# 1980 British Formula One Championship

The 1980 British Formula One Championship (formally the 1980 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the third season of the British Formula One Championship. It commenced on 4 April 1980 and ended on 5 October after twelve races. The Drivers' Championship was won by the Spaniard Emilio de Villota who drove a Williams FW07 entered by RAM Racing.

## Teams and drivers

Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Formula 1 ||||||
| C. W. Clowes Racing | 1 | Guy Edwards | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
| C. W. Clowes Racing | 2 | Vivian Candy | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 4-5 |
| C. W. Clowes Racing | 2 | Leon Walger | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6-9, 11-12 |
| C. W. Clowes Racing | 3 | Renzo Zorzi | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6 |
| Theodore Racing | 3 | Desiré Wilson | Wolf WR4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-5 |
| Theodore Racing | 3 | Desiré Wilson | Wolf WR3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 7 |
| Theodore Racing | 4 | Geoff Lees | Wolf WR3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-2 |
| Theodore Racing | 4 | Kevin Cogan | Wolf WR3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 3-4, 6, 8-9 |
| Theodore Racing | 4 | Kevin Cogan | Wolf WR4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 7 |
| Graham Eden Racing | 3 | Mike Wilds | Chevron B41 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 12 |
| RAM Racing | 7 | Emilio de Villota | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-4, 6-12 |
| RAM Racing | 7 | Emilio de Villota | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5 |
| RAM Racing | 8 | Eliseo Salazar | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-6 |
| RAM Racing | 8 | Eliseo Salazar | Williams FW07B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 7-12 |
| Team Agostini | 9 | Giacomo Agostini | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 2-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12 |
| Team Agostini | 22 | Gimax | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5-6 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 10 | Norman Dickson | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-5 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 10 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 10 | Desiré Wilson | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 9 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 10 | Ricardo Londoño | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 12 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 15 | Valentino Musetti | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5-9 |
| Colin Bennett Racing | 15 | Valentino Musetti | Fittipaldi F5B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 10-12 |
| Scotcircuits Ltd | 12 | Robin Smith | Surtees TS19/TS20S | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6-7, 9 |
| Scotcircuits Ltd | 12 | Richard Jones | Surtees TS19/TS20S | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 11 |
| Cliff Smith Racing | 16 | Ray Mallock | Surtees TS20+ | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1, 3, 5 |
| Cliff Smith Racing | 16 | Ray Mallock | Wolf WR6 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 9-10, 12 |
| Dywa Cars | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Dywa 01 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6 |
| Jordan BRM | 30 | Tony Trimmer | BRM P207 | BRM P202 3.0 V12 | 4-5, 8-10 |
| Dennis Leech | 34 | Dennis Leech | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 12 |
| Formula 2 ||||||
| Theodore Racing | 11 | Kim Mather | March 802 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1, 3-5, 7-12 |
| Sanremo Racing | 11 | Alberto Colombo | March 782 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 6 |
| Sanremo Racing | 17 | Guido Daccò | March 792 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 6 |
| Sanremo Racing | 35 | Gianfranco | March 782 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 6 |
| Divina Galica | 13 | Divina Galica | March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 11-12 |
| Docking Spitzley Racing | 14 | John Lewis | Toleman TG280 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 12 |
| A. G. Dean Racing | 18 | Tony Dean | Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-4 |
| Grange Performance Cars | 19 | Brian Robinson | Chevron B48 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-2, 7-11 |
| Grange Performance Cars | 19 | Brian Robinson | Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 3-6, 12 |
| Bob Howlings Racing Cars | 20 | Bob Howlings | Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-5, 11-12 |
| Roy Baker | 24 | Roy Baker | Chevron B48 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 4-12 |
| Warren Booth | 29 | Warren Booth | Chevron B48 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1, 3-8, 10-12 |
| Harper High Performance Racing | 33 | Ron Harper | Chevron B40 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 4, 6, 12 |
| BMTR | 35 | Paul Smith | March 782 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 7, 9-10, 12 |
| Terry Fisher | 35 | Terry Fisher | Chevron B42 | Ford BDG 2.0 L4 | 8 |
| John Gibson Ltd. | 44 | Paul Gibson | March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 5-6 |
| Plygrange Racing | 77 | Jim Crawford | Chevron B45 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 1, 3-12 |

## Results and standings
### Races

| Rnd | Track | Date | Laps | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race Winner | Constructor |
| 1 | Oulton Park | 4 April | 65 | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Guy Edwards | Arrows |
| 2 | Brands Hatch | 7 April | 40 | Emilio de Villota | Desiré Wilson | Desiré Wilson | Wolf |
| 3 | Silverstone | 20 April | 35 | Eliseo Salazar | Eliseo Salazar | Eliseo Salazar | Williams |
| 4 | Mallory Park | 5 May | 75 | Eliseo Salazar | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Williams |
| 5 | Thruxton | 26 May | 43 | Eliseo Salazar | Desiré Wilson | Eliseo Salazar | Williams |
| 6 | Monza | 29 June | 28 | Emilio de Villota | Guy Edwards | Emilio de Villota | Williams |
| 7 | Mallory Park | 27 July | 75 | Emilio de Villota | Guy Edwards | Emilio de Villota | Williams |
| 8 | Snetterton | 10 August | 55 | Eliseo Salazar | Eliseo Salazar | Guy Edwards | Arrows |
| 9 | Brands Hatch | 25 August | 40 | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Williams |
| 10 | Thruxton | 7 September | 43 | Eliseo Salazar | Eliseo Salazar | Eliseo Salazar | Williams |
| 11 | Oulton Park | 20 September | 65 | Eliseo Salazar | Guy Edwards | Jim Crawford | Chevron |
| 12 | Silverstone | 5 October | 35 | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota | Williams |

### Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | PP | FL |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | OUL | BRH | SIL | MAL | THR | MNZ | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | SIL | Pts |
| 1 | Emilio de Villota | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 85 |
| 2 | Eliseo Salazar | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 52 |
| 3 | Guy Edwards | 1 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 51 |
| 4 | Jim Crawford | 4 | | 6 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Giacomo Agostini | | 4 | Ret | | 4 | 3 | | Ret | 3 | 3 | | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Desiré Wilson | Ret | 1 | 8 | Ret | 2 | | 3 | | Ret | | | | 21 |
| 7 | Norman Dickson | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 11 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 8 | Valentino Musetti | | | | | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 12 | 11 |
| 9 | Brian Robinson | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Kevin Cogan | | | 5 | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | | | | 8 |
| = | Kim Mather | Ret | | 7 | Ret | Ret | | 8 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| = | Ray Mallock | 3 | | 3 | | Ret | | | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 8 |
| 13 | Warren Booth | 7 | | 10 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 9 | | 5 | Ret | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | Gimax | | | | | Ret | 4 | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | Mike Wilds | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| = | Paul Smith | | | | | | | 6 | | 7 | Ret | | 5 | 3 |
| = | Robin Smith | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | 8 | | | | 3 |
| = | Tony Dean | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 19 | Leon Walger | | | | | | 8 | 10 | 5 | NC | | Ret | NC | 2 |
| 20 | Divina Galica | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| = | Bob Howlings | NC | Ret | 11 | 6 | Ret | | | | | | Ret | NC | 1 |
| — | Ron Harper | | | | 7 | | Ret | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| — | Vivian Candy | | | | Ret | 7 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Guido Daccò | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Ricardo Londoño | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| — | Paul Gibson | | | | | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Roy Baker | | | | DNS | 10 | NC | 11 | NC | Ret | NC | Ret | 14 | 0 |
| — | Dennis Leech | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| — | Tony Trimmer | | | | Ret | DNS | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| — | Geoff Lees | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Alberto Colombo | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Renzo Zorzi | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Gianfranco Brancatelli | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | John Lewis | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Piercarlo Ghinzani | | | | | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Gianfranco | | | | | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Terry Fisher | | | | | | | | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| — | Richard Jones | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | OUL | BRH | SIL | MAL | THR | MNZ | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | SIL | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |