1980 Italian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 12 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 14 September 1980 | ||
| Official name | LI Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location | Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.000 km (3.107 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 300.000 km (186.411 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, Mild, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:33.988 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 1:36.089 on lap 47 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Second | Williams-Ford | ||
| Third | Williams-Ford | ||
The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 14 September 1980 at the Imola Circuit in Italy. It was the twelfth race of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 50th Italian Grand Prix and the first Grand Prix to be held at Imola. It was the first time since the 1948 Italian Grand Prix was held at Parco del Valentino that the Autodromo Nazionale Monza did not host the Italian Grand Prix. Monza was under refurbishment at the time. The race was such a success that a new race, the San Marino Grand Prix was established for Imola. The race was held over 60 laps of the 5.000-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 300 kilometres.
The race was won by Brazilian driver, Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. The win was Piquet's third Formula One Grand Prix victory and his second in succession. Piquet won by 28 seconds over championship points leader, Australian driver Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Jones' Argentinian team mate Carlos Reutemann finished third.
Manfred Winkelhock made his debut, substituting for the still injured Jochen Mass at Arrows. He did not make it to the race after his Arrows A3 collided with the Lotus 81B of Nigel Mansell in practice, putting out both. Scuderia Ferrari debuted their first turbocar, the Ferrari 126C but Gilles Villeneuve started the race in his regular Ferrari 312T5. Regardless, after a very heavy crash in practice at the flat-out right hander before Tosa, reigning world champion Jody Scheckter announced his retirement from the sport.
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