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-
Template:AUT DYWA HARD [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	12	Peter Krieg	1-
Bambini di San Marino [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	17	Nino Pilia	1-
Bambini di San Marino [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	18	Giuseppe Gasperoni	1-
Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	21	Stefano Spaghetti	1-
		22	Giuseppe Rigatoni	1
		22	Marco Tortellini	2-
Great Leap Backward T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	23	Lena Troscchi	1-
		24	Hoji Imin	1-
		24	Nicholas Krutzhoff	TBC
Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	25	Paul Pott	1-2, 5-
		25	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-
		34	Dominik Nowak	5-7
Template:USA Blockton Impact T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	35	Template:USA Max Speed	1-
Template:USA Blockton Impact T [?]	Renzo BI-3t 1.5 V8t	36	Template:USA Diane Ettick	1-
Template:USA Dilbert Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	39	Template:USA Kruger Dunning	1-
Template:USA Dilbert Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	40	Peter Prince	1-
Charibert Racing Squad [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	41	Draco Charibert	1-
Charibert Racing Squad [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	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
			Earl of Sandwich	5
			Baron MacGordon	6-
Dunn Nunzio Scuderia [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	45	Template:USA Nunzio Dunn	1-
		46	Eddy Marin	1-2
		46	Template:USA Marcin Paulauskas	3-
Rich Moneymaker Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	47	Template:GBR Peter Fossett	1-
Rich Moneymaker Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	48	Billy Baker	1-
Template:GBR Friendly Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	49	Template:FRA Jean-Michel Bastard	1-
Template:GBR Friendly Racing [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	50	Template:GBR Mike Dupp	1-
MPGPR [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	51	Template:USA Qrow Branwen	1-
MPGPR [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	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
		54	Template:BEL David Souffle	3
Scuderia Disperazione [?]	Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8	55	Stefan Tapfer	1
		55	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, who promptly suffered another season-ending injury in the following round at Halle. Tim Floc'h returned to the cockpit from Salzburg onwards.
Iain MacCampbell was fired by HEART DISEASE after Spa as a result of tensions within the team. "Jill Scott" replaced him at Halle, and the Earl of Sandwich from Salzburgring onwards.
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.
Nikolai Zorbin was injured in a crash at Halle and missed the following three races. Dominik Nowak replaced him.

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											8
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	"Jill Scott"				8											0
23	Johannes Gruber	DNQ	9	20	20											0
24	"Dom Wings"	19	24	10	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:USA Qrow Branwen	DNPQ	15	19	12											0
28	Template:GBR Layton Sylvester	13	DNPQ	DNA	15											0
29	Lena Trosschi	18	17	14												0
30	Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau	DNPQ	14	21	19											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				DNPQ											0
41	Heywood Jablowme				DNPQ											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	Pts
1	Great Leap Backward	23	18	17	14	16	23
1	Great Leap Backward	24	1	12	6†	1	23
2	Template:USA Blockton Impact	35	17	1	16	8	16
2	Template:USA Blockton Impact	36	26	16	15	3	16
3	Bambini di San Marino	17	2	18	12	7	14
3	Bambini di San Marino	18	10	5	2	14	14
4	DYWA-HARD	11	14	3	1	11	13
4	DYWA-HARD	12	DNQ	9	20	20	13
5	Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries	33	16	20	25	24	8
5	Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries	34	5	2	8	26	8
6	Rich Moneymaker Racing	47	9	25	17	4†	9
6	Rich Moneymaker Racing	48	4	23	4	21	9
7	Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani	21	21	13	6†	2	8
7	Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani	22	22	8	18	22	8
8	Template:USA Dunn Nunzio Scuderia	45	3	7	9	23	4
8	Template:USA Dunn Nunzio Scuderia	46	12	19	DNQ	DNQ	4
9	Template:GBR Friendly Racing	49	8	10	24	25	4
9	Template:GBR Friendly Racing	50	11	11	3	10	4
10	Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h	25	23	26	23	5	2
10	Template:FRA Équipe Dywa Floc'h	26	19	24	10	18	2
11	Template:USA Dilbert Racing	39	20	DNPQ	7	DNPQ	1
11	Template:USA Dilbert Racing	40	6	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	1
12	Charibert Racing Squad	41	25	DNPQ	DNA	6	1
12	Charibert Racing Squad	42	13	DNPQ	DNA	15	1
13	HEART DISEASE	43	DNPQ	6	DNPQ	17	1
13	HEART DISEASE	44	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	8	1
14	Scuderia Disperazione	55	15	21	11	13	0
14	Scuderia Disperazione	56	DNQ	DNQ	22	DNQ	0
15	MPGPR	51	DNPQ	15	19	12	0
15	MPGPR	52	DNPQ	14	21	19	0
16	TLDR	57				DNPQ	0
16	TLDR	58				DNPQ	0
EX	Template:TUR Batman Benzi Racing	53	7	22	13		0 (3)
EX	Template:TUR Batman Benzi Racing	54	24	4	DSQ		0 (3)

1980 Dywa Grand Prix Series season

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