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1980 Monaco Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryMonaco
Grand PrixMonaco
ImageCircuit de Monaco 1976.png
Date18 May
Year1980
Race_No6
Season_No14
LocationCircuit de Monaco
CourseStreet circuit
Course_mi2.057
Course_km3.312
Distance_laps76
Distance_mi156.406
Distance_km251.712
WeatherDry at the start, damp in the end
Pole_DriverDidier Pironi
Pole_TeamLigier-Ford
Pole_Time1:24.813
Pole_CountryFrance
Fast_DriverCarlos Reutemann
Fast_TeamWilliams-Ford
Fast_Time1:27.418
Fast_Lap40
Fast_CountryArgentina
First_DriverCarlos Reutemann
First_TeamWilliams-Ford
First_CountryArgentina
Second_DriverJacques Laffite
Second_TeamLigier-Ford
Second_CountryFrance
Third_DriverNelson Piquet
Third_TeamBrabham-Ford
Third_CountryBrazil
third_flag_suffix1968
Lapchart

The 1980 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 18 May 1980. It was the sixth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was held over 76 laps of the 3.34-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 254 kilometres.

It was won by Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams FW07B after polesitter Didier Pironi crashed at the Casino corner on lap 55. The win was the Argentine Reutemann's tenth Formula One victory and his first since the 1978 United States Grand Prix. He also became the fifth winner in six races of the 1980 season. Reutemann won by 1 minute and 13 seconds over French driver Jacques Laffite driving Ligier JS11/15. Third was Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. Piquet's third place moved him past René Arnoux and Alan Jones into the lead of the world championship for the first time.

The race however is remembered for a memorable and spectacular crash at the start of the race when Derek Daly collided with Bruno Giacomelli's Alfa Romeo 179, which sent Daly's Tyrrell 010 flying over Giacomelli and landing between teammate Jean-Pierre Jarier and Alain Prost's McLaren M29. All four drivers were out on the spot, but none suffered any serious injury. Jan Lammers also collected damage in his ATS D4 but was able to continue. The accident was particularly disappointing for McLaren after John Watson failed to qualify for Monaco's shortened 20 car grid.

Fourth was West German driver Jochen Mass driving an Arrows A3 one lap down on Reutemann ahead of Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari 312T5. A further lap down in sixth was dual-World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi in a Fittipaldi F7. For Mass and Fittipaldi it would be last world championship points they would collect.

Reutemann's win put Williams in the lead of the constructor's points race by five points over Ligier.

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverConstructorTimeGap123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627Source:
25France Didier PironiLigier-Ford1:24.813-
28Argentina Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford1:24.882+ 0.069
27Australia Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:25.202+ 1.019
5Brazil Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford1:25.358+ 1.175
26France Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:25.510+ 1.327
2Canada Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:26.104+ 1.921
22France Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo1:26.210+ 2.027
23Italy Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:26.227+ 2.044
3France Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:26.369+ 2.186
8France Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford1:26.826+ 2.643
29Italy Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:26.828+ 2.645
4Ireland Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford1:26.838+ 2.655
9Netherlands Jan LammersATS-Ford1:26.883+ 2.700
12Italy Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford1:26.930+ 2.747
30FRG Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:26.956+ 2.773
15France Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:27.099+ 2.916
1South Africa Jody ScheckterFerrari1:27.182+ 2.999
20Brazil Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:27.495+ 3.312
11USA Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:27.514+ 3.331
16France René ArnouxRenault1:27.524+ 3.341
7United Kingdom John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:27.731+ 3.548
31USA Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford1:27.808+ 3.625
17United Kingdom Geoff LeesShadow-Ford1:27.842+ 3.659
21Finland Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford1:28.381+ 4.198
6Argentina Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford1:28.384+ 4.201
14United Kingdom Tiff NeedellEnsign-Ford1:29.188+ 5.005
18Ireland David KennedyShadow-Ford1:39.986+ 15.803

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
28Argentina **Carlos Reutemann****Williams-Ford**761:55:34.3652**9**
26France **Jacques Laffite****Ligier-Ford**76+ 1:13.6295**6**
5Brazil **Nelson Piquet****Brabham-Ford**76+ 1:17.7264**4**
30West Germany **Jochen Mass****Arrows-Ford**75+ 1 lap15**3**
2Canada **Gilles Villeneuve****Ferrari**75+ 1 lap6**2**
20Brazil **Emerson Fittipaldi****Fittipaldi-Ford**74+ 2 laps18**1**
11United States Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford73+ 3 laps19
29Italy Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford73+ 3 laps11
12Italy Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford68Accident14
9Netherlands Jan LammersATS-Ford64+ 12 laps13
25France Didier PironiLigier-Ford54Accident1
16France René ArnouxRenault53Accident20
22France Patrick DepaillerAlfa Romeo50Engine7
1South Africa Jody ScheckterFerrari27Handling17
15France Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault25Gearbox16
27Australia Alan JonesWilliams-Ford24Differential3
23Italy Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo0Collision8
3France Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford0Collision9
8France Alain ProstMcLaren-Ford0Collision10
4Ireland Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford0Collision12
7United Kingdom John WatsonMcLaren-Ford
31United States Eddie CheeverOsella-Ford
17United Kingdom Geoff LeesShadow-Ford
21Finland Keke RosbergFittipaldi-Ford
6Argentina Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford
14United Kingdom Tiff NeedellEnsign-Ford
18Ireland David KennedyShadow-Ford

Notes

  • This was the 100th Grand Prix start for an Alfa Romeo-powered car. In those 100 races, an Alfa Romeo-powered car had won 12 Grands Prix, achieved 35 podium finishes, 13 pole positions, 17 fastest laps, 9 Grand Slams and had won 2 Driver's Championships.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 21BRA Nelson Piquet22
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 12FRA René Arnoux21
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 13AUS Alan Jones19
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4FRA Didier Pironi17
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 15ARG Carlos Reutemann15

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1UK Williams-Ford34
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2FRA Ligier-Ford29
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 13UK Brabham-Ford22
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 14FRA Renault21
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]5UK Arrows-Ford11
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Name_of_race = Monaco Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1980 | Previous_race_in_season = 1980 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1980 French Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1979 Monaco Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1981 Monaco Grand Prix

References

  1. (2017-06-12). "1980 Monaco Grand Prix {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine.
  2. "1980 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  3. (18 May 1980). "1980 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive".
  4. "Monaco 1980 - Championship • STATS F1".
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