a circuit suited to Renault. In qualifying, Jones managed to beat Renault driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille to the pole by four-hundredths of a second, with an average speed of 231 km/h (144 mph). They were followed by René Arnoux in the other Renault, Jones's Argentine teammate Carlos Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite, Brazilian Nelson Piquet (Brabham), Frenchman Didier Pironi (Ligier), and Finn Keke Rosberg in a Fittipaldi.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille led early with Arnoux third behind Jones. Both Renaults suffered engine failures within a lap of each other leaving Jones to lead until he made a pitstop following a tyre puncture after the second chicane, dropping him behind Laffite and Reutemann.

Laffite won the race, his first of 1980, and fourth overall. He was followed by Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones. Nelson Piquet finished fourth in his Brabham ahead of the only Alfa Romeo entered, that of Bruno Giacomelli. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve collected just his fourth point for the year in the blighted Ferrari. In his 100th race start, West German driver Jochen Mass finished eighth in his Arrows, behind Mario Andretti (Lotus).

Jones expanded his points lead over Piquet to seven. Reutemann was up to third, 15 points behind and Laffite was up to fourth, 16 points down, both drivers leapfrogging Arnoux, now fifth 2 points behind Laffite. Williams' lead over Ligier in the Constructors' Championship was now 19 points, with the rest over 30 points behind.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1:45.85	-
2	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:45.89	+ 0.04
3	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:46.00	+ 0.15
4	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1:46.14	+ 0.29
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1:46.78	+ 0.93
6	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1:46.90	+ 1.05
7	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	1:47.20	+ 1.35
8	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:47.64	+ 1.89
9	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:48.45	+ 2.60
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	1:48.58	+ 2.73
11	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	1:48.59	+ 2.74
12	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:48.70	+ 2.85
13	9	Marc Surer	ATS-Ford	1:48.72	+ 2.87
14	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	1:48.75	+ 2.90
15	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	1:48.78	+ 2.93
16	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:48.86	+ 3.01
17	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	1:48.93	+ 3.08
18	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	1:49.06	+ 3.21
19	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:49.11	+ 3.26
20	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:49.26	+ 3.41
21	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:49.35	+ 3.50
22	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	1:49.51	+ 3.66
23	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	1:49.52	+ 3.67
24	14	Jan Lammers	Ensign-Ford	1:50.30	+ 4.45
25	50	Rupert Keegan	Williams-Ford	1:50.75	+ 4.90
26	10	Harald Ertl	ATS-Ford	1:53.13	+ 7.28
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	G	45	1:23:59.73	5	9
2	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	G	45	+3.19 secs	4	6
3	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	G	45	+43.53 secs	1	4
4	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	G	45	+44.48 secs	6	3
5	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	G	45	+1:16.49 secs	19	2
6	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	M	45	+1:28.72 secs	16	1
7	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	G	45	+1:33.01 secs	9
8	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	G	45	+1:47.75 sec	17
9	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	10
10	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	22
11	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	14
12	9	Marc Surer	ATS-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	13
13	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	M	44	+1 Lap	21
14	14	Jan Lammers	Ensign-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	24
15	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	G	44	+1 Lap	23
16	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	G	43	Wheel Bearing	11
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	G	39	Engine	20
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	M	27	Engine	2
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	M	26	Engine	3
Ret	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	G	23	Gearbox	18
Ret	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	G	18	Transmission	7
Ret	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	18	Brakes	12
Ret	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	8	Wheel Bearing	8
Ret	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	G	4	Gearbox	15
DNQ	50	Rupert Keegan	Williams-Ford	G
DNQ	10	Harald Ertl	ATS-Ford	G
Source:

Notes

• This was the 5th Grand Prix start for Osella.
• This was the 10th German Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alan Jones	41
2	Nelson Piquet	34
3	Carlos Reutemann	26
4	Jacques Laffite	25
5	René Arnoux	23
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford	67
2	Ligier-Ford	48
3	Brabham-Ford	34
4	Renault	23
5	Arrows-Ford	11
Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.