Brazil Grand Prix 1980: results

Round 2 of the 1980 season, 27 January 1980, at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. René Arnoux won for Renault from P6 on the grid. Jean-Pierre Jabouille took pole position. Fastest lap: René Arnoux, 2:27.310 (lap 22).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	René Arnoux	Renault	1:40:01.330	9
2	Elio De Angelis	Lotus	+21.860	6
3	Alan Jones	Williams	+1:06.110	4
4	Didier Pironi	Ligier	+1:40.130	3
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	+2:25.410	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+1 lap	1
7	Marc Surer	ATS	+1 lap	0
8	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham	+1 lap	0
9	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi	+1 lap	0
10	Jochen Mass	Arrows	+1 lap	0
11	John Watson	McLaren	+1 lap	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	+1 lap	0
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	+1 lap	0
14	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	+2 laps	0
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+2 laps	0
16	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Throttle	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Suspension	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Electrical	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	Spun off	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	ATS	—	0
DNQ	David Kennedy	Shadow	—	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Shadow	—	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Osella	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
2	Didier Pironi	Ligier
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
4	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
6	René Arnoux	Renault
7	Elio De Angelis	Lotus
8	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
9	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
10	Alan Jones	Williams
11	Mario Andretti	Lotus
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign
13	Alain Prost	McLaren
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
15	Keke Rosberg	Fittipaldi
16	Jochen Mass	Arrows
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo
18	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
20	Marc Surer	ATS
21	Patrick Depailler	Alfa Romeo
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell
23	John Watson	McLaren
24	Derek Daly	Tyrrell
25	Jan Lammers	ATS
26	David Kennedy	Shadow
27	Stefan Johansson	Shadow
28	Eddie Cheever	Osella