| 1980 German Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 9 of 14 in the1980 Formula One season | |||
 Hockenheim in 1980 | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | 10 August 1980 | ||
| Official name | XLIIGroßer Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location | Hockenheimring,Hockenheim,West Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.790 km (4.219 miles) | ||
| Distance | 45 laps, 305.505 km (189.81 miles) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:45.85 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 1:48.49 on lap 43 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ligier-Ford | ||
| Second | Williams-Ford | ||
| Third | Williams-Ford | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1980 German Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held at theHockenheimring on 10 August 1980. It was the ninth round of the1980 Formula One season. The race was the 42ndGerman Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at Hockenheim. The race was held over 45 laps of the 6.790 kilometres (4.219 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 305.505 kilometres (189.832 mi).[2]
The race was won byJacques Laffite driving aLigier. Laffite won by three seconds overCarlos Reutemann driving aWilliams. Third was Reutemann's teammateAlan Jones.
The very high speed Hockenheimring favored more powerful turbocharged engines, and was expected to be a circuit suited toRenault.[citation needed] In qualifying, Jones managed to beatRenault driverJean-Pierre Jabouille to the pole by four-hundredths of a second, with an average speed of 231 km/h (144 mph). They were followed byRené Arnoux in the other Renault, Jones's Argentine teammate Carlos Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite, BrazilianNelson Piquet (Brabham), FrenchmanDidier Pironi (Ligier), and FinnKeke Rosberg in aFittipaldi.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille led early with Arnoux third behind Jones. Both Renaults suffered engine failures within a lap of each other leaving Jones to lead until he made a pitstop following a tyre puncture after the second chicane, dropping him behind Laffite and Reutemann.
Laffite won the race, his first of 1980, and fourth overall. He was followed byCarlos Reutemann andAlan Jones. Nelson Piquet finished fourth in his Brabham ahead of the onlyAlfa Romeo entered, that ofBruno Giacomelli. CanadianGilles Villeneuve collected just his fourth point for the year in the blightedFerrari. In his 100th race start, West German driverJochen Mass finished eighth in hisArrows, behindMario Andretti (Lotus).
Jones expanded his points lead over Piquet to seven. Reutemann was up to third, 15 points behind and Laffite was up to fourth, 16 points down, both drivers leapfrogging Arnoux, now fifth 2 points behind Laffite. Williams' lead over Ligier in the Constructors' Championship was now 19 points, with the rest over 30 points behind.
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