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Double First - Williams & Jones: Formula One 1980 - A Review Of The 1980 Grand Prix Season

The new decade brought a record number of entries for the start of the season. Expectations were high that the champions of 1979, Ferrari and Jody Scheckter, could be beaten. Enter Team Williams and Alan Jones - the new force in a bright new era for Formula One racing. But it took the entire 1980 season before the victory was in the bag. Jones took the opening race, but then faltered. Brabham’s Nelson Piquet took advantage in the interim, completing a spectacular double in the Dutch and US GPs to lead the championship with two races remaining. It was up to Williams and Jones to pull out all the stops to seize the title.

Top Cast

  • Alan Jones

    Alan Jones

  • Nelson Piquet

    Nelson Piquet

  • Carlos Reutemann

    Carlos Reutemann

  • Jacques Laffite

    Jacques Laffite

  • Didier Pironi

    Didier Pironi

  • René Arnoux

    René Arnoux

  • Elio De Angelis

    Elio De Angelis

  • Riccardo Patrese

    Riccardo Patrese

  • Keke Rosberg

    Keke Rosberg

Overview

The new decade brought a record number of entries for the start of the season. Expectations were high that the champions of 1979, Ferrari and Jody Scheckter, could be beaten. Enter Team Williams and Alan Jones - the new force in a bright new era for Formula One racing. But it took the entire 1980 season before the victory was in the bag. Jones took the opening race, but then faltered. Brabham’s Nelson Piquet took advantage in the interim, completing a spectacular double in the Dutch and US GPs to lead the championship with two races remaining. It was up to Williams and Jones to pull out all the stops to seize the title.

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