Season 1980 · Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

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1980-03-30 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:50:19.400
Team win 9pt P1 · P24
29 Riccardo Patrese
Arrows +49.212
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi +1:18.563
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Keke Rosberg L58 Clay Regazzoni L50 Bruno Giacomelli L49 Alan Jones L47 Gilles Villeneuve L46 Patrick Depailler L40 Jacques Laffite L36 Eddie Cheever L11 Carlos Reutemann L3 Jean-Pierre Jarier L3 +4
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
80Lap 260.080km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Mario Andretti 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
P1 Riccardo Patrese 1 · GP #1
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Piquet · P1 → P1 1 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Patrese · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Fittipaldi · P24 → P3 · +21 24 Fittipaldi FIT 3 Fittipaldi FIT Watson · P21 → P4 · +17 21 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Scheckter · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Scheckter SCH 5 Scheckter SCH Pironi · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Pironi PIR 6 Pironi PIR Mass · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Daly · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Daly DAL 8 Daly DAL Arnoux · P2 → P9 · -7 2 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Jabouille · P11 → P10 · +1 11 Jabouille JAB 10 Jabouille JAB Rosberg · P22 → retired L58 Rosberg · retired L58 22 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Regazzoni · P23 → retired L50 Regazzoni · retired L50 23 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Giacomelli · P6 → retired L49 Giacomelli · retired L49 6 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Jones · P5 → retired L47 Jones · retired L47 5 Jones JON R Jones JON Villeneuve · P10 → retired L46 Villeneuve · retired L46 10 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Depailler · P3 → retired L40 Depailler · retired L40 3 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Laffite · P13 → retired L36 Laffite · retired L36 13 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Cheever · P19 → retired L11 Cheever · retired L11 19 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Reutemann · P7 → retired L3 Reutemann · retired L3 7 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Jarier · P12 → retired L3 Jarier · retired L3 12 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR de Angelis · P20 → retired L3 de Angelis · retired L3 20 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Lammers · P4 → retired L0 Lammers · retired L0 4 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Andretti · P15 → retired L0 Andretti · retired L0 15 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Zunino · P18 → retired L0 Zunino · retired L0 18 Zunino ZUN R Zunino ZUN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 80 1:50:19.400 9
2 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 80 +49.212 6
3 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 80 +1:18.563 4
4 7 John Watson McLaren 21 79 +1 Lap 3
5 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 16 79 +1 Lap 2
6 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 17 79 +1 Lap
8 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 14 79 +1 Lap
9 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 78 +2 Laps
10 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 71 +9 Laps
R 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 22 58 Overheating
R 14 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 23 50 Accident
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 49 Accident
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 5 47 Accident
R 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 46 Transmission
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 3 40 Suspension
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 36 Puncture
R 31 Eddie Cheever Osella 19 11 Transmission
R 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 7 3 Transmission
R 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 3 Accident
R 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 20 3 Accident
R 14 Jan Lammers ATS 4 0 Transmission
R 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 0 Accident
R 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 18 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nelson Piquet
2
16 René Arnoux
3
22 Patrick Depailler
4
14 Jan Lammers
5
27 Alan Jones
6
23 Bruno Giacomelli
7
28 Carlos Reutemann
8
29 Riccardo Patrese
9
25 Didier Pironi
10
2 Gilles Villeneuve
11
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
12
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
4 Derek Daly
15
11 Mario Andretti
16
1 Jody Scheckter
17
30 Jochen Mass
18
6 Ricardo Zunino
19
31 Eddie Cheever
20
12 Elio de Angelis
21
7 John Watson
22
21 Keke Rosberg
23
14 Clay Regazzoni
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: 2026-10-21 14:15