1980 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1980 Monaco Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1980 Formula One Season. In the wet conditions, Carlos Reutemann took the win ahead of Jacques Laffite and Nelson Piquet.
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==Background==
Heading into the Monaco Grand Prix,  René Arnoux remained the driver's championship leader with a three point lead over Alan Jones. One point adrift of Jones was Nelson Piquet whilst following his Belgian win, Didier Pironi had brought himself into the championship fight being only four points off leader Arnoux. 
Similarly in the Constructor's championship, was back in the lead of the championship with a close second, two points behind. and were third and fourth.
==Entry List==
Below is the full entry list for the :
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jody Scheckter 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312T5 	 	015 F12 3.0 	
2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312T5 	 	015 F12 3.0 	
3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	Candy Team Tyrrell 	 	010 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
4 	Derek Daly 	Candy Team Tyrrell 	 	010 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
5 	Nelson Piquet 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT49 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
6 	Ricardo Zunino 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT49 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
7 	John Watson 	Marlboro Team McLaren 	 	M29C 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
8 	Alain Prost 	Marlboro Team McLaren 	 	M29C 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
9 	Jan Lammers 	Team ATS 	 	D4 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
11 	Mario Andretti 	Team Essex Lotus 	 	81 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
12 	Elio de Angelis 	Team Essex Lotus 	 	81 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
14 	Tiff Needell 	Unipart Racing Team 	 	N180 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE20 	 	EF1 V6t 1.5 	
16 	René Arnoux 	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE20 	 	EF1 V6t 1.5 	
17 	Geoff Lees 	Theodore Shadow 	 	DN12 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
18 	David Kennedy 	Theodore Shadow 	 	DN11 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F7 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
21 	Keke Rosberg 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F7 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
22 	Patrick Depailler 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	179 	 	1260 V12 3.0	
23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	179 	 	1260 V12 3.0	
25 	Didier Pironi 	Equipe Ligier Gitanes 	 	JS11/15	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
26 	Jacques Laffite 	Equipe Ligier Gitanes 	 	JS11/15	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
27 	Alan Jones 	Albilad Williams Racing Team 	 	FW07B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
28 	Carlos Reutemann 	Albilad Williams Racing Team 	 	FW07B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
29 	Riccardo Patrese 	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	 	A3 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
30 	Jochen Mass 	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	 	A3 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
31 	Eddie Cheever 	Osella Squadra Course 	 	FA1 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1  	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:24.813	
2 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	1:24.882	+ 0.069
3 	27 	Alan Jones 	 	1:25.202	+ 0.389
4 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:25.358	+ 0.545
5 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:25.510	+ 0.697
6 	2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	1:26.104	+ 1.291
7 	22 	Patrick Depailler 	 	1:26.210	+ 1.397
8 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:26.227	+ 1.414
9 	3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	1:26.369	+ 1.556
10 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	1:26.826	+ 2.013
11 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:26.828	+ 2.015
12 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	1:26.838	+ 2.025
13 	9 	Jan Lammers 	 	1:26.883	+ 2.070
14 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:26.930	+ 2.117
15 	30 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:26.956	+ 2.143
16 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	1:27.099	+ 2.286
17 	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	1:27.182	+ 2.369
18 	20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:27.495	+ 2.682
19 	11 	Mario Andretti 	 	1:27.514	+ 2.701
20 	16 	 René Arnoux 	 	1:27.524	+ 2.711
DNQ 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:27.731	+ 2.918
DNQ 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:27.808	+ 2.995
DNQ 	17 	Geoff Lees 	 	1:27.842	+ 3.029
DNQ 	21 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:27.970	+ 3.157
DNQ 	6 	Ricardo Zunino 	 	1:28.384	+ 3.571
DNQ 	14 	Tiff Needell 	 	1:29.188	+ 4.375
DNQ 	18 	David Kennedy 	 	1:39.986	+ 15.173
==Race==
===Report===
Didier Pironi maintained his lead into the first corner ahead of Carlos Reutemann, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite, Patrick Depailler and Nelson Piquet. Down in the tail end of the field there was carnage into the first corner. The tight entry into turn 1 saw all the cars bunched together, Derek Daly was too late on the brakes and crashed into the back of Bruno Giacomelli. The driver was flung into the air, careering over the top of Alain Prost's and teammate Jean-Pierre Jarier's cars. All four drivers were out of the race, Jan Lammers and Riccardo Patrese also sustained damage but were able to limp back to the pits for repairs. Despite the severity of the accident, all the drivers emerged unscathed.
On the second lap, Jones was able to overtake teammate Reutemann for second position. The first several laps saw the  and cars break away from the rest of the field. Pironi led with Jones, Reutemann and Laffite hot on his heels. On lap 12, Gilles Villeneuve had to pit for new tyres, the driver running well in seventh had to pit following severe degradation, effectively ruining his race.
In the lead battle, Reutemann and Laffite began to drop back as Pironi and Jones continued to battle for the lead. However as the duo met the backmarkers, Pironi was able to get through the traffic much more effectively than Jones, the Williams driver slowly dropping back. To further add to the Australian's misery, on lap 24 Jones pulled into the pits to retire with differential failure. 
Villeneuve, who had dropped back due to his pit-stop early in the race was making a comeback through the field, overtaking both René Arnoux and Riccardo Patrese in an highly aggressive manner to move into ninth place by the middle stages of the race.
After a strong drive, Patrick Depailler was forced to retire from fourth position due to an engine failure, the Frenchman stopping at the Loewes hairpin. By this time a light rain had hit the circuit. The first driver to be caught out by the rain was Arnoux's who crashed into the barriers. Didier Pironi who seemed to be comfortably leading at the front and set to take his second victory in a row clapped the barriers at the Casino corner. Pironi's front left wheel was all askew and he came to a stop, parking his car down the escape road at Mirabeau. 
This meant that Carlos Reutemann inherited the lead, enjoying an enormous lead over Jacques Laffite. Reutemann was left to take a comfortable first win of the season. In the final laps, Nelson Piquet had began to apply heavy pressure to Laffite in second. On the last corner of the last lap, Piquet nearly overtook Laffite however the Ligier driver was just able to cling on to second when crossing the finishing line.
Jochen Mass drove a stong consistent race to finish fourth for whilst Gilles Villeneuve had managed to overtake Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi in the closing laps to take fifth place completing a well driven comeback drive. Fittipaldi rounded out the final points position.
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	76 	1:55.34.365 	2 	9
2 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	76 	+ 1:13.639 	5 	6
3 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	76 	+ 1:17.726 	4 	4
4 	30 	Jochen Mass 	 	75 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	3
5 	2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	75 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	2
6 	20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	74 	+ 2 Laps 	18 	1
7 	11 	Mario Andretti 	 	73 	+ 3 Laps 	19 	
8 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	73 	+ 3 Laps 	11 	
9 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	68 	Accident 	14 	
NC 	9 	Jan Lammers 	 	64 	+ 12 Laps 	13 	
Ret 	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	54 	Accident 	1 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	53 	Accident 	20 	
Ret 	22 	Patrick Depailler 	 	50 	Engine 	7 	
Ret 	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	27 	Handling 	17 	
Ret 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	25 	Gearbox 	16 	
Ret 	27 	Alan Jones 	 	24 	Differential	3 	
Ret 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	0 	Collision 	8 	
Ret 	3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	0 	Collision 	9 	
Ret 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	0 	Collision 	10 	
Ret 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	0 	Collision 	12 	
DNQ 	7 	John Watson 	  	 	 	 	
DNQ 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	17 	Geoff Lees 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	21 	Keke Rosberg 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	6 	Ricardo Zunino 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	14 	Tiff Needell 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	18 	David Kennedy 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Nelson Piquet 	22 	2
2 	René Arnoux 	21 	1
3 	Alan Jones 	19 	1
4 	Didier Pironi 	17 	
5 	Carlos Reutemann 	15 	1
6 	Jacques Laffite 	12 	2
7 	Riccardo Patrese 	7 	2
8 	Elio de Angelis 	6 	1
9 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	5 	1
10 	Keke Rosberg 	4 	1
11 	Jochen Mass 	4 	6
12 	Alain Prost 	3 	1
13 	Derek Daly 	3 	1
14 	John Watson 	3 	1
15 	Gilles Villeneuve 	3 	3
16 	Bruno Giacomelli 	2 	2
17 	Jody Scheckter 	2 	2
18 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	2 	2
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	34 	
2 	 	29 	
3 	 	22 	1
4 	 	21 	1
5 	 	11 	
6 	 	9 	
7 	 	6 	
8 	 	6 	
9 	 	5 	
10 	 	5 	
11 	 	2 	
==External Links==
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