1980 season/Round 14
United States Grand Prix 1980
- Watkins Glen
- 5 October 1980
- 59 laps
- 320.7 km
- 5.435 km a lap
- P1Alan JonesWilliams1:34:36.050
- P2Carlos ReutemannWilliams+4.210
- P3Didier PironiLigier+12.570
- Pole positionBruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo · 1:33.291
- Fastest lapAlan Jones1:34.068 · lap 44
- Winner started fromP5on 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 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.291 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:34.080 | +0.789 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:34.111 | +0.820 |
| 4 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:34.185 | +0.894 |
| 5 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:34.216 | +0.925 |
| 6 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:34.839 | +1.548 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:34.971 | +1.680 |
| 8 | Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 1:35.166 | +1.875 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:35.202 | +1.911 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.235 | +1.944 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:35.343 | +2.052 |
| 12 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:35.421 | +2.130 |
| 13 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:35.988 | +2.697 |
| 14 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:36.332 | +3.041 |
| 15 | Rupert Keegan | Williams | 1:36.750 | +3.459 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:36.903 | +3.612 |
| 17 | Marc Surer | ATS | 1:37.001 | +3.710 |
| 18 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:37.040 | +3.749 |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:37.088 | +3.797 |
| 20 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:37.405 | +4.114 |
| 21 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:37.923 | +4.632 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:37.966 | +4.675 |
| 23 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:38.149 | +4.858 |
| 24 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:38.526 | +5.235 |
| 25 | Jan Lammers | Ensign | 1:38.532 | +5.241 |
| 26 | Mike Thackwell | Tyrrell | 1:51.102 | +17.811 |
| 27 | Geoffrey Lees | Williams |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | 44 | 1:34.068 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | 67 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 54 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | 42 | |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | 34 | |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | 32 | ▲1 |
| 6 | René Arnoux | 29 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | 13 | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 9 | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | 6 |