Race · Round 14 of 14 · 5 October 1980

1980 United States Grand Prix

Alan Jones won for Williams from 5th on the grid at Watkins Glen. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Watkins GlenWatkins Glen, New York, United States of America
Winner: Alan JonesWilliams
Pole: Bruno Giacomelli
Fastest lap: Alan Jones
Entries: 2711 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alan Jones	Williams	—	5	59	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	—	3	59	Finished	6
3	Didier Pironi	Ligier	JS11/15	7	59	Finished	4
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	4	59	Finished	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11/15	12	58	Finished	2
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	11	58	Finished	1
7	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE20	6	58	Finished	0
8	Marc Surer	ATS	—	17	57	Finished	0
9	Rupert Keegan	Williams	FW07	15	57	Finished	0
10	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	—	14	57	Finished	0
11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	312T5	23	56	Finished	0
NC	John Watson	McLaren	—	9	50	NC	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	312T5	18	49	Accident	0
NC	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	—	22	40	NC	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	Arrows	A3	24	36	Transmission	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	179	1	31	Electrical	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49	2	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Osella	—	16	21	Suspension	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	BT49	8	20	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	20	16	Spun off	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Ensign	N180	25	16	Steering	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	19	15	Suspension	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	—	21	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	179	10	2	Accident	0
DNS	Alain Prost	McLaren	—	13	—	Injury	0
DNQ	Mike Thackwell	Tyrrell	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Geoff Lees	Williams	FW07	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout watkins-glen-3 · 5.435 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alan Jones	5	1	59
Carlos Reutemann	3	2	59
Didier Pironi	7	3	59
Elio de Angelis	4	4	59
Jacques Laffite	12	5	58
Mario Andretti	11	6	58
Rene Arnoux	6	7	58
Marc Surer	17	8	57
Rupert Keegan	15	9	57
Keke Rosberg	14	10	57
Jody Scheckter	23	11	56
John Watson	9	NC	50
Gilles Villeneuve	18	DNF	49
Jean-Pierre Jarier	22	NC	40
Jochen Mass	24	DNF	36
Bruno Giacomelli	1	DNF	31
Nelson Piquet	2	DNF	25
Eddie Cheever	16	DNF	21
Héctor Rebaque	8	DNF	20
Riccardo Patrese	20	DNF	16
Jan Lammers	25	DNF	16
Emerson Fittipaldi	19	DNF	15
Derek Daly	21	DNF	3
Andrea de Cesaris	10	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:33.291	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:34.080	+0.789	+0.789
3	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	28	1:34.111	+0.820	+0.031
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	12	1:34.185	+0.894	+0.074
5	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:34.216	+0.925	+0.031
6	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:34.839	+1.548	+0.623
7	Didier Pironi	Ligier	25	1:34.971	+1.680	+0.132
8	Héctor Rebaque	Brabham	6	1:35.166	+1.875	+0.195
9	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:35.202	+1.911	+0.036
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:35.235	+1.944	+0.033
11	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	11	1:35.343	+2.052	+0.108
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:35.421	+2.130	+0.078
13	Alain Prost	McLaren	8	1:35.988	+2.697	+0.567
14	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	21	1:36.332	+3.041	+0.344
15	Rupert Keegan	Williams	50	1:36.750	+3.459	+0.418
16	Eddie Cheever	Osella	31	1:36.903	+3.612	+0.153
17	Marc Surer	ATS	9	1:37.001	+3.710	+0.098
18	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	1:37.040	+3.749	+0.039
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	20	1:37.088	+3.797	+0.048
20	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:37.405	+4.114	+0.317
21	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	4	1:37.923	+4.632	+0.518
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	3	1:37.966	+4.675	+0.043
23	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1	1:38.149	+4.858	+0.183
24	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	1:38.526	+5.235	+0.377
25	Jan Lammers	Ensign	14	1:38.532	+5.241	+0.006
26	Mike Thackwell	Tyrrell	43	1:51.102	+17.811	+12.570
27	Geoff Lees	Williams	51	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Renault RE20
Model Réduit arnouxRE20 · Gladiator95190 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Ferrari 312T
LaudaNiki19760731Ferrari312T2 · Lothar Spurzem · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Alfa Romeo 179
Alfa Romeo 179D (8372467256) · Motor74 · CC BY 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

1 more photograph

Brabham BT49
Piquetmonaco · Eric Verplanken · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 1980
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Oct 1980
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.