1980 / ROUND 1

Argentine Grand Prix

WinnerAlan JonesPublished race classification

Official poleAlan JonesSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance316.304 km53 laps

Race entries28Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Alan Jones	Williams	1	1	53	1:43:24.380	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	4	4	53	1:43:48.970	6
3	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	13	13	53	1:44:43.020	4
4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	22	22	53	1:44:47.860	3
5	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	20	20	52	+1 lap	2
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	12	12	52	+1 lap	1
7	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	16	16	51	+2 laps	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	23	23	46	Engine	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	11	11	45	Engine	0
NC	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	15	15	44	+9 laps	0
NC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	24	24	37	+16 laps	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	8	8	36	Suspension	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	2	30	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	7	7	27	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	ATS	21	21	27	Fire	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	6	6	20	Fuel system	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	Arrows	14	14	20	Gearbox	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	10	10	12	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	5	5	7	Suspension	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	17	17	5	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	9	9	3	Gearbox	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Renault	19	19	2	Suspension	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ligier	3	3	1	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	18	18	1	Collision	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Shadow	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Osella	28	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Alan Jones	1:44.170
2	Jacques Laffite	1:44.440
3	Didier Pironi	1:44.640
4	Nelson Piquet	1:45.020
5	Elio de Angelis	1:45.460
6	Mario Andretti	1:45.780
7	Riccardo Patrese	1:46.010
8	Gilles Villeneuve	1:46.070
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:46.150
10	Carlos Reutemann	1:46.190
11	Jody Scheckter	1:46.280
12	Alain Prost	1:46.750
13	Keke Rosberg	1:46.970
14	Jochen Mass	1:47.050
15	Clay Regazzoni	1:47.180
16	Ricardo Zunino	1:47.410
17	John Watson	1:47.700
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:47.830
19	René Arnoux	1:48.240
20	Bruno Giacomelli	1:48.440
21	Marc Surer	1:48.860
22	Derek Daly	1:48.950
23	Patrick Depailler	1:49.200
24	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:49.420
25	David Kennedy	1:50.250
26	Jan Lammers	1:51.390
27	Stefan Johansson	1:51.570
28	Eddie Cheever	1:54.120

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.