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1980 South African GP

1980 US West GP
1981 South African GP

XXVI Nashua South African Grand Prix

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

Details

Date

Saturday 1 March 1980

Start time

14:00

Event

South African GP

Circuit

Kyalami

Event Format

Race of 78 laps

Championship

World Championship

Race number

#3 of 14 in 1980
#331 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

4104 m

Race Distance

4104 × 78 = 320.112 km

Grid Format

2-2-2-2 (staggered)

Pole Position

Left

First Corner

Right

Track Direction

Clockwise

Weather

Sunny, Mild, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

ATS D4 (Car Model),

Tyrrell 010 (Car Model)

Records Broken

1. Most 17th Place Qualifications – Great Britain

Brabham (32)

Records Extended

1. Most Retirements – Great Britain

Lotus (374),
2. Most 11th Place Finishes – Great Britain

John Watson (9),
3. Most Race Entries – Great Britain

Lotus (867),
4. Most 9th Place Qualifications – Italy

Ferrari (41),
5. Most 14th Place Qualifications – Great Britain

Lotus (36)

World Championship standings

1	René Arnoux	18
2	Alan Jones	13
3	Nélson Piquet	9
4	Didier Pironi	7
5	Jacques Laffite	6
5	Elio de Angelis	6
7	Keke Rosberg	4
8	Derek Daly	3
9	Alain Prost	3
10	Bruno Giacomelli	2
10	Carlos Reutemann	2
12	Jochen Mass	1
12	Riccardo Patrese	1

1	Renault / Renault	18
2	Williams / Ford	15
3	Ligier / Ford	13
4	Brabham / Ford	9
5	Lotus / Ford	6
6	Fittipaldi / Ford	4
7	Tyrrell / Ford	3
8	McLaren / Ford	3
9	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo	2
10	Arrows / Ford	2

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 16	Car 15	Car 16
Entrant	Equipe Renault Elf	Equipe Renault Elf	Equipe Renault Elf
Driver	René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	René Arnoux
Car	Renault RE20	Renault RE20	Renault RE20
Engine	Renault 1.5 V6T	Renault 1.5 V6T	Renault 1.5 V6T
Time	1:36'52.54	1'10.00	1'13.15
Speed	198.262 km/h	211.063 km/h	201.974 km/h