1980 British Formula One Championship

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.[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List[2]
Team	No.	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
	2	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
	3	Desiré Wilson	Wolf WR3		7
	4	Geoff Lees			1-2
		Kevin Cogan			3-4, 6, 8-9
		Kevin Cogan	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
	7	Emilio de Villota	Fittipaldi F5A		5
	8	Eliseo Salazar	Williams FW07		1-6
	8	Eliseo Salazar	Williams FW07B		7-12
Team Agostini	9	Giacomo Agostini	Williams FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	2-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12
Team Agostini	22	Gimax	Williams FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	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
	15	Valentino Musetti	Fittipaldi F5B		10-12
Scotcircuits Ltd	12	Robin Smith	Surtees TS19/TS20S	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	6-7, 9
Scotcircuits Ltd	12	Richard Jones	Surtees TS19/TS20S	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	11
Cliff Smith Racing	16	Ray Mallock	Surtees TS20+	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	1, 3, 5
Cliff Smith Racing	16	Ray Mallock	Wolf WR6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	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
A. G. Dean Racing	18	Tony Dean	Chevron B42	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1-4
Grange Performance Cars	19	Brian Robinson	Chevron B48	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1-2, 7-11
Grange Performance Cars	19	Brian Robinson	Chevron B42	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	3-6, 12
Bob Howlings Racing Cars	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
Harper High Performance Racing	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	77	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 ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	PP	FL
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1	2	1

Pos.	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
=[1]	Kim Mather	Ret		7	Ret	Ret		8	7	Ret	6	2	6	8
=[1]	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
=[1]	Mike Wilds												4	3
=[1]	Paul Smith							6		7	Ret		5	3
=[1]	Robin Smith						6	5		8				3
=[1]	Tony Dean	6	5	9	Ret									3
19	Leon Walger						8	10	5	NC		Ret	NC	2
20	Divina Galica											6	9	1
=[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		0
Pos.	Driver	OUL	BRH	SIL	MAL	THR	MNZ	MAL	SNE	BRH	THR	OUL	SIL	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

"1980 AURORA AFX BRITISH F1 CHAMPIONSHIP". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
"Formula 1 - 3-litre Formula 1 (1966 - 1985)". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

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[2] "Formula 1 - 3-litre Formula 1 (1966 - 1985)". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.