Season 1980 · Round 14

United States Grand Prix

← R13 1980 Season
1980-10-05 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
27 Alan Jones
Williams 1:34:36.050
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P9 1-2
28 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +4.210
25 Didier Pironi
Ligier +12.570
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
John Watson L50 Gilles Villeneuve L49 Jean-Pierre Jarier L40 Jochen Mass L36 Bruno Giacomelli L31 Nelson Piquet L25 Hector Rebaque L20 Eddie Cheever L20 Riccardo Patrese L16 Jan Lammers L16 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 10/20 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Watkins Glen New York State, USA
59Lap 320.670km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P10 Alan Jones 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Clay Regazzoni 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Jones · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Reutemann · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Pironi · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR de Angelis · P4 → P4 4 de Angelis DE 4 de Angelis DE Laffite · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Andretti · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Andretti AND 6 Andretti AND Arnoux · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Arnoux ARN 7 Arnoux ARN Surer · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Keegan · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Keegan KEE 9 Keegan KEE Rosberg · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Rosberg ROS 10 Rosberg ROS Scheckter · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Scheckter SCH 11 Scheckter SCH Watson · P9 → retired L50 Watson · retired L50 9 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Villeneuve · P18 → retired L49 Villeneuve · retired L49 18 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Jarier · P22 → retired L40 Jarier · retired L40 22 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Mass · P24 → retired L36 Mass · retired L36 24 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Giacomelli · P1 → retired L31 Giacomelli · retired L31 1 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Piquet · P2 → retired L25 Piquet · retired L25 2 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Rebaque · P8 → retired L20 Rebaque · retired L20 8 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Cheever · P16 → retired L20 Cheever · retired L20 16 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Patrese · P20 → retired L16 Patrese · retired L16 20 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Lammers · P25 → retired L16 Lammers · retired L16 25 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Fittipaldi · P19 → retired L15 Fittipaldi · retired L15 19 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Daly · P21 → retired L3 Daly · retired L3 21 Daly DAL R Daly DAL de Cesaris · P10 → retired L2 de Cesaris · retired L2 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Prost · P13 → P25 · -12 13 Prost PRO 25 Prost PRO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Alan Jones Williams 5 59 1:34:36.050 9
2 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 3 59 +4.210 6
3 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 7 59 +12.570 4
4 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 59 +29.690 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 58 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 58 +1 Lap 1
7 16 René Arnoux Renault 6 58 +1 Lap
8 9 Marc Surer ATS 17 57 +2 Laps
9 50 Rupert Keegan Williams 15 57 +2 Laps
10 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 14 57 +2 Laps
11 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 23 56 +3 Laps
R 7 John Watson McLaren 9 50 +9 Laps
R 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 18 49 Accident
R 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 22 40 Not classified
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 24 36 Transmission
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1 31 Electrical
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 25 Spun off
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 8 20 Engine
R 31 Eddie Cheever Osella 16 20 Suspension
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 20 16 Spun off
R 14 Jan Lammers Ensign 25 16 Steering
R 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 15 Suspension
R 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 21 3 Spun off
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 10 2 Accident
W 8 Alain Prost McLaren 13 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
23 Bruno Giacomelli
2
5 Nelson Piquet
3
28 Carlos Reutemann
4
12 Elio de Angelis
5
27 Alan Jones
6
16 René Arnoux
7
25 Didier Pironi
8
6 Hector Rebaque
9
7 John Watson
10
22 Andrea de Cesaris
11
11 Mario Andretti
12
26 Jacques Laffite
13
8 Alain Prost
14
21 Keke Rosberg
15
50 Rupert Keegan
16
31 Eddie Cheever
17
9 Marc Surer
18
2 Gilles Villeneuve
19
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
20
29 Riccardo Patrese
21
4 Derek Daly
22
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
23
1 Jody Scheckter
24
30 Jochen Mass
25
14 Jan Lammers
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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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