1980 German Grand Prix

  1980 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Date	August 10, 1980
Official name	XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.823 km (4.240 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 307.035 km (190.792 mi)
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 1980 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on August 10, 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 6.823-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.

The lead up to the race was saddened by the death of Alfa Romeo driver Patrick Depailler. The two-time Grand Prix winner was killed when his Alfa Romeo 179 crashed at the Hockenheim in pre-event testing.

The race was won by French driver, Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS11/15. The win was Laffite's fourth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his first in over a year having previously won the 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix. Laffite won by three seconds over Argentinian driver Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Reutemann's Williams Grand Prix Engineering team mate, Australian driver Alan Jones.

Expected to be a Renault circuit, Jean-Pierre Jabouille lead early with René Arnoux third behind Jones. Both Renault RE20s failed within a lap of each other leaving Jones to lead until he stopped for tyres, dropping behind Laffite and Reutemann.

Nelson Piquet finished fourth in his Brabham BT49 ahead of the only Alfa Romeo enterred, that of Bruno Giacomelli. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve collected just his fourth point for the year in the blighted Ferrari 312T5. In his 100th race start, West German driver Jochen Mass finished eighth in his Arrows A3, behind Mario Andretti (Lotus 81).

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 on Jones. The Renault drivers had faded and Ferrari drivers were completely out of the picture. Williams lead over Ligier was now 19 points, with the rest over 30 points behind.

Classification

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

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

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

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