Season 1980 · Round 9

German Grand Prix

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1980-08-10 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 305.505km
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier 1:23:59.730
28 Carlos Reutemann
Williams +3.190
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
27 Alan Jones
Williams +43.530
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
John Watson L39 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L27 René Arnoux L26 Eddie Cheever L23 Didier Pironi L18 Emerson Fittipaldi L18 Keke Rosberg L8 Hector Rebaque L4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 305.505km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Laffite · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Laffite LAF 1 Laffite LAF Reutemann · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Jones · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Jones JON 3 Jones JON Piquet · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Giacomelli · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Giacomelli GIA 5 Giacomelli GIA Villeneuve · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Villeneuve VIL 6 Villeneuve VIL Andretti · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Andretti AND 7 Andretti AND Mass · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Mass MAS 8 Mass MAS Patrese · P10 → P9 · +1 10 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Daly · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Daly DAL 10 Daly DAL Prost · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Prost PRO 11 Prost PRO Surer · P13 → P12 · +1 13 Surer SUR 12 Surer SUR Scheckter · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Scheckter SCH 13 Scheckter SCH Lammers · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Lammers LAM 14 Lammers LAM Jarier · P23 → P15 · +8 23 Jarier JAR 15 Jarier JAR de Angelis · P11 → P16 · -5 11 de Angelis DE 16 de Angelis DE Watson · P20 → retired L39 Watson · retired L39 20 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Jabouille · P2 → retired L27 Jabouille · retired L27 2 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Arnoux · P3 → retired L26 Arnoux · retired L26 3 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Cheever · P18 → retired L23 Cheever · retired L23 18 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Pironi · P7 → retired L18 Pironi · retired L18 7 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Fittipaldi · P12 → retired L18 Fittipaldi · retired L18 12 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Rosberg · P8 → retired L8 Rosberg · retired L8 8 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Rebaque · P15 → retired L4 Rebaque · retired L4 15 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 45 1:23:59.730 9
2 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams 4 45 +3.190 6
3 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 45 +43.530 4
4 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 45 +44.480 3
5 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 19 45 +1:16.490 2
6 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 45 +1:28.720 1
7 11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 45 +1:33.010
8 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 17 45 +1:47.750
9 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 44 +1 Lap
10 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 22 44 +1 Lap
11 8 Alain Prost McLaren 14 44 +1 Lap
12 9 Marc Surer ATS 13 44 +1 Lap
13 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 21 44 +1 Lap
14 14 Jan Lammers Ensign 24 44 +1 Lap
15 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 23 44 +1 Lap
16 12 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 43 Wheel bearing
R 7 John Watson McLaren 20 39 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 2 27 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 3 26 Engine
R 31 Eddie Cheever Osella 18 23 Gearbox
R 25 Didier Pironi Ligier 7 18 Transmission
R 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 12 18 Brakes
R 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi 8 8 Wheel bearing
R 6 Hector Rebaque Brabham 15 4 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
3
16 René Arnoux
4
28 Carlos Reutemann
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
5 Nelson Piquet
7
25 Didier Pironi
8
21 Keke Rosberg
9
11 Mario Andretti
10
29 Riccardo Patrese
11
12 Elio de Angelis
12
20 Emerson Fittipaldi
13
9 Marc Surer
14
8 Alain Prost
15
6 Hector Rebaque
16
2 Gilles Villeneuve
17
30 Jochen Mass
18
31 Eddie Cheever
19
23 Bruno Giacomelli
20
7 John Watson
21
1 Jody Scheckter
22
4 Derek Daly
23
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
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.
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 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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