Season 1980 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1980-07-13 · Brands Hatch · UK · British Grand Prix · 76Lap · 319.732km
27 Alan Jones
Williams 1:34:49.228
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 · P11 1-3
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +11.007
28 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +13.285
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
René Arnoux L67 Didier Pironi L63 Marc Surer L59 Mario Andretti L57 Bruno Giacomelli L42 Gilles Villeneuve L35 Jacques Laffite L30 Patrick Depailler L27 Eddie Cheever L17 Elio de Angelis L16 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
76Lap 319.732km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Jones · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Piquet · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Reutemann · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Daly · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Daly DAL 4 Daly DAL Jarier · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Jarier JAR 5 Jarier JAR Prost · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Prost PRO 6 Prost PRO Rebaque · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Rebaque REB 7 Rebaque REB Watson · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Watson WAT 8 Watson WAT Patrese · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Scheckter · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Scheckter SCH 10 Scheckter SCH Keegan · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Keegan KEE 11 Keegan KEE Fittipaldi · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Fittipaldi FIT 12 Fittipaldi FIT Mass · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Mass MAS 13 Mass MAS Arnoux · P16 → retired L67 Arnoux · retired L67 16 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Pironi · P1 → retired L63 Pironi · retired L63 1 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Surer · P15 → retired L59 Surer · retired L59 15 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Andretti · P9 → retired L57 Andretti · retired L57 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Giacomelli · P6 → retired L42 Giacomelli · retired L42 6 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Villeneuve · P19 → retired L35 Villeneuve · retired L35 19 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Laffite · P2 → retired L30 Laffite · retired L30 2 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Depailler · P8 → retired L27 Depailler · retired L27 8 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Cheever · P20 → retired L17 Cheever · retired L17 20 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE de Angelis · P14 → retired L16 de Angelis · retired L16 14 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Jabouille · P13 → retired L4 Jabouille · retired L4 13 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Alan Jones Williams 3 76 1:34:49.228 9
2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 76 +11.007 6
3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 76 +13.285 4
4 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 10 75 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 75 +1 Lap 2
6 8 Alain Prost McLaren 7 75 +1 Lap 1
7 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 17 74 +2 Laps
8 7 John Watson McLaren 12 74 Engine
9 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 21 73 +3 Laps
10 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 23 73 +3 Laps
11 50 Rupert Keegan Williams 18 73 +3 Laps
12 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 72 +4 Laps
13 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 24 69 +7 Laps
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 16 67 Not classified
R 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 1 63 Tyre
R 9 Marc Surer ATS 15 59 Engine
R 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 57 Gearbox
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 42 Spun off
R 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 19 35 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 30 Tyre
R 22 Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo 8 27 Engine
R 31 Eddie Cheever Osella 20 17 Suspension
R 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 14 16 Suspension
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 4 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
25 Didier Pironi
2
26 Jacques Laffite
3
27 Alan Jones
4
28 Carlos Reutemann
5
5 Nelson Piquet
6
23 Bruno Giacomelli
7
8 Alain Prost
8
22 Patrick Depailler
9
11 Mario Andretti
10
4 Derek Daly
11
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
12
7 John Watson
13
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
14
12 Elio de Angelis
15
9 Marc Surer
16
16 René Arnoux
17
6 Hector Rebaque
18
50 Rupert Keegan
19
2 Gilles Villeneuve
20
31 Eddie Cheever
21
29 Riccardo Patrese
22
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
23
1 Jody Scheckter
24
30 Jochen Mass
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