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51º Gran Premio d'Italia

14 Sep 1980Imola300.000 km (5000 m x 60 Laps)

 Pole Position: René Arnoux, Renault RE20, 1:33.988 (191.514 km/h) Fastest Lap: Alan Jones, Williams FW07B-Ford, 1:36.089 (187.326 km/h lap 47) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 1:38:07.52 183.44 km/h 2 27 Alan Jones Williams FW07B-Ford 1:38:36.45 182.54 km/h 3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams FW07B-Ford 1:39:21.19 181.17 km/h 4 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus 81-Ford -1 Lap 5 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8-Ford -1 Lap 6 25 Didier Pironi Ligier JS11/15-Ford -1 Lap 7 8 Alain Prost McLaren M30-Ford -1 Lap 8 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 312T5 -1 Lap 9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS11/15-Ford -1 Lap 10 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 -2 Laps 11 50 Rupert Keegan Williams FW07B-Ford -2 Laps 12 31 Eddie Cheever Osella FA1B-Ford -3 Laps Did Not Finish: 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 010-Ford 54 Brakes 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 53 Gearbox 9 Marc Surer ATS D4-Ford 45 Engine 11 Mario Andretti Lotus 81-Ford 40 Engine 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3-Ford 38 Engine 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 010-Ford 33 Accident 7 John Watson McLaren M29C-Ford 20 Brakes/Wheel bearing 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham BT49-Ford 18 Rear suspension 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F8-Ford 17 Accident 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T5 5 Puncture/Accident 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo N179 5 Puncture/Accident 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo N179 4 Spun off Did Not Qualify: 43 Nigel Mansell Lotus 81B-Ford 30 Manfred Winkelhock Arrows A3-Ford 14 Jan Lammers Ensign N180-Ford 41 Geoff Lees Ensign N180-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 1-2 2 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 3 1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 4-60 57 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 27 Alan Jones Williams FW07B-Ford 1:36.089 187.326 47 2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 1:36.31 186.90 51 3 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 1:36.45 186.63 44 4 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams FW07B-Ford 1:36.65 186.24 54 5 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:37.00 185.57 58 6 25 Didier Pironi Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:37.59 184.45 57 7 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus 81-Ford 1:37.64 184.35 40 8 8 Alain Prost McLaren M30-Ford 1:37.78 184.09 55 9 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:37.99 183.69 54 10 11 Mario Andretti Lotus 81-Ford 1:38.17 183.36 28 11 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 1:38.31 183.09 26 12 31 Eddie Cheever Osella FA1B-Ford 1:38.36 183.00 50 13 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3-Ford 1:38.43 182.87 29 14 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 312T5 1:38.46 182.82 23 15 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham BT49-Ford 1:38.47 182.80 16 16 7 John Watson McLaren M29C-Ford 1:38.59 182.57 15 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:38.59 182.57 46 18 50 Rupert Keegan Williams FW07B-Ford 1:38.82 182.15 33 19 9 Marc Surer ATS D4-Ford 1:39.41 181.07 43 20 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:39.58 180.76 15 21 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:39.74 180.47 33 22 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo N179 1:39.78 180.40 2 23 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T5 1:39.86 180.25 4 24 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo N179 1:42.24 176.06 3 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 1:33.988 191.514 Equipe Renault Elf 2 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 1:34.339 190.801 Equipe Renault Elf 3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams FW07B-Ford 1:34.686 190.102 Albilad-Williams Racing Team 4 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo N179 1:34.912 189.649 Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 1:34.960 189.553 Parmalat Racing Team 6 27 Alan Jones Williams FW07B-Ford 1:35.109 189.257 Albilad-Williams Racing Team 7 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3-Ford 1:35.618 188.249 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team 8 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T5 1:35.751 187.988 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 9 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham BT49-Ford 1:35.872 187.750 Parmalat Racing Team 10 11 Mario Andretti Lotus 81-Ford 1:36.084 187.336 Team Essex Lotus 11 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:36.091 187.322 Skol Fittipaldi Team 12 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:36.181 187.147 Candy Tyrrell Team 13 25 Didier Pironi Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:36.422 186.679 Equipe Ligier Gitanes 14 7 John Watson McLaren M29C-Ford 1:36.450 186.625 Marlboro Team McLaren 15 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:36.758 186.031 Skol Fittipaldi Team 16 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 312T5 1:36.827 185.899 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 17 31 Eddie Cheever Osella FA1B-Ford 1:36.884 185.789 Osella Squadra Corse 18 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus 81-Ford 1:36.919 185.722 Team Essex Lotus 19 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo N179 1:36.929 185.703 Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 20 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:36.972 185.621 Equipe Ligier Gitanes 21 50 Rupert Keegan Williams FW07B-Ford 1:37.169 185.244 RAM/Penthouse-Rizla Racing 22 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:37.215 185.157 Candy Tyrrell Team 23 9 Marc Surer ATS D4-Ford 1:37.270 185.052 Team ATS 24 8 Alain Prost McLaren M30-Ford 1:37.284 185.025 Marlboro Team McLaren Did Not Qualify: 25 43 Nigel Mansell Lotus 81B-Ford 1:37.661 184.311 Team Essex Lotus 26 30 Manfred Winkelhock Arrows A3-Ford 1:38.212 183.277 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team 27 14 Jan Lammers Ensign N180-Ford 1:38.215 183.271 Unipart Racing Team 28 41 Geoff Lees Ensign N180-Ford 1:38.451 182.832 Unipart Racing Team 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 1:34.339 190.801 2 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 1:34.759 189.956 3 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo N179 1:35.082 189.310 4 27 Alan Jones Williams FW07B-Ford 1:35.177 189.121 5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 1:35.414 188.652 6 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams FW07B-Ford 1:35.471 188.539 7 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T5 1:36.350 186.819 8 25 Didier Pironi Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:36.444 186.637 9 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3-Ford 1:36.495 186.538 10 11 Mario Andretti Lotus 81-Ford 1:36.511 186.507 11 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham BT49-Ford 1:36.700 186.143 12 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 312T5 1:36.827 185.899 13 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:36.972 185.621 14 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:37.136 185.307 15 8 Alain Prost McLaren M30-Ford 1:37.284 185.025 16 7 John Watson McLaren M29C-Ford 1:37.388 184.828 17 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo N179 1:37.488 184.638 18 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:37.683 184.270 19 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus 81-Ford 1:37.722 184.196 20 50 Rupert Keegan Williams FW07B-Ford 1:37.848 183.959 21 31 Eddie Cheever Osella FA1B-Ford 1:37.931 183.803 22 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:38.007 183.660 23 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:38.162 183.370 24 9 Marc Surer ATS D4-Ford 1:38.509 182.724 25 41 Geoff Lees Ensign N180-Ford 1:38.745 182.288 26 14 Jan Lammers Ensign N180-Ford 1:41.800 176.817 2nd Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 16 René Arnoux Renault RE20 1:33.988 191.514 2 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RE20 1:34.411 190.656 3 28 Carlos Reutemann Williams FW07B-Ford 1:34.686 190.102 4 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo N179 1:34.912 189.649 5 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49-Ford 1:34.960 189.553 6 27 Alan Jones Williams FW07B-Ford 1:35.109 189.257 7 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A3-Ford 1:35.618 188.249 8 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 126C 1:35.751 187.988 9 6 Héctor Rebaque Brabham BT49-Ford 1:35.872 187.750 10 11 Mario Andretti Lotus 81-Ford 1:36.084 187.336 11 21 Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:36.091 187.322 12 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:36.181 187.147 13 25 Didier Pironi Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:36.422 186.679 14 7 John Watson McLaren M29C-Ford 1:36.450 186.625 15 20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F8-Ford 1:36.758 186.031 16 31 Eddie Cheever Osella FA1B-Ford 1:36.884 185.789 17 12 Elio de Angelis Lotus 81-Ford 1:36.919 185.722 18 22 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo N179 1:36.929 185.703 19 50 Rupert Keegan Williams FW07B-Ford 1:37.169 185.244 20 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell 010-Ford 1:37.215 185.157 21 9 Marc Surer ATS D4-Ford 1:37.270 185.052 22 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS11/15-Ford 1:37.306 184.983 23 8 Alain Prost McLaren M30-Ford 1:37.541 184.538 24 1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 312T5 1:37.571 184.481 25 43 Nigel Mansell Lotus 81B-Ford 1:37.661 184.311 26 30 Manfred Winkelhock Arrows A3-Ford 1:38.212 183.277 27 14 Jan Lammers Ensign N180-Ford 1:38.215 183.271 28 41 Geoff Lees Ensign N180-Ford 1:38.451 182.832 Notes:
  • 1st friday and 1st saturday practice sessions were not officially timed.
  • 1st friday, 1st saturday practice and warm up times not available.
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The Italian GP moved away from Monza in 1980, as a direct result of the multiple-car accident in 1978. Monza had done the necessary safety work but by then a contract had been agreed with Imola. As a result there was a non-championship Dino Ferrari GP in 1979 and the Italian GP in 1980.

    There were 28 cars entered and with Jochen Mass still out of action at Arrows, his place was taken by Manfred Winkelhock. His F1 debut was short-lived however as he soon spun and crashed into Nigel Mansell's Lotus. Both cars were destroyed and neither man qualified as a result.

    Qualifying resulted in the expected 1-2 for the Renault team with René Arnoux beating Jean-Pierre Jabouille. Carlos Reutemann was third his Williams ahead of Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo), Nelson Piquet (Brabham), Alan Jones (Williams), Riccardo Patrese (Arrows), Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari), Héctor Rebaque (Brabham) and Mario Andretti (Lotus). Ligier was in trouble with Didier Pironi 13th and Jacques Laffite 20th. Ferrari appeared with the new 126C turbo car in the hands of Villeneuve (Jody Scheckter had announced that he would be retiring at the end of the year) but the car was not reliable.

    In the race Reutemann jumped into the lead at the start but it ran into clutch trouble almost immediately and so it was Arnoux and Jabouille who led the field away with Piquet third, Giacomelli fourth, Villeneuve fifth, Rebaque sixth and Jones seventh. On the third lap Jabouille and Piquet overtook Arnoux and then Piquet passed Jabouille to take the lead.

    On lap six there was a spectacular accident when Villeneuve suffered a tyre failure at the corner before Tosa (now known as Villeneuve). The Ferrari hit the barriers nearly head-on and the car was destroyed, the main section of the monocoque bouncing back into the middle of the pack. Villeneuve escaped unhurt but the accident caused the retirement of Giacomelli who ran over some of the wreckage.

    Arnoux fell back and was overtaken by Jones (who had previously overtaken Rebaque). The Australian then chased after Jabouille and took second place on lap 29. The pair finished in that order and Piquet moved into the lead in the World Championship by just one point.

    Reutemann was able to work his way up third after Arnoux faded and Jabouille went out with a gearbox failure. This enabled Elio de Angelis to finish fourth with Keke Rosberg (Wolf) fifth and Pironi sixth.