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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
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
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-
Blockton Impact [?]	35	Max Speed	1-
	36	Diane Ettick	1-
Dilbert Racing [?]	39	Kruger Dunning	1-
	40	Peter Prince	1-
Charibert Racing Squad [?]	41	Draco Charibert	1-
	42	Layton Sylvester	1
		TBC	2-
HEART DISEASE [?]	43	Barry McKockiner	1-
	44	Iain MacCampbell	1-
Dunn Nunzio Scuderia [?]	45	Nunzio Dunn	1-
	46	Eddy Marin	1-
Rich Moneymaker Racing [?]	47	Peter Fossett	1-
	48	Billy Baker	1-
Friendly Racing [?]	49	Jean-Michel Bastard	1-
	50	Mike Dupp	1-
MPGPR [?]	51	Qrow Branwen	1-
	52	Jacques Clouseau	1-
Batman Benzi Racing [?]	53	Sami Yurekendacar	1-
	54	Miloš Ovtapase	1-2, 6-7, 14
		David Souffle	3
		Mike Pfinger	4
		Walter Heisenberg	5
		Bobson Dugnutt	8-10
		Harry O'Lynch	11-12
		N. M. Kjilili	13
Scuderia Disperazione [?]	55	Stefan Tapfer	1
		Shota Kakhaberidze	2-
	56	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	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	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	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	Dywa Grand Prize of Minnesota	Brainerd International Raceway, Minnesota, USA
10	27th July	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