1980 Austrian Grand Prix

  1980 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
The Österreichring Circuit (1977-1995)
Date	17 August 1980
Official name	XIII Großer Preis von Osterreich
Location	Österreichring, Spielberg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.942 km (3.692 mi)
Distance	54 laps, 320.868 km (199.378 mi)
Weather	Mild, Dry
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:30.27
Fastest lap
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:32.53 on lap 50
Podium
First	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
Second	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford

The 1980 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 17 August 1980 at the Österreichring circuit in Austria. It was the tenth race of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 13th Austrian Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at the Österreichring. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.942-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 321 kilometres.

The race was won by French driver, Jean-Pierre Jabouille driving a Renault RE20. The win was Jabouille's second and last Formula One Grand Prix victory. It was also his first points finish in over a year since his previous victory at the 1979 French Grand Prix. It would also be the last points finish of his career. Jabouille won by eight-tenths of a second over Australian driver Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams Grand Prix Engineering team mate, Argentinian driver Carlos Reutemann.

At the high-altitude circuit the turbocharged Renaults dominated qualifying, with René Arnoux securing pole over Jabouille but Jones won the start, leading until Arnoux took over on lap 3. Arnoux pitted for tyres on lap 21 handing Jabouille a lead he only just kept and Jones fell just short as Jabouille limped home on wrecked tyres.

Behind Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite was fourth in his Ligier JS11/15 with Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet (Brabham BT49) and Italian driver Elio de Angelis (Lotus 81) completing the points finishers. Team Lotus ran a third car for debutant British driver Nigel Mansell. The future world champion retired with a broken engine after 40 laps and suffering burns after he raced in overalls soaked in fuel after a pre-race incident. West German driver Jochen Mass did not make the start, crashing and rolling his Arrows A3 and injuring himself in practice.

Jones now led Piquet by eleven points, Reutemann by 17 and Laffite by 19. Williams now led Ligier in the constructors' championship by 26 points and Brabham by 41.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	54	1:26:15.73	2	9
2	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	54	+0.82 secs	3	6
3	28	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	54	+19.36 secs	4	4
4	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	54	+42.02 secs	5	3
5	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	54	+1:02.81 secs	7	2
6	12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	54	+1:14.97 secs	9	1
7	8	Alain Prost	McLaren-Ford	54	+1:33.41 secs	12
8	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	53	+1 Lap	15
9	16	René Arnoux	Renault	53	+1 Lap	1
10	6	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham-Ford	53	+1 Lap	14
11	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	53	+1 Lap	23
12	9	Marc Surer	ATS-Ford	53	+1 Lap	16
13	1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	53	+1 Lap	22
14	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	53	+1 Lap	18
15	50	Rupert Keegan	Williams-Ford	52	+2 Laps	20
16	21	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi-Ford	52	+2 Laps	11
Ret	43	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	40	Engine	24
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	34	Engine	21
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	28	Wheel	8
Ret	25	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford	25	Handling	6
Ret	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	25	Electrical	13
Ret	31	Eddie Cheever	Osella-Ford	23	Wheel Bearing	19
Ret	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	12	Brakes	10
Ret	11	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	6	Engine	17
DNQ	14	Jan Lammers	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford		Driver Injured
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Lap leaders

• Alan Jones 2 laps (1-2)
• René Arnoux 18 laps (3-20)
• Jean-Pierre Jabouille 34 laps (21-54)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alan Jones 47 2 Nelson Piquet 36 3 Carlos Reutemann 30 4 Jacques Laffite 28 5 René Arnoux 23

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Ford 77 2 Ligier-Ford 51 3 Brabham-Ford 36 4 Renault 32 5 Arrows-Ford 11

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

References