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1980 South African GP
1979 US West GP
1980 US West GP
1980 Belgian GP
1981 US West GP
VI
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
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Details
Date
Sunday 30 March 1980
Start time
14:00
Event
US West GP
Circuit
Long Beach
Event Format
Race of 80 laps
Race
4 of
15
Championship race
332
Circuit
Laps
80
Circuit Perimeter
3251 m
Race Distance
3251 × 80 + 1625 = 261.705 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
27
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
10
Championship Debutants
Stephen South
(
Driver
),
McLaren M29C
(
Car Model
)
Milestones
Nélson Piquet
- 1st Pole Position (
Driver
)
Nélson Piquet
- 1st Win (
Driver
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 20th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
25
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
407
),
2.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
376
),
3.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
275
),
4.
Most 5th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
42
),
5.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
869
)
Championships
1
René Arnoux
18
2
Nélson Piquet
18
3
Alan Jones
13
4
Didier Pironi
8
5
Riccardo Patrese
7
6
Jacques Laffite
6
Elio de Angelis
6
8
Emerson Fittipaldi
4
Keke Rosberg
4
10
John Watson
3
Derek Daly
3
12
Alain Prost
3
13
Bruno Giacomelli
2
Carlos Reutemann
2
Jody Scheckter
2
16
Jochen Mass
1
1
Renault
/
Renault
18
2
Brabham
/
Ford
18
3
Williams
/
Ford
15
4
Ligier
/
Ford
14
5
Arrows
/
Ford
8
6
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
8
7
Lotus
/
Ford
6
8
McLaren
/
Ford
6
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
3
10
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
2
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
2
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 5
Car 5
Car 5
Entrant
Parmalat Racing Team
Parmalat Racing Team
Parmalat Racing Team
Driver
Nélson Piquet
Nélson Piquet
Nélson Piquet
Car
Brabham
BT49
Brabham
BT49
Brabham
BT49
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
1:50'18.550
1'17.694
1'19.83
Speed
142.348 km/h
150.637 km/h
146.607 km/h
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