The 1980 USA West Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1980 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held on the streets of Long Beach, California, United States on Sunday, 30 March 1980. Nelson Piquet started on pole position in the Brabham Ford and was the race winner.
1980 USA West Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
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1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 80 | 1:50:18.550 | 1:50:18.550 | - | - | 1:19.830 | 38 | 142.348 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +49.212 | 1:51:07.762 | +49.212 | +49.212 | 1:21.350 | 141.297 | 8 | 6 | |
3 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +1:18.563 | 1:51:37.113 | +1:18.563 | +29.351 | 1:21.510 | 140.678 | 24 | 4 | |
4 | 7 | John Watson | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.650 | 21 | 3 | |||
5 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Ferrari | Michelin | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.480 | 16 | 2 | ||||
6 | 25 | Didier Pironi | France | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.610 | 9 | 1 | ||||
7 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Germany | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.710 | 17 | |||||
8 | 4 | Derek Daly | Ireland | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.910 | 14 | |||||
9 | 16 | René Arnoux | France | Renault | Michelin | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.280 | 2 | ||||
10 | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | France | Renault | Michelin | 71 | +9 laps | 9 laps | 7 laps | 1:20.480 | 11 | ||||
DNF | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 58 | Overheating | 1:22.190 | 22 | ||||||
DNF | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 50 | Accident | 1:21.910 | 23 | ||||||
DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 49 | Accident | 1:20.790 | 6 | ||||||
DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | Australia | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 47 | Accident | 1:20.670 | 5 | ||||||
DNF | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | Michelin | 46 | Transmission | 1:20.470 | 10 | ||||||
DNF | 22 | Patrick Depailler | France | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 40 | Suspension | 1:20.760 | 3 | ||||||
DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Puncture | 1:21.180 | 13 | ||||||
DNF | 31 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Osella Ford | Goodyear | 11 | Transmission | 1:22.410 | 19 | ||||||
DNF | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 3 | Transmission | 1:21.920 | 7 | ||||||
DNF | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 3 | Accident | 1:23.580 | 12 | ||||||
DNF | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 3 | Accident | 1:24.130 | 20 | ||||||
DNF | 9 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | ATS Ford | Goodyear | Transmission | 4 | ||||||||
DNF | 11 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 15 | ||||||||
DNF | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 18 |