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1980 International Trophy
1980 US West GP
1979 Belgian GP
1980 Belgian GP
1980 Sun Trophy
1980 Monaco GP
1981 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
1
René Arnoux
21
2
Alan Jones
19
3
Nélson Piquet
18
4
Didier Pironi
17
5
Riccardo Patrese
7
6
Jacques Laffite
6
Elio de Angelis
6
8
Carlos Reutemann
6
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
4
Keke Rosberg
4
11
John Watson
3
Derek Daly
3
13
Alain Prost
3
14
Bruno Giacomelli
2
Jody Scheckter
2
Jean-Pierre Jarier
2
17
Jochen Mass
1
Gilles Villeneuve
1
1
Williams
/
Ford
25
2
Ligier
/
Ford
23
3
Renault
/
Renault
21
4
Brabham
/
Ford
18
5
Arrows
/
Ford
8
6
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
8
7
Lotus
/
Ford
6
8
McLaren
/
Ford
6
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
5
10
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
3
11
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
2
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
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
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