1980 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1980 Canadian Grand Prix was the thirteenth race of the 1980 Formula One World Championship. Alan Jones won the race and in doing so secured his one and only world title, becoming the second Australian after Jack Brabham to win the Formula One World Championship. took an one-two finish in this race, with Jones' team-mate, Carlos Reutemann, finishing second. Didier Pironi of finished third.
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==Background==
Heading into Canada, driver Nelson Piquet held a one point lead in the driver's championship over Alan Jones in the . 
Vittorio Brambilla had retired from Formula One in Italy, so his place in the team was taken by a young debutant called Andrea de Cesaris. had entered a second private to partner Rupert Keegan, successful CART racer Kevin Cogan. had decided to enter a third car for their test driver Mike Thackwell. The 19 year old Thackwell had previously attempted to enter a race for in Holland. Jochen Mass returned to the cockpit of the Arrows following his neck injury in Austria, although the team had brought youngster Derek Warwick in case Mass was not up to the job. had also dropped their third car of Nigel Mansell for the North American races. 
==Entry List==
Below is the full entry list for the :
 Official Entry List of the 
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jody Scheckter 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312T5 	 	015 3.0 F12 	
2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312T5 	 	015 3.0 F12 	
3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	Candy Tyrrell Team 	 	010 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
4 	Derek Daly 	Candy Tyrrell Team 	 	010 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
5 	Nelson Piquet 	Parmalat Racing 	 	BT49 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
6 	Héctor Rebaque 	Parmalat Racing 	 	BT49 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
7 	John Watson 	Marlboro Team McLaren 	 	M29C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
8 	Alain Prost 	Marlboro Team McLaren 	 	M30 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
9 	Marc Surer 	Team ATS 	 	D4 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
11 	Mario Andretti 	Team Essex Lotus 	 	81 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
12 	Elio de Angelis 	Team Essex Lotus 	 	81 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
14 	Jan Lammers 	Unipart Racing Team 	 	N180 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille 	Équipe Renault Elf 	 	RE20 	 	EF1 1.5 V6t 	
16 	René Arnoux 	Équipe Renault Elf 	 	RE20 	 	EF1 1.5 V6t 	
20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F8 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
21 	Keke Rosberg 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F8 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	179 	 	1260 3.0 V12 	
23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	179 	 	1260 3.0 V12 	
25 	Didier Pironi 	Équipe Ligier Gitanes 	 	JS11/15 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
26 	Jacques Laffite 	Équipe Ligier Gitanes 	 	JS11/15 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
27 	Alan Jones 	Albilad/Williams Racing Team 	 	FW07B 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
28 	Carlos Reutemann 	Albilad/Williams Racing Team 	 	FW07B 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
29 	Riccardo Patrese 	Warsteiner Arrows Racing with Penthouse Rizla+. 	 	A3 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
30 	Jochen Mass 	Warsteiner Arrows Racing with Penthouse Rizla+. 	 	A3 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
31 	Eddie Cheever 	Osella Racing Team 	 	FA1B 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
41 	Geoff Lees 	Unipart Racing Team 	 	N180 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
43 	Mike Thackwell 	Candy Tyrrell Team 	 	010 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
50 	Rupert Keegan 	RAM – Penthouse Rizla+. Racing 	 	FW07 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
51 	Kevin Cogan 	RAM – Rainbow Jeans/Theodore Racing 	 	FW07 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
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==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Q1 	Q2 	Gap
1 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:31.909 	1:27.328 	—
2 	27 	Alan Jones 	 	1:30.710T	1:28.164 	+0.836s
3 	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:31.896T	1:28.322 	+0.994s
4 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:34.628 	1:28.575 	+1.247s
5 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	1:31.184 	1:28.663 	+1.335s
6 	21 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:33.829 	1:28.702 	+1.374s
7 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:31.880 	1:28.775 	+1.427s
8 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	1:32.579 	1:29.026T	+1.698s
9 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:31.815 	1:29.130 	+1.802s
10 	6 	Héctor Rebaque 	 	1:33.980 	1:29.377 	+2.049s
11 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:34.210 	1:29.400 	+2.072s
12 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	1:33.899 	1:29.804 	+2.476s
13 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	1:34.058 	1:29.932 	+2.604s
14 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:34.603 	1:29.937 	+2.609s
15 	3 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	1:34.234 	1:30.070 	+2.742s
16 	20 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:36.847 	1:30.294 	+2.966s
17 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:32.115 	1:30.316 	+2.988s
18 	11 	Mario Andretti 	 	1:34.040 	1:30.559 	+3.231s
19 	14 	Jan Lammers 	 	1:34.658 	1:30.668T	+3.340s
20 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	1:34.843 	1:30.791 	+3.463s
21 	30 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:38.099 	1:30.831 	+3.503s
22 	2 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	1:34.588 	1:30.855 	+3.527s
23 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	1:33.693T	1:30.912 	+3.584s
24 	43 	Mike Thackwell 	 	1:37.738 	1:31.036 	+3.708s
DNQ 	9 	Marc Surer 	 	1:36.060 	1:31.169 	+3.841s
DNQ 	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	1:35.179 	1:31.688T	+4.360s
DNQ 	50 	Rupert Keegan 	 	1:35.322 	1:32.638 	+5.310s
DNQ 	51 	Kevin Cogan 	 	1:37.059 	1:32.745 	+5.417s
WD 	41 	Geoff Lees 	 	 	 	
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*Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
===Grid===
** Rosberg took the restart of the race from the pit lane.
==Race==
===Report===
Nelson Piquet, from pole failed to get the best of starts, Didier Pironi moved up the outside of him in an attempt to take the position, however Alan Jones had stormed up the inside. Piquet, refusing to give away in the kink before the first corner saw the two championship rivals collide. Piquet went spinning into the wall, causing the mid-field to bunch up and cause a chain reaction of collisions. Alongside Piquet, Derek Daly, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Gilles Villeneuve, Emerson Fittipaldi, Keke Rosberg, Mario Andretti and Jochen Mass were all eliminated as a result of this incident. 
With eight cars blocking the run down to the first corner, the race was stopped as the driver's involved in the accident ran back to the pits for the spare cars. Whilst not involved in the accident, Mike Thackwell who was running the third was forced to give up his car to team leader Jarier. The second driver of Daly was forced to sit out the race, his race car too badly damaged to continue. All the other driver's involved in the crash were able to take the restart in the spare cars. 
On the second re-start, Pironi made a suspiciously strong start to overtake Piquet. Jones had also made a strong start taking Piquet as well to move into the lead of the race. The poor start would not deter Piquet and soon enough he was back in the lead moving ahead of both Pironi and Jones. Further down the field, Riccardo Patrese crashed out whilst a lap later Bruno Giacomelli ruined another chance for good results when he spun out of fourth place, damaging his car and forcing himself into retirement. With Giacomelli's retirement, this meant John Watson took fourth who was doing a solid job for . 
Piquet began to immediately open up a strong lead, championship rival Jones seemingly unable to match him. However on lap 24, Piquet's engine blew sending him out of the race. All Jones needed to do to win the title was to win the race, if he won the point's defict to Piquet would be too great for him to be overtaken at the final round at Watkins Glen. 
Jones, however was not unscathed following his collision with Piquet in the first start. The rear of his car was somewhat damaged which was allowing Pironi to close on the rear of him. As this occured, Alain Prost in the second McLaren was running a very strong race, he had overtaken Jacques Laffite early in the race and then on lap 25 he moved ahead of Carlos Reutemann to take fourth place, putting him behind teammate Watson. 
The same lap, there was a major disaster. Jean-Pierre Jabouille who was running well down the field, the car not competitive around the Montreal circuit suffered a suspension failure pitching Jabouille into the barriers at full speed. Jabouille suffered serious leg injuries, breaking both his legs. The fire team had to cut the incapacitated Jabouille out of the car before he was rushed to hospital. 
Late in the race, a minute time penalty was handed to Pironi for jumping the start of the race. As a result Jones let Pironi through rather than risk further damaging his car in fighting the driver. Prost had meanwhile caught up to the rear of McLaren teammate Watson and was challenging for third place, however on lap 41 Prost suffered a suspension failure pitching him into the barriers and ending his terrific drive. In the closing laps Watson also spun, which resulted in him dropping behind Reutemann and back down into fourth place. 
Whilst Pironi took the chequered flag, his time penalty dropped him down to third behind the two Williams cars of Alan Jones, the new world champion and Carlos Reutemann. Watson finished fourth for McLaren ahead of Gilles Villeneuve and Héctor Rebaque. 
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	27 	Alan Jones 	 	70 	1:46:45.53 	2 	9
2 	28 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	70 	+15.54s 	5 	6
3* 	25 	Didier Pironi 	 	70 	+19.13s 	3 	4
4 	7 	John Watson 	 	70 	+30.98s 	7 	3
5 	2T 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	70 	+55.23s 	22 	2
6 	6 	Héctor Rebaque 	 	69 	+1 lap 	10 	1
7 	3T 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	 	69 	+1 lap 	15 	
8† 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	68 	Out of fuel 	9 	
9 	21T	Keke Rosberg 	 	68 	+2 laps 	6 	
10 	12 	Elio de Angelis 	 	68 	+2 laps 	17 	
11 	30T	Jochen Mass 	 	67 	+3 laps 	21 	
12 	14 	Jan Lammers 	 	66 	+4 laps 	19 	
Ret 	8 	Alain Prost 	 	41 	Suspension 	12 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	39 	Brakes 	23 	
Ret 	15 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	 	25 	Accident 	13 	
Ret 	5 	Nelson Piquet 	 	23 	Engine 	1 	
Ret 	11T	Mario Andretti 	 	11 	Engine 	18 	
Ret 	31 	Eddie Cheever 	 	8 	Fuel pressure	14 	
Ret 	22T	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	7 	Gearbox 	8 	
Ret 	20T	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	7 	Gearbox 	16 	
Ret 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	6 	Spin 	4 	
Ret 	29 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	6 	Accident 	11 	
DNS‡ 	4 	Derek Daly 	 	0 	Accident 	20 	
DNS§ 	43 	Mike Thackwell 	 	0 	Withdrawn 	24 	
DNQ 	9 	Marc Surer 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ‡‡	1 	Jody Scheckter 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	50 	Rupert Keegan 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	51 	Kevin Cogan 	 	 	 	 	
WD 	41 	Geoff Lees 	 	 	 	 	
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.
** Pironi received a one-minute penalty due to a jump start of the race.
*† Laffite was still classfied despite retiring as he had complete 90% of the race distance.
*‡ Daly had failed to take the restart of the race after he crashed on the first start of the race.
*‡‡ Jody Scheckter is the first reigning World Champion not to qualify for a Grand Prix.
*§ Thackwell also failed to take the restart of the race as he had withdrawn and given his car to Jarier.
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
       
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Alan Jones 	62 	1
2 	Nelson Piquet 	54 	1
3 	Carlos Reutemann 	43 	
4 	Jacques Laffite 	32 	
5 	René Arnoux 	29 	
6 	Didier Pironi 	28 	
7 	Elio de Angelis 	10 	
8 	Jean-Pierre Jabouille 	9 	
9 	Riccardo Patrese 	7 	
10 	Derek Daly 	6 	
11 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	6 	
12 	Keke Rosberg 	6 	
13 	Gilles Villeneuve 	6 	3
14 	John Watson 	6 	4
15 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	5 	2
16 	Alain Prost 	5 	2
17 	Jochen Mass 	4 	2
18 	Bruno Giacomelli 	4 	1
19 	Jody Scheckter 	2 	
20 	Héctor Rebaque 	1 	1
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	105 	
2 	 	60 	
3 	 	55 	
4 	 	38 	
5 	 	12 	
6 	 	11 	
7 	 	11 	
8 	 	11 	1
9 	 	10 	1
10 	 	8 	
11 	 	4 	
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