Season 1980 · Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

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1980-05-04 · Zolder · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 72Lap · 306.864km
25 Didier Pironi
Ligier 1:38:47.400
27 Alan Jones
Williams +47.370
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
28 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +1:24.120
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
John Watson L61 Riccardo Patrese L58 Mario Andretti L41 Patrick Depailler L38 Nelson Piquet L32 Alain Prost L29 Emerson Fittipaldi L16 Tiff Needell L12 Bruno Giacomelli L11 Ricardo Zunino L5 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/10 50%
Circuit Info
Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
72Lap 306.864km 10 races held (1973–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Pironi · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Pironi PIR 1 Pironi PIR Jones · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Jones JON 2 Jones JON Reutemann · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Arnoux · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Arnoux ARN 4 Arnoux ARN Jarier · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Jarier JAR 5 Jarier JAR Villeneuve · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Villeneuve VIL 6 Villeneuve VIL Rosberg · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Rosberg ROS 7 Rosberg ROS Scheckter · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Scheckter SCH 8 Scheckter SCH Daly · P11 → P9 · +2 11 Daly DAL 9 Daly DAL de Angelis · P8 → P10 · -2 8 de Angelis DE 10 de Angelis DE Laffite · P3 → P11 · -8 3 Laffite LAF 11 Laffite LAF Lammers · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Lammers LAM 12 Lammers LAM Watson · P20 → retired L61 Watson · retired L61 20 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Patrese · P16 → retired L58 Patrese · retired L58 16 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Andretti · P17 → retired L41 Andretti · retired L41 17 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Depailler · P10 → retired L38 Depailler · retired L38 10 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Piquet · P7 → retired L32 Piquet · retired L32 7 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Prost · P19 → retired L29 Prost · retired L29 19 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Fittipaldi · P24 → retired L16 Fittipaldi · retired L16 24 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Needell · P23 → retired L12 Needell · retired L12 23 Needell NEE R Needell NEE Giacomelli · P18 → retired L11 Giacomelli · retired L11 18 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Zunino · P22 → retired L5 Zunino · retired L5 22 Zunino ZUN R Zunino ZUN Mass · P13 → retired L1 Mass · retired L1 13 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Jabouille · P5 → retired L1 Jabouille · retired L1 5 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 2 72 1:38:47.400 9
2 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 72 +47.370 6
3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 72 +1:24.120 4
4 16 René Arnoux Renault 6 71 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 9 71 +1 Lap 2
6 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 12 71 +1 Lap 1
7 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 21 71 +1 Lap
8 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 14 70 +2 Laps
9 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 11 70 +2 Laps
10 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 69 Spun off
11 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 68 +4 Laps
12 14 Jan Lammers ATS 15 64 Engine
R 7 John Watson McLaren 20 61 Not classified
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 58 Spun off
R 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 41 Gearbox
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 10 38 Exhaust
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 7 32 Spun off
R 8 Alain Prost McLaren 19 29 Transmission
R 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 16 Electrical
R 14 Tiff Needell Ensign 23 12 Engine
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 11 Suspension
R 6 Ricardo Zunino Brabham 22 5 Gearbox
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 13 1 Spun off
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 5 1 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
25 Didier Pironi
3
26 Jacques Laffite
4
28 Carlos Reutemann
5
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
6
16 René Arnoux
7
5 Nelson Piquet
8
12 Elio de Angelis
9
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
10
22 Patrick Depailler
11
4 Derek Daly
12
2 Gilles Villeneuve
13
30 Jochen Mass
14
1 Jody Scheckter
15
14 Jan Lammers
16
29 Riccardo Patrese
17
11 Mario Andretti
18
23 Bruno Giacomelli
19
8 Alain Prost
20
7 John Watson
21
21 Keke Rosberg
22
6 Ricardo Zunino
23
14 Tiff Needell
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.
No data for this session.
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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