The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1980  ·  Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez  ·  13 January 1980  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Alan Jones Williams · 01:43:24.38
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +24.59
  3. 3rd Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi · +1:18.640

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alan Jones

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Didier Pironi

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

03 Lap 7

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Suspension

04 Lap 20

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Fuel system

05 Lap 30

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

06 Lap 44

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Ensign  —  Not classified

07 Lap 45

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Derek Daly

Tyrrell  —  P22 → P4

09 Victory

Alan Jones

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alan Jones Williams 1 53 01:43:24.38 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 53 +24.59 6
3 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 13 53 +1:18.640 4
4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 22 53 +1:23.480 3
5 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 20 52 +1 Lap 2
6 Alain Prost McLaren 12 52 +1 Lap 1
7 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 16 51 +2 Laps
8 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 23 46 Engine
9 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 11 45 Engine
10 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 15 44 Not classified
11 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 37 Not classified
12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 36 Accident
13 Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 30 Engine
14 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 7 27 Engine
15 Marc Surer ATS 21 27 Heat shield fire
16 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 20 Fuel system
17 Jochen Mass Arrows 14 20 Gearbox
18 Carlos Reutemann Williams 10 12 Engine
19 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 7 Suspension
20 John Watson McLaren 17 5 Gearbox
21 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 3 Gearbox
22 René Arnoux Renault 19 2 Suspension
23 Didier Pironi Ligier 3 1 Engine
24 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 18 1 Collision

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