Drivers' championship 1980Final standings

1980Drivers’ championship

Alan Jones took the 1980 title by 13 points from Piquet, with 5 wins.

1980 World Champion

AlanJones

Williams

67Points

5Wins

Champion: 67; points · Jones
Margin: 13; points to Piquet
Rounds: 14; in the season
Winners: 7; different race winners

Round-by-round chart

This season's official totals can't be rebuilt round by round (for example because of dropped scores, shared drives or penalties), so the progression chart is not shown.

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1980 drivers’ championship table, after round 14.

1980 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Alan Jones Williams	Williams	5	Champion	67Champion
2	Nelson Piquet Brabham	Brabham	3	+13	54+13
3	Carlos Reutemann Williams	Williams	1	+25	42+25
4	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	1	+33	34+33
5	Didier Pironi Ligier	Ligier	1	+35	32+35
6	René Arnoux Renault	Renault	2	+38	29+38
7	Elio de Angelis Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+54	13+54
8	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault	Renault	1	+58	9+58
9	Riccardo Patrese Arrows	Arrows	0	+60	7+60
10	Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+61	6+61
11	John Watson McLaren	McLaren	0	+61	6+61
12	Derek Daly Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+61	6+61
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+61	6+61
14	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+61	6+61
15	Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+62	5+62
16	Alain Prost McLaren	McLaren	0	+62	5+62
17	Jochen Mass Arrows	Arrows	0	+63	4+63
18	Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+63	4+63
19	Jody Scheckter Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+65	2+65
20	Mario Andretti Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+66	1+66
21	Hector Rebaque Brabham	Brabham	0	+66	1+66
–	Marc Surer ATS	ATS	0	+67	0+67
–	Ricardo Zunino Brabham	Brabham	0	+67	0+67
–	Rupert Keegan Williams	Williams	0	+67	0+67
–	Clay Regazzoni Ensign	Ensign	0	+67	0+67
–	Jan LammersATS / Ensign	ATS / Ensign	0	+67	0+67
–	Eddie Cheever Osella	Osella	0	+67	0+67
–	Geoff LeesWilliams / Shadow / Ensign	Williams / Shadow / Ensign	0	+67	0+67
–	Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+67	0+67
–	Nigel Mansell Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+67	0+67
–	Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+67	0+67
–	Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	+67	0+67
–	Tiff Needell Ensign	Ensign	0	+67	0+67
–	Mike ThackwellArrows / Tyrrell	Arrows / Tyrrell	0	+67	0+67

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1980 championship.

Standings after round 14