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| 1980 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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| Non-championship race in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 1 June 1980 | ||
| Official name | XXVI Gran Premio de Espana | ||
| Location | Circuito Permanente del Jarama in Madrid, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.314 km (2.059 miles) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 272.320 km (169.200 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunshine[1] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ligier-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:12.647 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | |
| Time | 1:15.467 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Ford | ||
| Second | Arrows-Ford | ||
| Third | Lotus-Ford | ||
The 1980 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Gran Premio de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 June 1980 at Circuito Permanente del Jarama. Originally scheduled to be part of the 1980 World Championship of Drivers, following the running of the race it was announced that World Championship points would not be awarded to the competitors, making it a non-championship race. The winner of the race was Alan Jones, driving for the Williams team. Jochen Mass finished second for Arrows and Elio de Angelis third for Team Lotus.
Owing to disputes as part of the FISA–FOCA war, the race went ahead without the manufacturer teams of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Renault, because the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), then the governing body of Formula One, had declared the race illegal. The other teams drove the race, now sanctioned by the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA). All teams competing in the race ran Ford engines.
Carlos Reutemann, Nelson Piquet and Didier Pironi all retired from the race whilst in the lead, Reutemann due to a collision and Pironi and Piquet because of mechanical problems. Only six of the twenty-two drivers who took the start of the race made it to the end, and only three were on the lead lap.
- ^ Blunsden, John (1980-06-02). "Jones Must Wait For Confirmation Of Win". The Times.
(the race) was held in blazing sunshine with the thermometer hovering around the 100 degrees mark