1980 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final round of the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
| Date | November 16, 1980 | ||
| Official name | XLV Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.609 km (1.000 mi) | ||
| Distance | 95.000 laps, 152.855 km (95 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Ford | ||
| Time | 0'36.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alan Jones
|
Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 0'36.9 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Ford | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third | Elfin-Chevrolet | ||
The 1980 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 16 November 1980.
It was the forty fifth Australian Grand Prix and it was open to cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations, which permitted international Formula One, Formula 5000 and Formula Pacific cars. The race was also the final round of the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship.
The race was won by newly crowned 1980 World Drivers' Champion, Alan Jones, driving one of his championship winning Williams FW07 cars in front of an enthusiastic home crowd come to see their new Australian hero. Italian driver Bruno Giacomelli finished second in the only other International Formula One car in the race, an Alfa Romeo 179. Third was French driver Didier Pironi driving an Australian built Elfin MR8 Formula 5000.
By winning the Australian Grand Prix, Alan Jones joined his father Stan Jones to become the first ever father and son to win the race. Stan Jones had won the 1959 Australian Grand Prix at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania driving a Maserati 250F. As of the 2017 race, Alan Jones remains the last Australian driver to have won the Australian Grand Prix.
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