1980 German Grand Prix

The 1980 German Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 1980 Formula One Season. The race was won by Jacques Laffite in his ahead of the two cars of Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones. 
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==Background==
A week before the Grand Prix was held at Hockenheim, a week of pre-race testing occured at the circuit in preparation for the event. Sadly this test session saw the death of driver, Patrick Depailler. Depailler was killed when his Alfa Romeo suffered a suspension failure at the highspeed Ostkurve, Depailler was pitched into the barriers at full speed, flipping his car upside down on top of the guardrail. The Alfa then proceeded to skid along the top of the guardrail before flipping back upright. Depailler suffered massive head injuries and was killed instantly. Following the death of Depailler, Alfa Romeo opted to only enter a single car into the German event for Bruno Giacomelli. 
Harald Ertl made his return to Formula One for the first time since the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. Ertl entered the grand prix in a one-off appearance in the second car. 
==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 	Héctor Rebaque 	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 	Marc Surer 	Team ATS 	 	D4 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
10 	Harald Ertl 	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 	Jan Lammers 	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 	
20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F8 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
21 	Keke Rosberg 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F8 	 	DFV V8 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 	
50 	Rupert Keegan 	RAM - Penthouse Rizla Racing 	 	FW07 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1  	27 	Alan Jones 	 	1:45.85	
2 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	1:45.89	+ 0.04
3 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	1:46.00	+ 0.15
4 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	1:46.14	+ 0.29
5 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:46.78	+ 0.93
6 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:46.90	+ 1.05
7 	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:47.20	+ 1.35
8 	21 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:47.64	+ 1.69
9 	11 	Mario Andretti 	 	1:48.45	+ 2.60
10 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:48.58	+ 2.73
11 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:48.59	+ 2.74
12 	20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:48.70	+ 2.85
13 	9 	Marc Surer 	 	1:48.72	+ 2.87
14 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	1:48.75	+ 2.90
15 	6 	Héctor Rebaque 	 	1:48.78	+ 2.93
16 	2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	1:48.86	+ 3.01
17 	30 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:48.93	+ 3.08
18 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:49.06	+ 3.21
19 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:49.11	+ 3.26
20 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:49.26	+ 3.41
21 	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	1:49.35	+ 3.50
22 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	1:49.51	+ 3.66
23 	3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	1:49.52	+ 3.67
24 	14 	Jan Lammers 	 	1:50.30	+ 4.45
DNQ 	50 	Rupert Keegan 	() 	1:50.75	+ 4.90
DNQ 	10 	Harald Ertl 	 	1:53.13	+ 7.28
==Race==
===Report===
Alan Jones maintained his lead into the first corner with the two 's of Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux on his tail. Nelson Piquet made a terrible start dropping down to twenty third position. As the cars entered the back half of the circuit, Jabouille moved through the inside of Jones to take the lead of the race. Jacques Laffite had meanwhile managed to overtake the second of Carlos Reutemann for fourth place. Reutemann would drop further back as the second car of Didier Pironi managed to overtake him. 
Keke Rosberg in the new car was doing well overtaking Reutemann for sixth. Rosberg's charge was brought to an end when he was forced into the pits with rear wing issues, the Fittipaldi driver would shortly after be forced to retire. The next of the front runners to retire was Didier Pironi's Ligier, the Frenchman pulling into the pits on lap 18 with transmission problems. 
The Renault cars of Jabouille and Arnoux who were running well in first and third, the turbo charged cars running well on the long straights of Hockenheim would soon see their luck dramatically turn. Arnoux was the first to retire, going out with engine trouble on the 26th lap. One lap later Jabouille's rotten luck struck again as he was forced to relinquish the lead and retire from the race with the exact same problem. 
After a poor start to the race, Reutemann now in third began to put pressure on Laffite in second position. Jones who was set for his fourth win in a row ( including the non-championship Spanish race ) suffered a puncture in his front left tyre. Jones was forced into the pits where he would drop to third behind Laffite and Reutemann. Jones exited the pits a long way ahead of the squabbling trio of Nelson Piquet ( who had climbed back to fourth from last ), Elio de Angelis and John Watson. Watson would pull into the pits to retire his with engine failure on lap 39. With two laps to go, De Angelis would also be forced to retire, wheel bearing issues being his downfall and sending him into the pits. 
This meant that Bruno Giacomelli, the sole Alfa Romeo competing following the tragic death of Patrick Depailler finished fifth ahead of Gilles Villeneuve scoring a lone point in 's dreadful 1980 season. Laffite took the race win, his luck changing following his near win in Brands Hatch ahead of the two Williams cars of Reutemann and Jones. Nelson Piquet did well to make a comeback to fourth place following his poor start, even closing on Jones at the end, but must have wondered if victory would have been possible with a good start.
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	45 	1:23:59.73 	5 	9
2 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	45 	+ 3.19 	4 	6
3 	27 	Alan Jones 	 	45 	+ 43.53 	1 	4
4 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	45 	+ 44.48 	6 	3
5 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	45 	+ 1:16.49 	19 	2
6 	2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	45 	+ 1:28.72 	16 	1
7 	11 	Mario Andretti 	 	45 	+ 1:33.01 	9 	
8 	30 	Jochen Mass 	 	45 	+ 1:47.75 	17 	
9 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	
10 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	22 	
11 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	
12 	9 	Marc Surer 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	13 	
13 	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	21 	
14 	14 	Jan Lammers 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	24 	
15 	3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	44 	+ 1 Lap 	23 	
16 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	43 	Wheel bearing	11 	
Ret 	7 	John Watson 	 	39 	Engine 	20 	
Ret 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	27 	Engine 	2 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	26 	Engine 	3 	
Ret 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	23 	Gearbox 	18 	
Ret 	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	18 	Transmission 	7 	
Ret 	20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	18 	Brakes 	12 	
Ret 	21 	Keke Rosberg 	 	8 	Wheel bearing	8 	
Ret 	6 	Héctor Rebaque 	 	4 	Gearbox 	15 	
DNQ 	50 	Rupert Keegan 	() 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	10 	Harald Ertl 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
   
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Alan Jones 	41 	
2 	Nelson Piquet 	34 	
3 	Carlos Reutemann 	26 	2
4 	Jacques Laffite 	25 	2
5 	René Arnoux 	23 	2
6 	Didier Pironi 	23 	2
7 	Riccardo Patrese 	7 	
8 	Elio de Angelis 	6 	
9 	Derek Daly 	6 	
10 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	5 	
11 	Keke Rosberg 	4 	
12 	Jochen Mass 	4 	
13 	Alain Prost 	4 	
14 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	4 	
15 	Gilles Villeneuve 	4 	1
16 	Bruno Giacomelli 	4 	1
17 	John Watson 	3 	2
18 	Jody Scheckter 	2 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	67 	
2 	 	48 	
3 	 	34 	
4 	 	23 	
5 	 	11 	
6 	 	10 	
7 	 	9 	
8 	 	7 	
9 	 	6 	
10 	 	6 	
11 	 	4 	
==External Links==
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