1980 / ROUND 7

French Grand Prix

WinnerAlan JonesPublished race classification

Official poleJacques LaffiteSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance313.686 km54 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Alan Jones	Williams	4	4	54	1:32:43.420	9
2	Didier Pironi	Ligier	3	3	54	1:32:47.940	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	1	54	1:33:13.680	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	8	8	54	1:33:58.300	3
5	René Arnoux	Renault	2	2	54	1:33:59.570	2
6	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	5	5	54	1:34:00.160	1
7	John Watson	McLaren	13	13	53	+1 lap	0
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	17	17	53	+1 lap	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	18	18	53	+1 lap	0
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows	15	15	53	+1 lap	0
11	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	20	20	52	+2 laps	0
12	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	19	19	52	+2 laps	0
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	24	24	50	Engine	0
14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	16	16	50	+4 laps	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Osella	21	21	43	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	ATS	11	11	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	10	10	25	Handling	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	12	12	18	Gearbox	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	23	23	8	Spun off	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	9	9	8	Handling	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	7	6	Transmission	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	14	14	3	Clutch	0
DNF	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	22	22	0	Clutch	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	6	6	0	Transmission	0
DNQ	Geoff Lees	Shadow	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	Ensign	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Jacques Laffite	1:38.880
2	René Arnoux	1:39.490
3	Didier Pironi	1:39.490
4	Alan Jones	1:39.500
5	Carlos Reutemann	1:39.600
6	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:40.180
7	Alain Prost	1:40.630
8	Nelson Piquet	1:40.670
9	Bruno Giacomelli	1:40.850
10	Patrick Depailler	1:40.890
11	Marc Surer	1:41.030
12	Mario Andretti	1:41.560
13	John Watson	1:41.630
14	Elio de Angelis	1:41.660
15	Jochen Mass	1:41.710
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:41.780
17	Gilles Villeneuve	1:41.990
18	Riccardo Patrese	1:42.070
19	Jody Scheckter	1:42.380
20	Derek Daly	1:42.770
21	Eddie Cheever	1:42.850
22	Ricardo Zunino	1:43.140
23	Keke Rosberg	1:43.160
24	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:43.210
25	Geoff Lees	1:44.280
26	Jan Lammers	1:44.330
27	David Kennedy	1:44.560

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