Jacques Laffite secured a Formula One victory for Ligier at the 1980 German Grand Prix, the ninth round of the 1980 season.
Key Facts
- Race date
- 10 August 1980
- Circuit
- Hockenheimring
- Circuit length
- 6.790 km
- Total race distance
- 305.505 km
- Number of laps
- 45
- Winning margin
- 3 seconds
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1980 Formula One season's ninth round brought competitors to the Hockenheimring, a circuit hosting its fifth German Grand Prix. Teams including Ligier, Williams, and others competed for championship points in a season-long contest.
Jacques Laffite, driving a Ligier, won the 42nd German Grand Prix on 10 August 1980 over 45 laps of the 6.790 km Hockenheimring circuit. Carlos Reutemann in a Williams finished second, three seconds behind, with his teammate Alan Jones completing the podium in third.
Laffite's victory added points to Ligier's season tally, while Williams placed both drivers on the podium through Reutemann and Jones, reinforcing Williams' competitiveness in the 1980 constructors' championship battle.