1980 British Formula One Championship

The 1980 British Formula One Championship (formally the 1980 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the third season of the British Formula One Championship. It commenced on 4 April 1980 and ended on 5 October after twelve races. The Drivers' Championship was won by the Spaniard Emilio de Villota who drove a Williams FW07 entered by RAM Racing.[1]

1980 British Formula One Championship
Previous: 1979 Next: 1982

Teams and drivers
Entry List[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Formula 1
C. W. Clowes Racing 1 Guy Edwards Arrows A1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 All
2 Vivian Candy 4-5
Leon Walger 6-9, 11-12
3 Renzo Zorzi 6
Theodore Racing 3 Desiré Wilson Wolf WR4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 1-5
Wolf WR3 7
4 Geoff Lees 1-2
Kevin Cogan 3-4, 6, 8-9
Wolf WR4 7
Graham Eden Racing 3 Mike Wilds Chevron B41 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 12
RAM Racing 7 Emilio de Villota Williams FW07 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 1-4, 6-12
Fittipaldi F5A 5
8 Eliseo Salazar Williams FW07 1-6
Williams FW07B 7-12
Team Agostini 9 Giacomo Agostini Williams FW06 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 2-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12
22 Gimax 5-6
Colin Bennett Racing 10 Norman Dickson Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 1-5
Gianfranco Brancatelli 6
Desiré Wilson 9
Ricardo Londoño 12
15 Valentino Musetti Fittipaldi F5A 5-9
Fittipaldi F5B 10-12
Scotcircuits Ltd 12 Robin Smith Surtees TS19/TS20S Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 6-7, 9
Richard Jones 11
Cliff Smith Racing 16 Ray Mallock Surtees TS20+ Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 1, 3, 5
Wolf WR6 9-10, 12
Dywa Cars 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Dywa 01 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 6
Jordan BRM 30 Tony Trimmer BRM P207 BRM P202 3.0 V12 4-5, 8-10
Dennis Leech 34 Dennis Leech McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 12
Formula 2
Theodore Racing 11 Kim Mather March 802 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1, 3-5, 7-12
Sanremo Racing 11 Alberto Colombo March 782 BMW M12 2.0 L4 6
17 Guido Daccò March 792 6
35 Gianfranco March 782 6
Divina Galica 13 Divina Galica March 792 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 11-12
Docking Spitzley Racing 14 John Lewis Toleman TG280 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 12
A. G. Dean Racing 18 Tony Dean Chevron B42 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1-4
Grange Performance Cars 19 Brian Robinson Chevron B48 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1-2, 7-11
Chevron B42 3-6, 12
Bob Howlings Racing Cars 20 Bob Howlings Chevron B42 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1-5, 11-12
Roy Baker 24 Roy Baker Chevron B48 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 4-12
Warren Booth 29 Warren Booth Chevron B48 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1, 3-8, 10-12
Harper High Performance Racing 33 Ron Harper Chevron B40 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 4, 6, 12
BMTR 35 Paul Smith March 782 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 7, 9-10, 12
Terry Fisher 35 Terry Fisher Chevron B42 Ford BDG 2.0 L4 8
John Gibson Ltd. 44 Paul Gibson March 792 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 5-6
Plygrange Racing 77 Jim Crawford Chevron B45 Ford BDX 2.0 L4 1, 3-12

Results and standings

Races
Rnd Track Date Laps Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Constructor
1 Oulton Park 4 April 65 Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Guy Edwards Arrows
2 Brands Hatch 7 April 40 Emilio de Villota Desiré Wilson Desiré Wilson Wolf
3 Silverstone 20 April 35 Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Williams
4 Mallory Park 5 May 75 Eliseo Salazar Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Williams
5 Thruxton 26 May 43 Eliseo Salazar Desiré Wilson Eliseo Salazar Williams
6 Monza 29 June 28 Emilio de Villota Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota Williams
7 Mallory Park 27 July 75 Emilio de Villota Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota Williams
8 Snetterton 10 August 55 Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Guy Edwards Arrows
9 Brands Hatch 25 August 40 Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Williams
10 Thruxton 7 September 43 Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Williams
11 Oulton Park 20 September 65 Eliseo Salazar Guy Edwards Jim Crawford Chevron
12 Silverstone 5 October 35 Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Emilio de Villota Williams

Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   PP   FL 
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1 2 1
Pos. Driver OUL
 BRH
 SIL
 MAL
 THR
 MNZ
 MAL
 SNE
 BRH
 THR
 OUL
 SIL
 Pts
1 Emilio de Villota 2 Ret 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 Ret 1 85
2 Eliseo Salazar Ret 3 1 Ret 1 Ret 7 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 52
3 Guy Edwards 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 2 1 5 Ret 4 2 51
4 Jim Crawford 4 6 3 13 Ret 4 4 6 Ret 1 8 24
5 Giacomo Agostini 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 3 3 3 22
6 Desiré Wilson Ret 1 8 Ret 2 3 Ret 21
7 Norman Dickson Ret 2 Ret 2 11 12
8 Valentino Musetti 6 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 3 12 11
9 Brian Robinson 5 6 Ret 5 8 9 9 8 9 4 5 10 10
10 Kevin Cogan 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 8
=[1] Kim Mather Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret 6 2 6 8
=[1] Ray Mallock 3 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8
13 Warren Booth 7 10 4 12 Ret Ret 9 5 Ret 13 5
14 Gimax Ret 4 3
=[1] Mike Wilds 4 3
=[1] Paul Smith 6 7 Ret 5 3
=[1] Robin Smith 6 5 8 3
=[1] Tony Dean 6 5 9 Ret 3
19 Leon Walger 8 10 5 NC Ret NC 2
20 Divina Galica 6 9 1
=[1] Bob Howlings NC Ret 11 6 Ret Ret NC 1
— Ron Harper 7 Ret 15 0
— Vivian Candy Ret 7 0
— Guido Daccò 7 0
— Ricardo Londoño 7 0
— Paul Gibson 9 Ret 0
— Roy Baker DNS 10 NC 11 NC Ret NC Ret 14 0
— Dennis Leech 11 0
— Tony Trimmer Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
— Geoff Lees Ret Ret 0
— Alberto Colombo Ret 0
— Renzo Zorzi Ret 0
— Gianfranco Brancatelli Ret 0
— John Lewis Ret 0
— Piercarlo Ghinzani DNS 0
— Gianfranco DNS 0
— Terry Fisher DNS 0
— Richard Jones DNS 0
Pos. Driver OUL
 BRH
 SIL
 MAL
 THR
 MNZ
 MAL
 SNE
 BRH
 THR
 OUL
 SIL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "1980 AURORA AFX BRITISH F1 CHAMPIONSHIP". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. "Formula 1 - 3-litre Formula 1 (1966 - 1985)". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
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