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.
Teams and drivers Entry List Team 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 18 Tony Dean Chevron B42 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1-4 19 Brian Robinson Chevron B48 Hart 420R 2.0 L4 1-2, 7-11 Chevron B42 3-6, 12 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 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 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 six classified finishers using the following structure:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 9 6 4 3 2 1 2 1 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 = Kim Mather Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret 6 2 6 8 = 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 = Mike Wilds 4 3 = Paul Smith 6 7 Ret 5 3 = Robin Smith 6 5 8 3 = Tony Dean 6 5 9 Ret 3 19 Leon Walger 8 10 5 NC Ret NC 2 20 Divina Galica 6 9 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 0Driver OUL BRH SIL MAL THR MNZ MAL SNE BRH THR OUL SIL PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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