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The French Grand Prix 1980 was the 7th round of the 1980 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, on June 29th.

Alan Jones won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Didier Pironi, and Jacques Laffite, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.

Final results

1
3
Alan Jones
Williams
1:32:43.4
Finished
2
1
Didier Pironi
Ligier
+4.52
Finished
3
2
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+30.26
Finished
4
4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
+1:14.88
Finished
5
3
René Arnoux
Renault
+1:16.15
Finished
6
1
Carlos Reutemann
Williams
+1:16.74
Finished
7
6
John Watson
McLaren
+1 Lap
8
9
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+1 Lap
9
9
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
+1 Lap
10
5
Jochen Mass
Arrows
+1 Lap
11
9
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
+2 Laps
12
7
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
+2 Laps
13
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
Engine
14
2
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
+4 Laps
15
6
Eddie Cheever
Osella
Engine
16
5
Marc Surer
ATS
Gearbox
17
7
Patrick Depailler
Alfa Romeo
Handling
18
6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
Gearbox
19
4
Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi
Spun off
20
11
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
Handling
21
14
Alain Prost
McLaren
Transmission
22
8
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
Clutch
23
17
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Transmission
24
2
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham
Clutch
25
25
Geoff Lees
Shadow
Did not qualify
26
26
Jan Lammers
Ensign
Did not qualify
27
27
Dave Kennedy
Shadow
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 12 drivers out of the original 27 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Eddie Cheever, both suffered an engine malfunction, Marc Surer, and Mario Andretti, both experienced issues with the gearbox, Patrick Depailler, and Bruno Giacomelli, both , Keke Rosberg, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 8, Alain Prost, and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, both had a transmission problem, and Elio de Angelis, and Ricardo Zunino, both had a problem with the clutch.

Engine

  • Emerson Fittipaldi
    Lap 50
  • Eddie Cheever
    Lap 43

Gearbox

  • Marc Surer
    Lap 26
  • Mario Andretti
    Lap 18

Handling

  • Patrick Depailler
    Lap 25
  • Bruno Giacomelli
    Lap 8

Spun off

  • Keke Rosberg
    Lap 8

Transmission

  • Alain Prost
    Lap 6
  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille
    Lap 0

Clutch

  • Elio de Angelis
    Lap 3
  • Ricardo Zunino
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.