Souvenirs

First F1 victory for René Arnoux, maiden F1 podium for Elio de Angelis. Alan Jones rounding off the podium finishers.

Down in 13th after a poor start, Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford-BT49) rose to 6th, but a left rear puncture dropped him dow

Pole man Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault RE20) was leading teammate René Arnoux when (lap 25) he slowed due to a turbo fa

A two-time Interlagos race winner, Emerson Fittipaldi raced on home soil for the last time in F1. The 33 year old bringi

Jean-Pierre Jarier & Derek Daly trailed home 12th & 14th respectively in the final appearance for the old Tyrrell-Ford-0

Finishing just outside the points in 7th position, Marc Surer (ATS-Ford-D3) achieved his best F1 result so far.

Alain Prost (McLaren-Ford-M29B) & Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford-A3) duelled over 5th position. The 24 year Frenchman wou

Pitting on lap 4 to have the anti-roll bar adjusted, Didier Pironi (Ligier-Ford) recovered from 21st to finish 4th. Alai

René Arnoux claimed his first F1 win & Renault's second. Elio de Angelis (Lotus-Ford) finished an excellent 2nd, becomin

With his Renault running out of fuel on his victory lap, René Arnoux was given a lift back to the pits by 6th placed Ric

#OnThisDay in 1980.

David Kennedy (Shadow-Ford), Jan Lammers (ATS-Ford), Stefan Johansson (Shadow-Ford) & Eddie Cheever (Osella-Ford) all fa

Having scored a point at the Argentine GP on his debut, Alain Prost continued to impress by qualifying 13th in his McLar

Mo Nunn's underfunded team punched well above its weight. 40 year old Swiss Clay Regazzoni doing a fine job in qualifyin

Hampered by a down on power engine, championship leader Alan Jones qualified a lowly 10th in his Williams-Ford-FW07, sti

Of the local contingent, Nelson Piquet qualified 9th fastest in his Brabham-Ford-BT49. Two-time World Champion Emerson F

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Gilles Villeneuve clipped over a second off his first session lap time, taking the Ferrari 312T5 round in 1 min:22.17 se

#OnThisDay in 1980.

More #OnThisDay 1980s F1 memories coming up.

More #OnThisDay 1980s F1 memories coming up.

Remembering Jo Gartner, born #OnThisDay in 1954.

South African Grand Prix, (qualifying), Kyalami, 22 January 1982.

Mauro Baldi (Arrows-Ford), Riccardo Paletti (Osella-Ford), Brian Henton (Arrows-Ford) & Teo Fabi (Toleman-Hart) all fail

After sitting out the 1981 season, Jochen Mass (35) returned to F1 with March. The German veteran safely qualifying for