The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

1980  ·  Long Beach  ·  30 March 1980  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:50:19.4
  2. 2nd Riccardo Patrese Arrows · +49.212
  3. 3rd Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi · +1:18.563

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Jan Lammers

Retirement ATS  —  Transmission

03 Lap 40

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Alfa Romeo  —  Suspension

04 Lap 47

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

05 Lap 49

Bruno Giacomelli

Retirement Alfa Romeo  —  Accident

06 Lap 58

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Fittipaldi  —  Overheating

07 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P24 → P3

08 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 80 01:50:19.4 9
2 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 80 +49.212 6
3 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 80 +1:18.563 4
4 John Watson McLaren 21 79 +1 Lap 3
5 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 16 79 +1 Lap 2
6 Didier Pironi Ligier 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Jochen Mass Arrows 17 79 +1 Lap
8 Derek Daly Tyrrell 14 79 +1 Lap
9 René Arnoux Renault 2 78 +2 Laps
10 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 71 +9 Laps
11 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 22 58 Overheating
12 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 23 50 Accident
13 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 49 Accident
14 Alan Jones Williams 5 47 Accident
15 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 46 Transmission
16 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 3 40 Suspension
17 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 36 Puncture
18 Eddie Cheever Osella 19 11 Transmission
19 Carlos Reutemann Williams 7 3 Transmission
20 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 3 Accident
21 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 20 3 Accident
22 Jan Lammers ATS 4 0 Transmission
23 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 0 Accident
24 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 18 0 Accident

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