1980 Spanish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Non-Championship race in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 1 June 1980 | ||
| Official name | XXVI Gran Premio de Espana | ||
| Location | Circuito Permanente del Jarama in Madrid, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.404 km (2.115 mi) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 272.320 km (169.200 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunshine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ligier-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:12.647 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 1:15.467 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Ford | ||
| Second | Arrows-Ford | ||
| Third | Lotus-Ford | ||
The 1980 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Gran Premio de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 June 1980 at Circuito Permanente del Jarama. Originally scheduled to be part of the 1980 Formula One World Championship, following the running of the race it was announced that World Championship points would not be awarded to the competitors, making it a non-championship race. The winner of the race was Alan Jones, driving for the Williams team. Jochen Mass finished second for Arrows and Elio de Angelis third for Team Lotus.
Owing to disputes as part of the FISA-FOCA war, the race went ahead without the manufacturer teams of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Renault, because the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), then the governing body of Formula One, had declared the race illegal. The other teams drove the race, now sanctioned by the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA). All teams competing in the race ran Ford engines.
Carlos Reutemann, Nelson Piquet and Didier Pironi all retired from the race whilst in the lead, Reutemann due to a collision and Pironi and Piquet because of mechanical problems. Only six of the twenty-two drivers who took the start of the race made it to the end, and only three were on the lead lap.
The Spanish Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be the seventh round of the 1980 World Championships. Coming into the race, Brabham driver Nelson Piquet led the World Championship of Drivers, one point ahead of Renault's René Arnoux. Williams driver Alan Jones was third, a further two points behind and Ligier driver Didier Pironi was fourth, two points behind Jones. The Constructors' Championship was led by Williams with 34 points, with second place Ligier five points behind. Brabham were third with 22 points and Renault fourth with 21 points.
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