1980 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1980 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 August 1980 at the Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands.

The win confirmed Piquet as being the major threat to Alan Jones' charge to the world championship crown.

Alfa Romeo entered a second car, a replacement after Patrick Depailler's death a month earlier, for Italian veteran Vittorio Brambilla.

Behind Laffite, the second Williams FW07B of Carlos Reutemann finished fourth ahead of Jean-Pierre Jarier (driving his 100th Grand Prix) in the surviving Tyrrell 010 after Derek Daly had crashed earlier after brake failure.

Young rookie Alain Prost claimed the final point debuting the new McLaren M30, while in seventh Gilles Villeneuve had given one of Ferrari's few 1980 highlights, running as high as third before his tyres went off.

Drivers battling at the start behind the head of the race
Dutch driver Jan Lammers failed to qualify to the race
Guardrail filled with old car tires at the Tarzan curve
Arnoux leads the battle for fourth position, at about half distance