The 1980 Monaco Grand Prix was a

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held at

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on 18 May 1980. It was the sixth round of the

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. The race was the 38th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was held over 76 laps of the 3.34-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 254 kilometres. It was won by

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driving a

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. The win was the Argentine Reutemann's tenth Formula One victory and his first since the

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. He also became the fifth winner in six races of the 1980 season. Reutemann won by 1 minute and 13 seconds over French driver Jacques Laffite driving Ligier JS11/15. Third was Brazilian driver

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driving a

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. Piquet's third place moved him past

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and Alan Jones into the lead of the world championship for the first time. The race however is remembered for a memorable and spectacular crash at the start of the race when

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collided with

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, which sent Daly's

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flying over Giacomelli and landing between teammate

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and

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. All four drivers were out on the spot, but none suffered any serious injury.

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also collected damage in his

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but was able to continue. The accident was particularly disappointing for McLaren after John Watson failed to qualify for Monaco's shortened 20 car grid. Fourth was West German driver Jochen Mass driving an

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one lap down on Reutemann ahead of Canadian

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in a Ferrari 312T5. A further lap down in sixth was dual-World Champion

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in a Fittipaldi F7. For Mass and Fittipaldi it would be last world championship points they would collect. Reutemann's win put Williams in the lead of the constructor's points race by five points over Ligier.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings *Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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