1980 Belgian Grand Prix

  1980 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Date	May 4, 1980
Location	Zolder, Belgium
Course length	4.262 km (2.648 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 306.864 km (190.066 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:19.12
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
Time	1:20.88 on lap 57
Podium
First	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford
Second	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford

The Williams FW07B of Alan Jones

The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on May 4, 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 debut 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 team mate Argentinian driver, 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.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	72	1:38:47.4	2	9
2	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	72	+47.37 secs	1	6
3	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	72	+84.12 secs	4	4
4	16	René Arnoux	Renault	71	+1 Lap	6	3
5	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	71	+1 Lap	9	2
6	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	71	+1 Lap	12	1
7	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	71	+1 lap	21
8	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	70	+2 Laps	14
9	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+2 Laps	11
10	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	69	Spun Off	8
11	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	68	+4 Laps	3
12	9	Jan Lammers	ATS-Ford	64	Engine	15
NC	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	61	Not Classified	20
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	58	Spun Off	16
Ret	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	41	Gearbox	17
Ret	22	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	38	Exhaust	10
Ret	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	32	Spun Off	7
Ret	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	29	Transmission	19
Ret	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	16	Electrical	24
Ret	14	Tiff Needell	Ensign-Ford	12	Engine	23
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	11	Suspension	18
Ret	6	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	5	Gearbox	22
Ret	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	1	Spun Off	13
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	Clutch	5
DNQ	17	Geoff Lees	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	18	David Kennedy	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	René Arnoux	21
2	Alan Jones	19
3	Nelson Piquet	18
4	Didier Pironi	17
5	Riccardo Patrese	7

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Ford	25
2	Ligier-Ford	23
3	Renault	21
4	Brabham-Ford	18
5	Arrows-Ford	8

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

References

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