1980 season/Round 4
United States Grand Prix West 1980
- Long Beach
- 30 March 1980
- 80 laps
- 260.1 km
- 3.251 km a lap
- P1Nelson PiquetBrabham1:50:18.550
- P2Riccardo PatreseArrows+49.210
- P3Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi+1:18.560
- Pole positionNelson PiquetBrabham · 1:17.694
- Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:19.830 · lap 38
- Winner started fromP1on 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
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 38 | 1:19.830 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Arnoux | 18 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 18 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | 13 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | 8 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | ▲7 |
| 6 | Elio de Angelis | 6 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | 6 | ▼1 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 4 | |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | 4 | ▼1 |
| 10 | Derek Daly | 3 | ▼2 |
| Pos | Team | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renault | 18 | |
| 2 | Brabham | 18 | ▲2 |
| 3 | Williams | 15 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Ligier | 14 | ▼1 |
| 5 | Arrows | 8 | ▲5 |
| 6 | Fittipaldi | 8 | |
| 7 | Lotus | 6 | ▼2 |
| 8 | McLaren | 6 | |
| 9 | Tyrrell | 3 | ▼2 |
| 10 | Alfa Romeo | 2 | ▼1 |