Season 1980 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1980-01-27 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 314.954km
16 René Arnoux
Renault 1:40:01.330
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
12 Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus +21.860
27 Alan Jones
Williams +1:06.110
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
8
Patrick Depailler L33 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L25 Nelson Piquet L14 Jacques Laffite L13 Clay Regazzoni L13 Jody Scheckter L10 Mario Andretti L1 Carlos Reutemann L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
40Lap 314.954km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Arnoux · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Arnoux ARN 1 Arnoux ARN de Angelis · P7 → P2 · +5 7 de Angelis DE 2 de Angelis DE Jones · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Jones JON 3 Jones JON Pironi · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Pironi PIR 4 Pironi PIR Prost · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Prost PRO 5 Prost PRO Patrese · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Surer · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Surer SUR 7 Surer SUR Zunino · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Zunino ZUN 8 Zunino ZUN Rosberg · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Rosberg ROS 9 Rosberg ROS Mass · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Mass MAS 10 Mass MAS Watson · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Watson WAT 11 Watson WAT Jarier · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Jarier JAR 12 Jarier JAR Giacomelli · P17 → P13 · +4 17 Giacomelli GIA 13 Giacomelli GIA Daly · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Daly DAL 14 Daly DAL Fittipaldi · P19 → P15 · +4 19 Fittipaldi FIT 15 Fittipaldi FIT Villeneuve · P3 → P16 · -13 3 Villeneuve VIL 16 Villeneuve VIL Depailler · P21 → retired L33 Depailler · retired L33 21 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Jabouille · P1 → retired L25 Jabouille · retired L25 1 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Piquet · P9 → retired L14 Piquet · retired L14 9 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Laffite · P5 → retired L13 Laffite · retired L13 5 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Regazzoni · P12 → retired L13 Regazzoni · retired L13 12 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Scheckter · P8 → retired L10 Scheckter · retired L10 8 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Andretti · P11 → retired L1 Andretti · retired L1 11 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Reutemann · P4 → retired L1 Reutemann · retired L1 4 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 16 René Arnoux Renault 6 40 1:40:01.330 9
2 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 40 +21.860 6
3 27 Alan Jones Williams 10 40 +1:06.110 4
4 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 2 40 +1:40.130 3
5 8 Alain Prost McLaren 13 40 +1:45.410 2
6 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 39 +1 Lap 1
7 9 Marc Surer ATS 20 39 +1 Lap
8 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 18 39 +1 Lap
9 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 15 39 +1 Lap
10 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 16 39 +1 Lap
11 7 John Watson McLaren 23 39 +1 Lap
12 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 22 39 +1 Lap
13 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 39 +1 Lap
14 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 24 38 +2 Laps
15 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 38 +2 Laps
16 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 36 Throttle
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 21 33 Electrical
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 25 Turbo
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 14 Suspension
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 13 Electrical
R 14 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 12 13 Engine
R 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 8 10 Engine
R 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 1 Spun off
R 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 1 Halfshaft
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
2
25 Didier Pironi
3
2 Gilles Villeneuve
4
28 Carlos Reutemann
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
16 René Arnoux
7
12 Elio de Angelis
8
1 Jody Scheckter
9
5 Nelson Piquet
10
27 Alan Jones
11
11 Mario Andretti
12
14 Clay Regazzoni
13
8 Alain Prost
14
29 Riccardo Patrese
15
21 Keke Rosberg
16
30 Jochen Mass
17
23 Bruno Giacomelli
18
6 Ricardo Zunino
19
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
20
9 Marc Surer
21
22 Patrick Depailler
22
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
23
7 John Watson
24
4 Derek Daly
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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