F1 Points Calculator - 1980 Season

Explore the 1980 Formula 1 World Championship results and simulate alternative standings. Use our drag-and-drop calculator to replay Alan Jones' title fight with Nelson Piquet. Drivers kept their best five results from each half of the season (seven races each), while constructors counted every race and every car.

1980 F1 Season Highlights

• 14 rounds, opening in Argentina and closing at Watkins Glen
• Alan Jones wins the World Championship (67 pts) with five wins in the Williams FW07B
• Nelson Piquet P2 (54 pts) for Brabham. His engine failed at Montreal, the race that settled the title
• Carlos Reutemann P3 (42 pts) for Williams
• Williams win their first Constructors' Championship (120 pts to Ligier's 66)
• The FISA–FOCA war cost the Spanish GP its championship status. Didier Pironi won his first race at Zolder
• Patrick Depailler was killed testing at Hockenheim
• 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system. Drivers counted their best 5 of the first 7 + best 5 of the last 7. Constructors counted every race and every car
• No Sprint races, no fastest lap bonus point

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