1980 Dywa Grand Prix Series season

1980 Dywa Grand Prix Series season
Season
Races	14
Start date	TBC
Start Event	Enna-Pergusa
End date	TBC
End Event	Monza
Awards
Driver's Champion	Unknown
Constructor's Champion	Unknown
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1979	defunct

The 1980 Dywa Grand Prix Series season was the third series of the Dywa Grand Prix Series. Following the chaos and controversy of 1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season, almost all of the series' most established teams and drivers departed the series. Despite this, series organisers still announced an ambitious 14-round season.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers raced identical Dywa-002 chassis with Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8 engines.

Entrant	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Template:AUT DYWA HARD [?]	11	Johannes Gruber	1-
	12	Peter Krieg	1-
Bambini di San Marino [?]	17	Nino Pilia	1-
	18	Giuseppe Gasperoni	1-
Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani [?]	21	Stefano Spaghetti	1-
	22	Giuseppe Rigatoni	1, 7-
		Marco Tortellini	2-6
Great Leap Backward [?]	23	Lena Troscchi	1-
	24	Hoji Imin	1-
		Nicholas Krutzhoff	TBC
Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h [?]	25	Paul Pott	1-
	26	"Dom Wings"	1-
Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries [?]	33	Karl Gustav Schneider	1-
	34	Nikolai Zorbin	1-
Template:USA Blockton Impact [?]	35	Template:USA Max Speed	1-
	36	Template:USA Diane Ettick	1-
Template:USA Dilbert Racing [?]	39	Template:USA Kruger Dunning	1-
	40	Peter Prince	1-
Charibert Racing Squad [?]	41	Draco Charibert	1-
	42	Template:GBR Layton Sylvester	1-
HEART DISEASE [?]	43	Barry McKockiner	1-
	44	Iain MacCampbell	1-
Dunn Nunzio Scuderia [?]	45	Template:USA Nunzio Dunn	1-
	46	Eddy Marin	1-
Rich Moneymaker Racing [?]	47	Template:GBR Peter Fossett	1-
	48	Billy Baker	1-
Template:GBR Friendly Racing [?]	49	Template:FRA Jean-Michel Bastard	1-
	50	Template:GBR Mike Dupp	1-
MPGPR [?]	51	Template:USA Qrow Branwen	1-
	52	Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau	1-
Template:TUR Batman Benzi Racing [?]	53	Template:TUR Sami Yurekendacar	1-
	54	Miloš Ovtapase	1-2, 6-7, 14
		Template:BEL David Souffle	3
		Mike Pfinger	4
		Template:AUT Walter Heisenberg	5
		Template:USA Bobson Dugnutt	8-10
		Template:GBR Harry O'Lynch	11-12
		N. M. Kjilili	13
Scuderia Disperazione [?]	55	Stefan Tapfer	1
		Shota Kakhaberidze	2-
	56	Template:AUT Karl Wurz	1-

Driver Changes

• Nunzio Dunn left Dilbert Racing to establish his own team as an owner-driver.

Team Changes

• Equipe Dywa France lost their Vaillante sponsorship for 1980.

Calendar

#	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	30th March	Coppa Renzo Bizzari	Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy	Template:USA Max Speed	Hoji Imin	Hoji Imin	Great Leap Backward
2	13th April	Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna	Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
3	27th April	Template:BEL Dywa Grande Épreuve de Belgique	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
4	11th May	Großer Preis Dywa von Deutschland	Halle-Saale-Schleife, Halle, East Germany
5	18th May	Template:AUT Salzburgrennen	Salzburgring, Salzburg, Austria
6	1st June	Trofeo Flor Bath	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy
7	8th June	Dywa Granni Premiu di Sicilia	Circuito di Siracusa, Syracuse, Italy
8	29th June	Dywa Grand Épreuve du Canada	Sanair Super Speedway, Sanair, Canada
9	13th July	Template:USA Dywa Grand Prize of Minnesota	Brainerd International Raceway, Minnesota, USA
10	27th July	Template:USA The Southern Challenge	Roebling Road Raceway, Georgia, USA
11	17th August	Duais Mhór Dywa na hÉireann	Mondello Park, Dublin, Ireland
12	24th August	The Ulster Cup	Kirkistown Racing Circuit, Newtownards, Northern Ireland
13	7th September	Östergötlandsloppet	Mantorp Park, Mjölby, Sweden
14	21st September	Coppa Monguzzi	Autodromo Internazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy

Calendar Changes

• Motorsport sanctioning bodies in France, Great Britain and the USSR all refused to sanction Dywa races in 1980.

Standings

Scoring System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	PP	FLAP
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Drivers' Championship

All results counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver PER IMO SPA Template:BEL HAL SAL Template:AUT MUG SYR SAN BRA Template:USA ROE Template:USA MND KIR MAN MNZ Pts 1 Hoji Imin 1 10 2 Nino Pilia 2 6 3 Template:USA Nunzio Dunn 3 4 4 Billy Baker 4 3 5 Nikolai Zorbin 5 2 6 Peter Prince 6 1 7 Template:USA Max Speed 13 1 8 Template:TUR Sami Yurekendacar 7 0 9 Template:FRA Jean-Michel Bastard 8 0 10 Template:GBR Peter Fossett 9 0 11 Giuseppe Gasperoni 10 0 12 Template:GBR Mike Dupp 11 0 13 Eddy Marin 12 0 14 Template:GBR Layton Sylvester 13 0 15 Peter Krieg 14 0 16 Stefan Tapfer 15 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 17 Karl Gustav Schneider 16 0 18 Lena Trosschi 18 0 19 "Dom Wings" 19 0 20 Template:USA Kruger Dunning 20 0 21 Stefano Spaghetti 21 0 22 Giuseppe Rigatoni 22 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 23 Paul Pott 23 0 24 Miloš Ovtapase 24 0 25 Draco Charibert 25 0 26 Template:USA Diane Ettick 26 0 27 Template:AUT Karl Wurz DNQ 0 28 Johannes Gruber DNQ 0 29 Iain MacCampbell DNPQ 0 30 Barry McKockiner DNPQ 0 31 Template:USA Qrow Branwen DNPQ 0 32 Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau DNPQ 0