Race · Round 4 of 14 · 30 March 1980

1980 United States Grand Prix West

Nelson Piquet won for Brabham from pole at Long Beach. 14 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Nelson Piquet.

Circuit: Long BeachLong Beach, California, United States of America
Winner: Nelson PiquetBrabham
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2710 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT49	1	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	A3	8	80	Finished	6
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	24	80	Finished	4
4	John Watson	McLaren	—	21	79	Finished	3
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	312T5	16	79	Finished	2
6	Didier Pironi	Ligier	JS11/15	9	79	Finished	1
7	Jochen Mass	Arrows	A3	17	79	Finished	0
8	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	—	14	79	Finished	0
9	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE20	2	78	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RE20	11	71	Finished	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	—	22	58	Overheating	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	N180	23	50	Accident	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	179	6	49	Collision	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	—	5	47	Collision	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	312T5	10	46	Transmission	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	179	3	40	Suspension	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11/15	13	36	Puncture	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Osella	—	19	11	Transmission	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	—	7	3	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	—	12	3	Accident	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	20	3	Accident	0
DNF	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	BT49	18	0	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	15	0	Accident	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	ATS	—	4	0	Transmission	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Geoff Lees	Shadow	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stephen South	McLaren	—	—	—	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 long-beach-1 · 3.251 km · 13 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
Nelson Piquet	1	1	80
Riccardo Patrese	8	2	80
Emerson Fittipaldi	24	3	80
John Watson	21	4	79
Jody Scheckter	16	5	79
Didier Pironi	9	6	79
Jochen Mass	17	7	79
Derek Daly	14	8	79
Rene Arnoux	2	9	78
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	11	10	71
Keke Rosberg	22	DNF	58
Clay Regazzoni	23	DNF	50
Bruno Giacomelli	6	DNF	49
Alan Jones	5	DNF	47
Gilles Villeneuve	10	DNF	46
Patrick Depailler	3	DNF	40
Jacques Laffite	13	DNF	36
Eddie Cheever	19	DNF	11
Carlos Reutemann	7	DNF	3
Jean-Pierre Jarier	12	DNF	3
Elio de Angelis	20	DNF	3
Ricardo Zunino	18	DNF	0
Mario Andretti	15	DNF	0
Jan Lammers	4	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:17.694	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:18.689	+0.995	+0.995
3	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	22	1:18.719	+1.025	+0.030
4	Jan Lammers	ATS	9	1:18.783	+1.089	+0.064
5	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:18.819	+1.125	+0.036
6	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:18.924	+1.230	+0.105
7	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	28	1:18.964	+1.270	+0.040
8	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:19.071	+1.377	+0.107
9	Didier Pironi	Ligier	25	1:19.276	+1.582	+0.205
10	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	1:19.285	+1.591	+0.009
11	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:19.316	+1.622	+0.031
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	3	1:19.318	+1.624	+0.002
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:19.455	+1.761	+0.137
14	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	4	1:19.744	+2.050	+0.289
15	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	11	1:19.763	+2.069	+0.019
16	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1	1:20.151	+2.457	+0.388
17	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	1:20.410	+2.716	+0.259
18	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	6	1:20.419	+2.725	+0.009
19	Eddie Cheever	Osella	31	1:20.808	+3.114	+0.389
20	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	12	1:20.830	+3.136	+0.022
21	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:20.868	+3.174	+0.038
22	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	21	1:20.911	+3.217	+0.043
23	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	14	1:20.984	+3.290	+0.073
24	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	20	1:21.350	+3.656	+0.366
25	David Kennedy	Shadow	18	1:21.523	+3.829	+0.173
26	Geoff Lees	Shadow	17	1:23.468	+5.774	+1.945
27	Stephen South	McLaren	8	1:24.121	+6.427	+0.653

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.

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

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

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

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.

Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 1980
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix West
Dates: 30 Mar 1980
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brabham
Entrant: Brabham-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.