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1980 Spanish GP
1980 Monaco GP
1979 French GP
1980 French GP
1980 Monza Lottery GP
1980 British GP
1981 French GP
LXVI
Grand Prix de France
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 29 June 1980
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Paul Ricard
Event Format
Race of 54 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#7 of
14
in 1980
#335 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
54
Circuit Perimeter
5810 m
Race Distance
5810 × 54 = 313.740 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
27
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
14
Debutants
None
Records Broken
1.
Most 13th Place Finishes
–
Emerson Fittipaldi
(
5
),
2.
Most 16th Place Qualifications
–
Jean-Pierre Jarier
(
10
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
379
),
2.
Most 8th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
38
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
875
),
4.
Most 12th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
41
),
5.
Most 14th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
38
)
World Championship standings
1
Alan Jones
28
2
Nélson Piquet
25
3
René Arnoux
23
4
Didier Pironi
23
5
Carlos Reutemann
16
6
Jacques Laffite
16
7
Riccardo Patrese
7
8
Elio de Angelis
6
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
5
10
Keke Rosberg
4
11
Jochen Mass
4
12
John Watson
3
Derek Daly
3
14
Gilles Villeneuve
3
Alain Prost
3
16
Jean-Pierre Jarier
2
Bruno Giacomelli
2
Jody Scheckter
2
1
Williams
/
Ford
44
2
Ligier
/
Ford
39
3
Brabham
/
Ford
25
4
Renault
/
Renault
23
5
Arrows
/
Ford
11
6
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
9
7
Lotus
/
Ford
6
8
McLaren
/
Ford
6
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
5
10
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
5
11
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
2
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 27
Car 26
Car 27
Entrant
Albilad-Williams Racing Team
Equipe Ligier Gitanes
Albilad-Williams Racing Team
Driver
Alan Jones
Jacques Laffite
Alan Jones
Car
Williams
FW07B
Ligier
JS11/15
Williams
FW07B
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
1:32'43.42
1'38.88
1'41.45
Speed
203.016 km/h
211.529 km/h
206.171 km/h
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