1980 Alternate Formula One season
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1980 Formula One season | |
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Alan Jones and Williams won their second successive championship. | |
Turbo Era | |
Season | |
Races | 16 |
Start date | 16 March 1980 |
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End date | 26 October 1980 |
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Driver's Champion | ![]() |
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Previous season | Next season |
1979 | 1981 |
Regional Series | |
Tier 1 | 1980 British Formula One |
The 1980 Formula One season was the 31st season of Formula One. Reigning Constructor's Champions Williams entered the season with an unchanged line-up of World Champion Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve, and looked to have the car to beat with the FW08. Challenge would come in the early part of the season from Nelson Piquet who, now in his second full-time season of Formula One, remained with Brabham and took victory in two out of the first three races.
Teams and drivers
Team Changes
Pre-season
- Ensign pulled out of Formula One after a disappointing 1979 season. Their entry was purchased by Teddy Yip and his Theodore Racing Hong Kong outfit.
- Giancarlo Minardi elected not to commit to a full season of Formula One with his Scuderia Everest team, instead focusing on Formula 2.
- Emerson and Wilson Fittipaldi sold their stake in the Alfa Romeo works team to Euroracing
- Boro did not return for 1980 after the Hoogenboom brothers fell out with Eric Broadley and Lola, who were set to manufacture the team's 1980 chassis.
- Dywa elected to focus on their own single-chassis Dywa Grand Prix series instead of Formula One.
- Interscope, VDS, Graham Eden Racing, and Sachs Racing all elected to focus on other categories as a result of FISA's new regulations which stated that teams must enter all World Championship rounds in 1980.
- Team Merzario, Team Rebaque, and British Formula One Racing Team all folded after failing to pre-qualify in 1979.
- Enzo Osella's eponymous Osella Racing entered Formula One for the first time.
- The mysterious Rivieria team, run by owner-driver Alberto Columbo, purchased the unraced Minardi M180 chassis from Scuderia Everest. However, poor results would see the original Ford Cosworth engine replaced by Renzo BI-3T turbocharged engines, with the chassis hastily adapted to fit.
Driver Changes
Pre-season
- Harvey Jones signed a contract with Tyrrell after impressing in his 1979 season with March.
- Lotus lined up with a brand new driver lineup as both 1979 drivers left the team in the off-season. Jody Scheckter decided to retire after a disappointing season and Thomas Nurmester left the team in protest after Colin Chapman's sizeable investment in the back marker B&S Fabrications squad hampered development of the Lotus 80B. In their place, Lotus signed rookie Nigel Mansell and Italian Bruno Giacomelli, who raced for Hesketh in 1979.
Calendar
Championship Grands Prix
Non-Championship Events
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Kyalami | 24 February | ![]() |
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Silverstone | 18 June | ![]() |
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Thruxton | 31 August | ![]() |
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Standings
Points System
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
FIA Formula One World Drivers Championship
Only a driver's best 11 finishes counted towards the championship
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FIA Formula One World Constructors Championship
Only a constructor's best placed two cars at each event counted for the championship. All results counted towards the championship
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