Season 1980 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1980 Season R2 →
1980-01-13 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 53Lap · 307.930km
27 Alan Jones
Williams 1:43:24.380
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +24.590
21 Keke Rosberg
Fittipaldi +1:18.640
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Patrick Depailler L46 Jody Scheckter L45 Clay Regazzoni L44 Emerson Fittipaldi L37 Gilles Villeneuve L36 Jacques Laffite L30 Riccardo Patrese L27 Marc Surer L27 Mario Andretti L20 Jochen Mass L20 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
53Lap 307.930km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jody Scheckter 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Jones · P1 → P1 1 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Piquet · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Rosberg · P13 → P3 · +10 13 Rosberg ROS 3 Rosberg ROS Daly · P22 → P4 · +18 22 Daly DAL 4 Daly DAL Giacomelli · P20 → P5 · +15 20 Giacomelli GIA 5 Giacomelli GIA Prost · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Prost PRO 6 Prost PRO Zunino · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Zunino ZUN 7 Zunino ZUN Depailler · P23 → retired L46 Depailler · retired L46 23 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Scheckter · P11 → retired L45 Scheckter · retired L45 11 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Regazzoni · P15 → retired L44 Regazzoni · retired L44 15 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Fittipaldi · P24 → retired L37 Fittipaldi · retired L37 24 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Villeneuve · P8 → retired L36 Villeneuve · retired L36 8 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Laffite · P2 → retired L30 Laffite · retired L30 2 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Patrese · P7 → retired L27 Patrese · retired L27 7 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Surer · P21 → retired L27 Surer · retired L27 21 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Andretti · P6 → retired L20 Andretti · retired L20 6 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Mass · P14 → retired L20 Mass · retired L20 14 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Reutemann · P10 → retired L12 Reutemann · retired L12 10 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU de Angelis · P5 → retired L7 de Angelis · retired L7 5 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Watson · P17 → retired L5 Watson · retired L5 17 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Jabouille · P9 → retired L3 Jabouille · retired L3 9 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Arnoux · P19 → retired L2 Arnoux · retired L2 19 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Pironi · P3 → retired L1 Pironi · retired L1 3 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Jarier · P18 → retired L1 Jarier · retired L1 18 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 53 1:43:24.380 9
2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 53 +24.590 6
3 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 13 53 +1:18.640 4
4 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 22 53 +1:23.480 3
5 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 20 52 +1 Lap 2
6 8 Alain Prost McLaren 12 52 +1 Lap 1
7 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 16 51 +2 Laps
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 23 46 Engine
R 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 11 45 Engine
R 14 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 15 44 Not classified
R 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 37 Not classified
R 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 36 Accident
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 30 Engine
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 7 27 Engine
R 9 Marc Surer ATS 21 27 Heat shield fire
R 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 20 Fuel system
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 14 20 Gearbox
R 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 10 12 Engine
R 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 7 Suspension
R 7 John Watson McLaren 17 5 Gearbox
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 3 Gearbox
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 19 2 Suspension
R 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 3 1 Engine
R 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 18 1 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
26 Jacques Laffite
3
25 Didier Pironi
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
12 Elio de Angelis
6
11 Mario Andretti
7
29 Riccardo Patrese
8
2 Gilles Villeneuve
9
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
10
28 Carlos Reutemann
11
1 Jody Scheckter
12
8 Alain Prost
13
21 Keke Rosberg
14
30 Jochen Mass
15
14 Clay Regazzoni
16
6 Ricardo Zunino
17
7 John Watson
18
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
19
16 René Arnoux
20
23 Bruno Giacomelli
21
9 Marc Surer
22
4 Derek Daly
23
22 Patrick Depailler
24
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15