# 1980 European Formula Two Championship

The 1980 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Toleman driver Brian Henton clinched the championship title.

## Calendar
### Championship

| Round | Official name | Track | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner |
| 1 | P&O Ferries/Jochen Rindt Trophy | Thruxton | 7 April | 55 | 3.792=208.560 km | 1'04:10.56 | 194.989 km/h | Derek Warwick | Brian Henton | Brian Henton |
| 2 | Jim Clark Rennen | Hockenheim | 13 April | 27 | 6.789=183.303 km | 0'54:28.99 | 201.864 km/h | Andrea de Cesaris | Mike Thackwell | Teo Fabi |
| 3 | Eifelrennen | Nürburgring | 27 April | 9 | 22.835=205.515 km | 1'08:08.51 | 180.959 km/h | Richard Dallest | Mike Thackwell | Teo Fabi |
| 4 | 30 Gran Premio Roma | Vallelunga | 11 May | 65 | 3.2=208.0 km | 1'15:56.1 | 164.351 km/h | Derek Warwick | Brian Henton | Brian Henton |
| 5 | 40 Pau Grand Prix | Pau | 26 May | 73 | 2.76=201.48 km | 1'34:03.57 | 128.523 km/h | Derek Warwick | Brian Henton | Richard Dallest |
| 6 | Marlboro Formula 2 Trophy | Silverstone | 8 June | 47 | 4.719=221.793 km | 1'03:18.66 | 210.194 km/h | Brian Henton | Brian Henton | Derek Warwick |
| 7 | Grote Prijs van België Formel 2 | Zolder | 22 June | 50 | 4.262=213,10 km | 1.13:44.61 | 173.385 km/h | Teo Fabi | Brian Henton | Huub Rothengatter |
| 8 | Marlboro Formula 2 Trophy | Mugello | 6 July | 42 | 5.245=220.290 km | 1'15:22.6 | 175.351 km/h | Derek Warwick | Derek Warwick | Brian Henton |
| 9 | European Formula 2 Championship Race | Zandvoort | 20 July | 45 | 4.226=191.34 km | 1'15:23.59 | 152.274 km/h | Richard Dallest | Brian Henton | Richard Dallest |
| 10 | 18 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo | Pergusa-Enna | 3 August | 45 | 4.95=222.75 km | 1'10:39.79 | 189.136 km/h | Siegfried Stohr | Teo Fabi | Siegfried Stohr |
| 11 | 4 Gran Premio del Adriatico | Misano | 10 August | 60 | 3.488=209.28 km | 1'12:39.38 | 172.835 km/h | Brian Henton | Brian Henton | Andrea de Cesaris |
| 12 | Preis Baden-Württemberg | Hockenheim | 9 September | 30 | 6.789=203.67 km | 0'59:41.06 | 204.747 km/h | Teo Fabi | Teo Fabi | Teo Fabi |

#### Notes

* Race 2 was originally scheduled for 30 laps, but abandoned due to Markus Höttinger's fatal crash.
* Hans-Georg Bürger was fatally injured in the warm-up for Race 9.

### Non-championship

An additional Formula Two race was held in which did not count towards the championship.
| Official name | Track | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner |
| Gran Premio di Monza | Monza | 7 September | 35 | 3.603=203 km | 1'01:03.01 | 199.487 km/h | Derek Warwick |

## Results
### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | Car(s) | THR | HOC | NUR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL | MUG | ZAN | PER | MIS | HOC | Pts |
| 1 | Brian Henton | Toleman TG280-Hart | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | 61 |
| 1 | Brian Henton | Toleman TG280B-Hart | | | | | | NC | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | | 61 |
| 2 | Derek Warwick | Toleman TG280-Hart | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 42 |
| 2 | Derek Warwick | Toleman TG280B-Hart | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | | 42 |
| 3 | Teo Fabi | March 802-BMW | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Siegfried Stohr | Toleman TG280-Hart | | | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Andrea de Cesaris | March 802-BMW | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 6 | 1 | | 28 |
| 6 | Richard Dallest | AGS JH17-BMW | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 1 | DNS | 8 | 7 | 1 | | Ret | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Richard Dallest | AGS JH15-BMW | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | 23 |
| 7 | Huub Rothengatter | Toleman TG280-Hart | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 8 | Mike Thackwell | March 802-BMW | Ret | Ret | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | Ret | 9 | Ret | | 11 |
| 9 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | Minardi GM75-BMW | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 5 | | 10 |
| 10 | Alberto Colombo | March 782-BMW | Ret | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | | Ret | | | 9 |
| 10 | Alberto Colombo | Toleman TG280-Hart | | | | | | | | | 8 | | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Chico Serra | March 802-BMW | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | Ralt RH6-Honda | | | | | | 11 | Ret | | 5 | | | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | Manfred Winkelhock | March 802-BMW | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 14 | Oscar Pedersoli | March 782-BMW | 5 | 6 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 15 | Jochen Dauer | Chevron B48-BMW | | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 16 | Fredy Schnarwiler | March 802-BMW | Ret | Ret | 7 | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | Beppe Gabbiani | Minardi G75-BMW | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 17 | Beppe Gabbiani | Maurer MM80-BMW | | | | | | | Ret | 11 | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 1 |
| 18 | Jürg Lienhard | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | | | Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | Jo Gartner | March 782-BMW | | 13 | | | | 7 | | 12 | 11 | | | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Helmut Henzler | Maurer MM80-BMW | | | | | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 21 | Eugen Strähl | March 802-BMW | | 8 | | | | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Riccardo Paletti | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | | Ret | 14 | | 8 | Ret | 0 |
| 23 | Hans-Georg Bürger | Tiga F280-BMW | 8 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | | Ret | DNS | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Gianfranco Trombetti | March 782-BMW | | | | | | | | Ret | | | DNQ | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Bernard Devaney | March 802-BMW | 9 | Ret | 12 | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Johnny Cecotto | March 802-BMW | | | | | | Ret | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Johnny Cecotto | Minardi GM75-BMW | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario M1-BMW | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 9 | Ret | | 16 | 17 | DNS | | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Rad Dougall | Ralt RT4-BMW | DNS | 9 | Ret | | | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Warren Booth | Chevron B48-Hart | 10 | | | | | 15 | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Jim Crawford | Chevron B45-Ford | | | | | | Ret | 10 | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Carlo Rossi | Toleman TG280-Hart | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| 32 | Guido Daccò | Merzario M1-BMW | | | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Guido Daccò | March 792-BMW | | | | | | | | Ret | | 12 | DNQ | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | Patrick Studer | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | 11 | 14 | | | | Ret | 0 |
| 34 | Maurizio Flammini | Ralt RT2-Hart | | | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | 11 | | 0 |
| 35 | Piero Necchi | Merzario M1-BMW | | | | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 12 | 0 |
| 36 | Walter Baltisser | March 802-BMW | | 12 | | | | | | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RH6-Honda | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | | 0 |
| 38 | Bruno Corradi | Minardi GM75-BMW | | | | 13 | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 39 | Kim Mather | March 802-Hart | DNS | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Danilo Tesini | Chevron B48-BMW | | | 13 | DNQ | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Pierre Dieudonné | March 802-Hart | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Helmut Bross | March 792-Hart | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| 43 | Marco Rocca | Osella FA2-BMW | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Marco Rocca | March 782-BMW | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Eje Elgh | Maurer MM80-BMW | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Markus Höttinger | Maurer MM80-BMW | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Divina Galica | March 792-Hart | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Patrick Gaillard | Maurer MM80-BMW | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Roy Baker | Chevron B48-Hart | | | | | | Ret | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Franz Konrad | March 792-BMW | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Paul Smith | March 782-Hart | | | | | | | DNQ | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Wolfgang Locher | March 782-Hart | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Harald Grohs | March 792-Hart | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Helmut Kalenborn | Chevron B42-BMW | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Bruno Eichmann | March 802-BMW | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Patrick Nève | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jan Lammers | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Enzo Coloni | March 782-BMW | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Willi Siller | Chevron B48-BMW | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Michael Korten | March 802-BMW | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Ami Guichard | March 782-BMW | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Geoff Lees | Ralt RH6-Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Stefan Johansson | March 802-BMW | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sergio Mingotti | Mirage M1-BMW | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car(s) | THR | HOC | NUR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL | MUG | ZAN | PER | MIS | HOC | 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) |
* Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.
* Points system: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for first six finishers. Each driver's best nine results counted towards the championship.