1980 season/Round 7
French Grand Prix 1980
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 29 June 1980
- 54 laps
- 313.7 km
- 5.809 km a lap
- P1Alan JonesWilliams1:32:43.420
- P2Didier PironiLigier+4.520
- P3Jacques LaffiteLigier+30.260
- Pole positionJacques LaffiteLigier · 1:38.880
- Fastest lapAlan Jones1:41.450 · lap 48
- Winner started fromP4on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:38.880 | |
| 2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:39.490 | +0.610 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:39.490 | +0.610 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:39.500 | +0.620 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:39.600 | +0.720 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:40.180 | +1.300 |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:40.630 | +1.750 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:40.670 | +1.790 |
| 9 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:40.850 | +1.970 |
| 10 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 1:40.890 | +2.010 |
| 11 | Marc Surer | ATS | 1:41.030 | +2.150 |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:41.560 | +2.680 |
| 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:41.630 | +2.750 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:41.660 | +2.780 |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:41.710 | +2.830 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:41.780 | +2.900 |
| 17 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:41.990 | +3.110 |
| 18 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:42.070 | +3.190 |
| 19 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:42.380 | +3.500 |
| 20 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:42.770 | +3.890 |
| 21 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:42.850 | +3.970 |
| 22 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 1:43.140 | +4.260 |
| 23 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:43.160 | +4.280 |
| 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:43.210 | +4.330 |
| 25 | Geoffrey Lees | Shadow | 1:44.280 | +5.400 |
| 26 | Jan Lammers | Ensign | 1:44.330 | +5.450 |
| 27 | David Kennedy | Shadow | 1:44.560 | +5.680 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | 48 | 1:41.450 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | 28 | ▲2 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 25 | ▼1 |
| 3 | René Arnoux | 23 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | 23 | |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | 16 | |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | 16 | |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | 6 | |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 5 | |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | 4 |