1980 United States Grand Prix West

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = United States
|Grand Prix = United States
|GP_Suffix = Grand Prix West
|Official name = Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
|Date = March 30
|Year = 1980
|Image = Long Beach 1978-1981.png
|Race_No = 4
|Season_No = 14
|Location = [[Long Beach, California]]
|Course = Temporary street course
|Course_mi = 2.02
|Course_km = 3.251
|Distance_laps = 80
|Distance_mi = 161.60
|Distance_km = 260.08
|Weather = Sunny and warm with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|81|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|10.9|mph|km/h}}<ref>[https://archive.today/20140908225929/http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Long%20Beach/1980-03-30 Weather information for the ''1980 United States Grand Prix West''] at The Old Farmers' Almanac</ref>
|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Pole_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 1:17.694
|Fast_Driver = {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Fast_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Fast_Time = 1:19.83
|Fast_Lap = 38
|First_Driver = {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
|First_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Driver = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
|Second_Team = [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Driver = {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
|Third_Team = [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1980|USW}}
}}

The '''1980 United States Grand Prix West''' (officially the '''Toyota [[Grand Prix of Long Beach]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1980 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes |url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f11980.html |website=The Programme Covers Project}}</ref>) was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on March 30, 1980, at [[Long Beach, California]]. It was the fourth round of the [[1980 Formula One season]]. The race was the fifth [[United States Grand Prix West]] and the sixth street race to be held at Long Beach. The race was held over 80 laps of the 3.251-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 260 kilometres.

The race was won by Brazilian driver [[Nelson Piquet]] driving a [[Brabham BT49]]. It was Piquet's debut World Championship victory in just his fourth points finish and announced his emergence as a championship contender. Piquet won by 49 seconds over Italian driver [[Riccardo Patrese]] driving an [[Arrows A3]]. It was the best result for both Arrows and Patrese in two years after Patrese finished second at the [[1978 Swedish Grand Prix]]. Third was Brazilian driver, twice-World Champion [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] driving a [[Fittipaldi F7]]. It was Fittipaldi's best result since finishing second at the [[1978 Brazilian Grand Prix]]. The race would also see defending champion [[Jody Scheckter]] of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] score his only points of the 1980 season with the South African scoring two points by finishing the race in fifth place.

==Summary==
[[Nelson Piquet]] took pole, fastest lap and his first career race win to dominate the weekend in his gleaming blue and white [[Brabham]]. The Brazilian's qualifying time was a full second ahead of the rest of the field, and he led all 80 laps of the race to win by 49 seconds and grab a share of the lead in the Drivers' Championship. The race would be the last in Formula One for Swiss driver [[Clay Regazzoni]], who suffered spinal damage when he lost the brakes in his [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]] approaching the Queen’s Hairpin, and struck a parked Brabham in the run-off followed by a concrete barrier and tires head on at {{convert|150|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.

In Friday qualifying, Frenchman [[Didier Pironi]] recorded the fastest time, but getting a good lap on Saturday was a matter of using the soft qualifying tires at the right time and slotting in a good time before the track became too oily. Piquet was easily the fastest man on the circuit, using [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] tires, but Championship leader [[René Arnoux]] grabbed second place in his [[Renault F1|Renault]] with an early run on soft [[Michelin]]s. The big surprise, however, was [[Jan Lammers]], who put his [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]] in fourth position while subbing for the injured [[Marc Surer]]. [[James Hunt]] nearly made a comeback with [[McLaren]], asking for $1 million for the race. This opportunity came about when French rookie driver [[Alain Prost]] broke his wrist during practice for the [[1980 South African Grand Prix|South African Grand Prix]], and was not fully fit to drive at Long Beach. The team's main sponsor, Marlboro, offered half the figure but negotiations ended after Hunt broke his leg while skiing. [[Stephen South]] substituted but South failed to qualify. Pironi slipped to ninth by the end of the session, while the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferraris]] of [[Gilles Villeneuve]] and [[Jody Scheckter]], so dominant here the year before, struggled to 10th and 16th, and [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] just managed to scramble onto the grid in the 24th and final spot. Americans [[Mario Andretti]] ([[Team Lotus|Lotus]]) and [[Eddie Cheever]] ([[Osella]]), in his first full F1 season, were 15th and 19th.

The only mis-step of Piquet's weekend came in the Sunday morning warmup when he and [[Derek Daly]] collided entering the corner after the pits. The Brabham was vaulted into the air and landed heavily on all four tires, while Daly's [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] went down the escape road. After careful examination, the Brabham crew decided that the car was fine and ready to race.

Entering the first corner [[Ricardo Zunino]], Andretti, [[Jochen Mass]] and [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] all made contact under braking. Zunino's Brabham and Andretti's Lotus were unable to continue. After one lap, Piquet led [[Patrick Depailler]], who had gotten by René Arnoux in the hairpin. They were followed by [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]], [[Bruno Giacomelli]], [[Riccardo Patrese]], [[Carlos Reutemann]], Villeneuve and Daly.

On lap 4, Giacomelli lost control of his [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] under braking for the hairpin at the beginning of Shoreline Drive, and slid sideways across the racing line. Reutemann, following directly behind, was the first to be collected and [[Jody Scheckter]], [[Elio de Angelis]], Cheever, Mass and Jarier also became involved. According to Reutemann, while Giacomelli's Alfa was facing the inside wall, he let 6th-placed Patrese pass, and then immediately put his car in reverse, and backed onto the racing line, and the approaching 7th-placed Reutemann had to come to a dead stop to avoid hitting the Italian's Alfa head on, while Villeneuve and Daly, who were behind Reutemann were both able to avoid hitting the Williams and the Alfa. Giacomelli, realizing he had made a mistake, went back to where he was, and this then caused Scheckter, de Angelis, Cheever, Jarier and Mass- all the cars that had been behind Daly to have a motorway-accordion-style accident where they crashed into the front and back of each other in order. By the time Giacomelli had realized what had happened, the 6 other aforementioned cars including Reutemann were already at a dead stop, although he and Scheckter, who had both stalled had not hit anything, de Angelis (who was injured), Cheever and Jarier had crashed, the latter most seriously; a wheel ripped off Jarier's Tyrrell when he hit de Angelis’s Lotus and he went into the run-off area. Mass was the luckiest, although he had not stalled he would end up losing several positions. The marshals decided to move forward Giacomelli, Reutemann and Cheever, all were able to continue for the time being, though Giacomelli and Cheever retired later in the race, and Reutemann had retired soon afterwards with gearbox problems. Mass was able to get going again, and he, Jabouille, Laffite, Rosberg, Regazzoni, Fittipaldi and Watson just managed to squeeze through the carnage, and the marshals somehow got the track cleared before the leaders came around, avoiding a red flag to stop the race.

While Piquet continued to run unchallenged in front, Depailler was struggling with fading brakes on his Alfa Romeo. On lap 18, Jones caught and passed him on the outside of the hairpin to take second place. Meanwhile, Giacomelli was working his way back up through the field ahead of an extended battle between Regazzoni, Fittipaldi and John Watson. [[Gilles Villeneuve]] had managed to get the ill handling Ferrari into a good fourth place but his transmission failed on lap 46 and he was out of the race.

After pitting for tires on lap 47, Giacomelli rejoined in 12th place, just ahead of Jones, but about to be lapped by the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] for the second time, and he continued his reckless on-track conduct. As Jones moved inside to pass the Italian entering the hairpin at the end of the straight, Giacomelli turned in and Jones struck the Alfa Romeo's rear wheel, bending the steering arm on the Williams and putting Jones out of the race. This left Piquet with a lead of more than a minute over Patrese and Arnoux, and he began to ease off, allowing some cars to unlap themselves.

Lap 50 saw an horrific accident which would ultimately end the career of [[Clay Regazzoni]], the brakes on his Ensign N180 car failed on the long start finish straight, unable to reduce speed, he hit the stationary Brabham of Ricardo Zunino which had been left at the run off of the Queen’s hairpin since lap 1, and then head on into a concrete wall. The accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Regazzoni later sued the race organisers, but lost the case.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plaschke |first1=Bill |title=A Collision With the Past : Paralyzed Regazzoni Returns as Street Racer to Site of Tragedy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-02-sp-41288-story.html |access-date=19 May 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 1994}}</ref>

On lap 63, Arnoux had his right rear tire go completely flat, and by the time he was able to make it back to the pits for a replacement, he had dropped all the way to ninth place. Watson now began to challenge Fittipaldi for third, and even get around him briefly, but gearbox troubles allowed the Brazilian to retake the position and then pull away. Watson, in fact, came under fire from Scheckter's Ferrari. Braking into the hairpin, Scheckter tried to go around the outside, as Watson defended the inside line. He slid wide on the dirt and marbles, however, and thereafter, decided to settle for 5th place and his final points in Formula One.

For Piquet, it was the first of 23 career wins and pulled him even with Arnoux in the Drivers' Championship. For Fittipaldi, who finished third behind a steady Patrese in the [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]], it was his first podium in more than two years, and the last of his F1 career (both as a driver and as a [[Fittipaldi Automotive|constructor]]). The torch was passed from one Brazilian multiple World Champion to another.

==Classification==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No. !! Driver !! Constructor !! Time !! Gap
|-
! 1
| 5
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:17.694
| -
|-
! 2
| 16
| {{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| 1:18.689
| + 0.995
|-
! 3
| 22
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Patrick Depailler]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:18.719
| + 1.025
|-
! 4
| 9
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Lammers]]
| [[ATS Wheels|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.783
| + 1.089
|-
! 5
| 27
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.819
| + 1.125
|-
! 6
| 23
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:18.924
| + 1.230
|-
! 7
| 28
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
| [[Williams F1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.964
| + 1.270
|-
! 8
| 29
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.071
| + 1.377
|-
! 9
| 25
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]]
| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.276
| + 1.582
|-
! 10
| 2
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Gilles Villeneuve]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:19.285
| + 1.591
|-
! 11
| 15
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| 1:19.316
| + 1.622
|-
! 12
| 3
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.318
| + 1.624
|-
! 13
| 26
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jacques Laffite]]
| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.455
| + 1.88
|-
! 14
| 4
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Derek Daly]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.744
| + 2.050
|-
! 15
| 11
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.763
| + 2.069
|-
! 16
| 1
| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Jody Scheckter]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:20.151
| + 2.457
|-
! 17
| 29
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.410
| + 2.716
|-
! 18
| 6
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ricardo Zunino]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.419
| + 2.725
|-
! 19
| 31
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.808
| + 3.83
|-
! 20
| 12
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Elio de Angelis]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.830
| + 3.114
|-
! 21
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.868
| + 3.174
|-
! 22
| 21
| {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]]
| [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.911
| + 3.217
|-
! 23
| 14
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Ensign Racing|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.984
| + 3.290
|-
! 24
| 20
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.350
| + 3.656
|-
! 25
| 18
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[David Kennedy (racing driver)|David Kennedy]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.523
| + 3.829
|-
! 26
| 17
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:23.486
| + 5.792
|-
! 27
| 8
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Stephen South]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:24.121
| + 6.427
|}

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Tyre !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 5
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 80
| 1:50:18.550
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 29
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Riccardo Patrese]]'''
| '''[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 80
| + 49.212
| 8
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 20
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968-}} '''[[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'''
| '''[[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 80
| + 1:18.563
| 24
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 21
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 1
| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} '''[[Jody Scheckter]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| {{Michelin}}
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 16
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 25
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Didier Pironi]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 9
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 30
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Jochen Mass]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 17
|
|-
! 8
| 4
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Derek Daly]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 14
|
|-
! 9
| 16
| {{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 78
| + 2 Laps
| 2
|
|-
! NC
| 15
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 71
| + 9 Laps
| 11
|
|-
! Ret
| 21
| {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]]
| [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 58
| Overheating
| 22
|
|-
! Ret
| 14
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Ensign Racing|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 50
| Accident
| 23
|
|-
! Ret
| 27
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 49
| Collision
| 5
|
|-
! Ret
| 23
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 47
| Collision
| 6
|
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Gilles Villeneuve]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 46
| Transmission
| 10
|
|-
! Ret
| 22
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Patrick Depailler]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 40
| Suspension
| 3
|
|-
! Ret
| 26
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jacques Laffite]]
| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 36
| Puncture
| 13
|
|-
! Ret
| 31
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 11
| Transmission
| 19
|
|-
! Ret
| 28
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3
| Transmission
| 7
|
|-
! Ret
| 3
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3
| Accident
| 12
|
|-
! Ret
| 12
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Elio de Angelis]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3
| Accident
| 20
|
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Lammers]]
| [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 0
| Transmission
| 4
|
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 0
| Accident
| 15
|
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ricardo Zunino]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 0
| Accident
| 18
|
|-
! DNQ
| 18
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[David Kennedy (racing driver)|David Kennedy]]
| [[Shadow Racing Team|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
|
|
|
|
|-
! DNQ
| 17
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]
| [[Shadow Racing Team|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
|
|
|
|
|-
! DNQ
| 8
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Stephen South]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="9"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/376/ |title=1980 USA West Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219063410/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1980/376/ |archive-date=19 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1980-usa-west-grand-prix/|title=1980 United States Grand Prix West - Race Results & History - GP Archive|website=GPArchive.com|date=30 March 1980 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>}}
|}

==Notes==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver [[Stephen South]].
* This was the first Grand Slam for a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] driver.

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Arnoux]]
| align="right"| 18
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| align="right"| 18
|-
| 3
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]]
| align="right"| 13
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Pironi]]
| align="right"| 8
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| align="right"| 7
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1980/etats-unis-ouest/championnat.aspx|title=United States West 1980 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| align="right"| 18
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="right"| 18
|-
| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="right"| 15
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="right"| 14
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="right"| 8
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*<small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small>

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==Further reading==
* Rob Walker (July, 1980). "5th United States Grand Prix West: Winner Takes All". ''Road & Track'', 146–151.

{{F1 race report
|Name_of_race = [[United States Grand Prix West]]
|Year_of_race = 1980
|Previous_race_in_season = [[1980 South African Grand Prix]]
|Next_race_in_season = [[1980 Belgian Grand Prix]]
|Previous_year's_race = [[1979 United States Grand Prix West]]
|Next_year's_race = [[1981 United States Grand Prix West]]
}}
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|before = [[1979 United States Grand Prix West]]
|after = [[1981 United States Grand Prix West]]
|title = [[Grand Prix of Long Beach]]
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