1980 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 4 May 1980. It was the fifth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Belgian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Zolder. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.262-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.

1980 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season
Race details
Date	May 4, 1980
Location	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length	4.262 km (2.648 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 306.864 km (190.066 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:19.12
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
Time	1:20.88 on lap 57
Podium
First	Didier Pironi	Ligier-Ford
Second	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The Williams FW07B of Alan Jones

The race was won by French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. It was Pironi's debut World Championship victory and he was the fourth driver to win in the first five races of the season. Pironi won by 47 seconds over Australian driver and eventual 1980 champion, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams teammate Argentinian driver, Carlos Reutemann. It was the first of three wins in Pironi's accident-shortened Formula One career. Jones' second place allowed him to close to within two points of series leader René Arnoux who had collected three points for finishing fourth in his Renault RE20. Piquet was one point behind Jones with Pironi just one point further behind.