Race · Round 2 of 14 · 27 January 1980

1980 Brazilian Grand Prix

Rene Arnoux won for Renault from 6th on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 8 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Rene Arnoux, and the first championship podium for Elio de Angelis.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Rene ArnouxRenault
Pole: Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Fastest lap: Rene Arnoux
Entries: 2816 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE20	6	40	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	7	40	Finished	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	—	10	40	Finished	4
4	Didier Pironi	Ligier	JS11/15	2	40	Finished	3
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	—	13	40	Finished	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	14	39	Finished	1
7	Marc Surer	ATS	—	20	39	Finished	0
8	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	BT49	18	39	Finished	0
9	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	—	15	39	Finished	0
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows	A3	16	39	Finished	0
11	John Watson	McLaren	—	23	39	Finished	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	—	22	39	Finished	0
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	179	17	39	Finished	0
14	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	—	24	38	Finished	0
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	19	38	Finished	0
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	312T5	3	36	Throttle	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	179	21	33	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RE20	1	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49	9	14	Suspension	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N180	12	13	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11/15	5	13	Electrical	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	312T5	8	10	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	—	4	1	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	11	1	Spun off	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Shadow	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Osella	—	—	—	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 interlagos-1 · 7.873 km · 26 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
Rene Arnoux	6	1	40
Elio de Angelis	7	2	40
Alan Jones	10	3	40
Didier Pironi	2	4	40
Alain Prost	13	5	40
Riccardo Patrese	14	6	39
Marc Surer	20	7	39
Ricardo Zunino	18	8	39
Keke Rosberg	15	9	39
Jochen Mass	16	10	39
John Watson	23	11	39
Jean-Pierre Jarier	22	12	39
Bruno Giacomelli	17	13	39
Derek Daly	24	14	38
Emerson Fittipaldi	19	15	38
Gilles Villeneuve	3	16	36
Patrick Depailler	21	DNF	33
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1	DNF	25
Nelson Piquet	9	DNF	14
Clay Regazzoni	12	DNF	13
Jacques Laffite	5	DNF	13
Jody Scheckter	8	DNF	10
Carlos Reutemann	4	DNF	1
Mario Andretti	11	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	2:21.400	—	—
2	Didier Pironi	Ligier	25	2:21.650	+0.250	+0.250
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	2:22.170	+0.770	+0.520
4	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	28	2:22.260	+0.860	+0.090
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	2:22.300	+0.900	+0.040
6	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	2:22.310	+0.910	+0.010
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	12	2:22.400	+1.000	+0.090
8	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1	2:23.020	+1.620	+0.620
9	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	2:23.160	+1.760	+0.140
10	Alan Jones	Williams	27	2:23.380	+1.980	+0.220
11	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	11	2:23.460	+2.060	+0.080
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	14	2:24.850	+3.450	+1.390
13	Alain Prost	McLaren	8	2:24.950	+3.550	+0.100
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	2:25.060	+3.660	+0.110
15	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	21	2:25.740	+4.340	+0.680
16	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	2:25.750	+4.350	+0.010
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	2:25.800	+4.400	+0.050
18	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	6	2:26.530	+5.130	+0.730
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	20	2:26.860	+5.460	+0.330
20	Marc Surer	ATS	9	2:27.100	+5.700	+0.240
21	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	22	2:27.110	+5.710	+0.010
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	3	2:27.150	+5.750	+0.040
23	John Watson	McLaren	7	2:27.290	+5.890	+0.140
24	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	4	2:28.210	+6.810	+0.920
25	Jan Lammers	ATS	10	2:29.540	+8.140	+1.330
26	David Kennedy	Shadow	18	2:30.520	+9.120	+0.980
27	Stefan Johansson	Shadow	17	2:31.480	+10.080	+0.960
28	Eddie Cheever	Osella	31	2:34.520	+13.120	+3.040

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

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

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

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

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.

Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1980
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Jan 1980
Layout raced: Original long circuit · 7.96 km · 26 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.