United States Grand Prix West

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Date & Time
Sun 30th March 1980 12:00am Local
Sun 30th March 1980 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1980

Round
Round 4

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Long Beach Street Circuit

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The 1980 United States Grand Prix West (officially the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a Formula One motor race held on March 30, 1980, at Long Beach, California. It was the fourth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the fifth United States Grand Prix West and the sixth street race to be held at Long Beach. The race was held over 80 laps of the 3.251-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 260 kilometres.
The race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. It was Piquet's debut World Championship victory in just his fourth points finish and announced his emergence as a championship contender. Piquet won by 49 seconds over Italian driver Riccardo Patrese driving an Arrows A3. It was the best result for both Arrows and Patrese in two years after Patrese finished second at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. Third was Brazilian driver, twice-World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi driving a Fittipaldi F7. It was Fittipaldi's best result since finishing second at the 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:50:19.4
02	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+0:49.212
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1:18.563
04	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
05	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
06	Didier Pironi	Ligier	+1 Lap
07	Jochen Mass	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Derek Daly	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
09	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+2 Laps
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	+9 Laps
11	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi Automotive	DNF
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign Racing	DNF
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
14	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
15	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
16	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
18	Eddie Cheever	Osella	DNF
19	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	DNF
20	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
21	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
22	Jan Lammers	ATS	DNF
23	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	DNF
25	Dave Kennedy	Shadow	Did not qualify
26	Geoff Lees	Shadow	Did not qualify
27	Stephen South	McLaren-Ford	Did not qualify