1980 Belgian GP

XXXVIII Grote Prijs van Belgie

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details
Date	Sunday 4 May 1980
Start time	14:00
Event	Belgian GP
Circuit	Zolder
Event Format	Race of 72 laps
Championship	World Championship
Race number	#5 of 14 in 1980 #333 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps	72
Circuit Perimeter	4262 m
Race Distance	4262 × 72 = 306.864 km
Grid Format	2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position	Left
First Corner	Left
Track Direction	Clockwise
Weather
Weather	Dry
Participants
Entries	27
Qualifiers	24
Finishers	12
Debutants	Shadow DN12 (Car Model)
Milestones	Elf – 500th Race Entry (Lubricant Manufacturer) Equipe Ligier Gitanes – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant) Equipe Ligier Gitanes – 1st Win (Entrant) Didier Pironi – 1st Win (Driver)
Records Broken	1. Most 8th Place Finishes – Ferrari (37)
Records Extended	1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores – Ferrari (276), 2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores – Ferrari (408), 3. Most Retirements – Lotus (377), 4. Most 6th Place Finishes – Ferrari (50), 5. Most 10th Place Finishes – Lotus (30), 6. Most Race Entries – Lotus (871)

World Championship standings

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 25	Car 27	Car 26
Entrant	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Albilad-Williams Racing Team	Equipe Ligier Gitanes
Driver	Didier Pironi	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite
Car	Ligier JS11/15	Williams FW07B	Ligier JS11/15
Engine	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time	1:38'46.51	1'19.12	1'20.88
Speed	186.402 km/h	193.923 km/h	189.703 km/h