The 1980 British Formula One Championship (formally the 1980 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the third season of the British Formula One Championship. It commenced on 4 April 1980 and ended on 5 October after twelve races. The Drivers' Championship was won by the Spaniard Emilio de Villota who drove a Williams FW07 entered by RAM Racing.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry List[2]
Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Formula 1
C. W. Clowes Racing	1	Guy Edwards	Arrows A1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	All
	2	Vivian Candy			4-5
		Leon Walger			6-9, 11-12
	3	Renzo Zorzi			6
Theodore Racing	3	Desiré Wilson	Wolf WR4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	1-5
			Wolf WR3		7
	4	Geoff Lees			1-2
		Kevin Cogan			3-4, 6, 8-9
			Wolf WR4		7
Graham Eden Racing	3	Mike Wilds	Chevron B41	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	12
RAM Racing	7	Emilio de Villota	Williams FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	1-4, 6-12
			Fittipaldi F5A		5
	8	Eliseo Salazar	Williams FW07		1-6
			Williams FW07B		7-12
Team Agostini	9	Giacomo Agostini	Williams FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	2-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12
	22	Gimax			5-6
Colin Bennett Racing	10	Norman Dickson	Lotus 78	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	1-5
		Gianfranco Brancatelli			6
		Desiré Wilson			9
		Ricardo Londoño			12
	15	Valentino Musetti	Fittipaldi F5A		5-9
			Fittipaldi F5B		10-12
Scotcircuits Ltd	12	Robin Smith	Surtees TS19/TS20S	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	6-7, 9
		Richard Jones			11
Cliff Smith Racing	16	Ray Mallock	Surtees TS20+	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	1, 3, 5
			Wolf WR6		9-10, 12
Dywa Cars	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Dywa 01	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	6
Jordan BRM	30	Tony Trimmer	BRM P207	BRM P202 3.0 V12	4-5, 8-10
Dennis Leech	34	Dennis Leech	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	12
Formula 2
Theodore Racing	11	Kim Mather	March 802	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1, 3-5, 7-12
Sanremo Racing	11	Alberto Colombo	March 782	BMW M12 2.0 L4	6
	17	Guido Daccò	March 792		6
	35	Gianfranco	March 782		6
Divina Galica	13	Divina Galica	March 792	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	11-12
Docking Spitzley Racing	14	John Lewis	Toleman TG280	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	12
A. G. Dean Racing	18	Tony Dean	Chevron B42	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1-4
Grange Performance Cars	19	Brian Robinson	Chevron B48	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1-2, 7-11
			Chevron B42		3-6, 12
Bob Howlings Racing Cars	20	Bob Howlings	Chevron B42	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1-5, 11-12
Roy Baker	24	Roy Baker	Chevron B48	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	4-12
Warren Booth	29	Warren Booth	Chevron B48	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	1, 3-8, 10-12
Harper High Performance Racing	33	Ron Harper	Chevron B40	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	4, 6, 12
BMTR	35	Paul Smith	March 782	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	7, 9-10, 12
Terry Fisher	35	Terry Fisher	Chevron B42	Ford BDG 2.0 L4	8
John Gibson Ltd.	44	Paul Gibson	March 792	Hart 420R 2.0 L4	5-6
Plygrange Racing	77	Jim Crawford	Chevron B45	Ford BDX 2.0 L4	1, 3-12

Results and standings

Races

Rnd	Track	Date	Laps	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Constructor
1	Oulton Park	4 April	65	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Guy Edwards	Arrows
2	Brands Hatch	7 April	40	Emilio de Villota	Desiré Wilson	Desiré Wilson	Wolf
3	Silverstone	20 April	35	Eliseo Salazar	Eliseo Salazar	Eliseo Salazar	Williams
4	Mallory Park	5 May	75	Eliseo Salazar	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Williams
5	Thruxton	26 May	43	Eliseo Salazar	Desiré Wilson	Eliseo Salazar	Williams
6	Monza	29 June	28	Emilio de Villota	Guy Edwards	Emilio de Villota	Williams
7	Mallory Park	27 July	75	Emilio de Villota	Guy Edwards	Emilio de Villota	Williams
8	Snetterton	10 August	55	Eliseo Salazar	Eliseo Salazar	Guy Edwards	Arrows
9	Brands Hatch	25 August	40	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Williams
10	Thruxton	7 September	43	Eliseo Salazar	Eliseo Salazar	Eliseo Salazar	Williams
11	Oulton Park	20 September	65	Eliseo Salazar	Guy Edwards	Jim Crawford	Chevron
12	Silverstone	5 October	35	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Emilio de Villota	Williams

Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	PP	FL
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1	2	1

Pos. Driver OUL BRH SIL MAL THR MNZ MAL SNE BRH THR OUL SIL Pts 1 Emilio de Villota 2 Ret 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 Ret 1 85 2 Eliseo Salazar Ret 3 1 Ret 1 Ret 7 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 52 3 Guy Edwards 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 2 1 5 Ret 4 2 51 4 Jim Crawford 4 6 3 13 Ret 4 4 6 Ret 1 8 24 5 Giacomo Agostini 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 3 3 3 22 6 Desiré Wilson Ret 1 8 Ret 2 3 Ret 21 7 Norman Dickson Ret 2 Ret 2 11 12 8 Valentino Musetti 6 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 3 12 11 9 Brian Robinson 5 6 Ret 5 8 9 9 8 9 4 5 10 10 10 Kevin Cogan 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 8 =[1] Kim Mather Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret 6 2 6 8 =[1] Ray Mallock 3 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 13 Warren Booth 7 10 4 12 Ret Ret 9 5 Ret 13 5 14 Gimax Ret 4 3 =[1] Mike Wilds 4 3 =[1] Paul Smith 6 7 Ret 5 3 =[1] Robin Smith 6 5 8 3 =[1] Tony Dean 6 5 9 Ret 3 19 Leon Walger 8 10 5 NC Ret NC 2 20 Divina Galica 6 9 1 =[1] Bob Howlings NC Ret 11 6 Ret Ret NC 1 — Ron Harper 7 Ret 15 0 — Vivian Candy Ret 7 0 — Guido Daccò 7 0 — Ricardo Londoño 7 0 — Paul Gibson 9 Ret 0 — Roy Baker DNS 10 NC 11 NC Ret NC Ret 14 0 — Dennis Leech 11 0 — Tony Trimmer Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 — Geoff Lees Ret Ret 0 — Alberto Colombo Ret 0 — Renzo Zorzi Ret 0 — Gianfranco Brancatelli Ret 0 — John Lewis Ret 0 — Piercarlo Ghinzani DNS 0 — Gianfranco DNS 0 — Terry Fisher DNS 0 — Richard Jones DNS 0 Pos. Driver OUL BRH SIL MAL THR MNZ MAL SNE BRH THR OUL SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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