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. However, Renzo Engineering were able to supply three sets of turbocharged engines at the start of the season, which were offered to the teams in order of their 1979 finishing positions. Only Équipe Dywa Floc'h declined the offer of turbo engines. Below, T denotes that the team secured a supply of turbocharged engines.

Entrant	Engine	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Template:AUT DYWA HARD [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	11	Johannes Gruber	1-
		12	Peter Krieg	1-
Bambini di San Marino [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	17	Nino Pilia	1-
		18	Giuseppe Gasperoni	1-
Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	21	Stefano Spaghetti	1-
		22	Giuseppe Rigatoni	1
			Marco Tortellini	2-
Great Leap Backward T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	23	Lena Troscchi	1-
		24	Hoji Imin	1-
			Nicholas Krutzhoff	TBC
Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	25	Paul Pott	1-2, 5-
			Bern van der Westhouzen	3-4
		26	"Dom Wings"	1-3
			Yu Shiting	4
			Template:FRA Tim Floc'h	5-
Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	33	Karl Gustav Schneider	1-
		34	Nikolai Zorbin	1-4, 8-
			Dominik Nowak	5-7
Template:USA Blockton Impact T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	35	Template:USA Max Speed	1-
		36	Template:USA Diane Ettick	1-
Template:USA Dilbert Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	39	Template:USA Kruger Dunning	1-
		40	Peter Prince	1-
Charibert Racing Squad [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	41	Draco Charibert	1-
		42	Template:GBR Layton Sylvester	1-
HEART DISEASE [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	43	Barry McKockiner	1-
		44	Iain MacCampbell	1-3
			"Jill Scott"	4
			TBA	5-
Dunn Nunzio Scuderia [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	45	Template:USA Nunzio Dunn	1-
		46	Eddy Marin	1-2
			Template:USA Marcin Paulauskas	3-
Rich Moneymaker Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	47	Template:GBR Peter Fossett	1-
		48	Billy Baker	1-
Template:GBR Friendly Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	49	Template:FRA Jean-Michel Bastard	1-
		50	Template:GBR Mike Dupp	1-
MPGPR [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	51	Template:USA Qrow Branwen	1-
		52	Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau	1-
Template:TUR Batman Benzi Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	53	Template:TUR Sami Yurekendacar	1-3
		54	Miloš Ovtapase	1-2
			Template:BEL David Souffle	3
Scuderia Disperazione [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	55	Stefan Tapfer	1
			Shota Kakhaberidze	2-
		56	Template:AUT Karl Wurz	1-
TLDR [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	57	Heywood Jablowme	4-
		58	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

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.

Mid-Season Driver Changes

• Giuseppe Rigatoni suffered a season-ending injury at Enna-Pergusa. Marco Tortellini was brought in as a replacement.
• Stefan Tapfer also suffered a season-ending injury at Enna-Pergusa. He was replaced by Shota Kakhaberidze.
• Paul Pott was injured at Imola and missed the next two races. Bern van der Westhouzen, who had previously substituted for Pott on multiple occasions in 1979, once again filled in for him.
• Eddy Marin was fatally injured in a crash at Imola. Marcin Paulauskas replaced him.
• Dom Wings sustained a season-ending injury at Spa. He was replaced by Yu Shiting.
• Iain MacCampbell was fired by HEART DISEASE after Spa as a result of tensions within the team. "Jill Scott" replaced him.
• David Soufflé was excluded from the championship after bringing the sport into disrepute at Spa. He also suffered a season-ending injury at this race.

Mid-Season Team Changes

• Batman Benzi Racing was excluded from the championship for bringing the sport into disrepute at Spa.

Calendar

#	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Day	Reject of the Race
1	30th March	Coppa Renzo Bizzari	Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy	Template:USA Max Speed	Hoji Imin	Hoji Imin	Great Leap Backward	Peter Prince	Template:TUR Sami Yurekendacar
2	13th April	Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna	Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	Hoji Imin	Stefano Spaghetti	Template:USA Max Speed	Template:USA Blockton Impact	Max Speed's engine	Template:GBR Friendly Racing
3	27th April	Template:BEL Dywa Grande Épreuve de Belgique	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	Template:USA Max Speed	Template:USA Max Speed	Peter Krieg	Template:AUT DYWA-HARD	Peter Krieg	Template:BEL David Soufflé
4	11th May	Großer Preis Dywa von Deutschland	Halle-Saale-Schleife, Halle, East Germany	Hoji Imin	Hoji Imin	Hoji Imin	Great Leap Backward	"Jill Scott"	Local drivers
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 12 6† 1 23 2 Peter Krieg 14 3 1 11 13 3 Template:USA Max Speed 17 1 16 8 12 4 Nikolai Zorbin 5 2 8 26 INJ INJ INJ 8 5 Giuseppe Gasperoni 10 5 2 14 8 6 Stefano Spaghetti 21 13 6† 2 7 7 Nino Pilia 2 18 12 7 6 8 Billy Baker 4 23 4 21 6 9 Template:USA Nunzio Dunn 3 7 9 23 4 10 Template:GBR Mike Dupp 11 11 3 10 4 11 Template:USA Diane Ettick 26 16 15 3 4 12 Template:GBR Peter Fossett 9 25 17 4† 3 13 Miloš Ovtapase 24 4 3 14 Bern van der Westhouzen 23 5 2 15 Draco Charibert 25 DNPQ DNA 6 1 16 Peter Prince 6 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 1 17 Barry McKockiner DNPQ 6 DNPQ 17 1 18 Template:TUR Sami Yurekendacar 7 22 13 0 19 Template:USA Kruger Dunning 20 DNPQ 7 DNPQ 0 20 Template:FRA Jean-Michel Bastard 8 10 24 25 0 21 Marco Tortellini 8 18 22 0 22 Johannes Gruber DNQ 9 20 20 0 23 "Jill Scott" 8 0 24 "Dom Wings" 19 24 21 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 25 Shota Kakhaberidze 21 11 13 0 26 Eddy Marin 12 19 0 27 Template:GBR Layton Sylvester 13 DNPQ DNA 15 0 28 Lena Trosschi 18 17 14 0 29 Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau DNPQ 14 21 19 0 30 Template:USA Qrow Branwen DNPQ 15 19 12 0 31 Stefan Tapfer 15 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 32 Karl Gustav Schneider 16 20 25 24 0 33 Nicholás Krutzhoff 16 0 34 Yu Shiting 18 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 35 Template:AUT Karl Wurz DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ 0 36 Giuseppe Rigatoni 22 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 37 Paul Pott 23 26 INJ INJ 0 38 Iain MacCampbell DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 0 39 Template:USA Marcin Paulauskas DNQ DNQ 0 40 Mike Pfinger DNQ 0 41 Heywood Jablowme DNQ 0 EX Template:BEL David Soufflé DSQ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 Teams' Championship All results by each team's cars counted towards the championship. Pos Team # PER IMO SPA Template:BEL HAL SAL Template:AUT MUG SYR SAN BRA Template:USA ROE Template:USA MND KIR MAN MNZ Pts 1 Bambini di San Marino 17 2 18 12 14 18 10 5 2 2 DYWA-HARD 11 14 3 1 13 12 DNQ 9 20 3 Great Leap Backward 23 18 17 14 12 24 1 12 6† 4 Template:USA Blockton Impact 35 17 1 16 12 36 26 16 15 5 Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries 33 16 20 25 8 34 5 2 8 6 Rich Moneymaker Racing 47 9 25 17 6 48 4 23 4 7 Template:USA Dunn Nunzio Scuderia 45 3 7 9 4 46 12 19 DNQ 8 Template:GBR Friendly Racing 49 8 10 24 4 50 11 11 3 9 Template:USA Dilbert Racing 39 20 DNPQ 7 1 40 6 DNPQ DNQ 10 Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani 21 21 13 6† 1 22 22 8 18 11 HEART DISEASE 43 DNPQ 6 DNPQ 1 44 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 12 Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h 25 23 26 23 0 26 19 24 10 13 Scuderia Disperazione 55 15 21 11 0 56 DNQ DNQ 22 14 Charibert Racing Squad 41 25 DNPQ DNA 0 42 13 DNPQ DNA 15 MPGPR 51 DNPQ 15 19 0 52 DNPQ 14 21 EX Template:TUR Batman Benzi Racing 53 7 22 13 0 (3) 54 24 4 DSQ