1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars.^[1] The winner of the championship, which was the 24th Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1980 CAMS Gold Star.^[2]

1 Calendar
2 Class Structure
3 Points system
4 Results
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links

Calendar

The title was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.^[3]

Round 1, Sandown Park, Victoria, 24 February
Round 2, Baskerville, Tasmania, 9 March
Round 3, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 23 March
Round 4, Oran Park, New South Wales, 4 May
Round 5, Lakeside, Queensland, 20 July
Round 6, Sandown Park, Victoria, 14 September
Round 7, Rose City Trophy, Winton, Victoria, 26 October
Round 8, Australian Grand Prix, Calder Raceway, Victoria, 16 November .^[4]

Class Structure

Australian Formula 1, in its 1980 incarnation, catered for cars complying with any one of the following three Formulae:

For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two classes:

Over 1600cc: Open to "Formula 5000" cars and "International Formula One" cars
Under 1600cc: Open to "Formula Pacific" cars ^[6]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Australian license holders in each class at each round. Bonus points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the top four Australian license holders at each round, regardless of class.

Results

Position	Driver	Car	Entrant ^[7]	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total ^[8]^[9]
1	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Porsche Distributors	-	2	9	-	8	13	13	13	58
2	Jon Davison	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Lee Seeton	9	13	6	6	13	2	3	-	52
3	John Bowe	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	4	9	13	13	3	-	9	-	51
4	Chas Talbot	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Chas Talbot	6	4	-	-	-	9	5	9	33
5	John Wright	Lola T400 Chevrolet	John Wright	13	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	28
6	Ray Hanger	March 77B Ford	Ray Hanger	-	-	-	4	6	9	4	-	23
7	Peter Williamson	Galloway Ford	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
7	Rob Butcher	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Hahndorf Motor Museum	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	12
9	Paul Hamilton	Elfin 600		-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	11
9	John Smith	Ralt RT1	John Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11
11	Clive Millis	Elfin 700		-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
	Andrew Newton	Elfin 700		-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9
	Greg Doidge	Matich A53		1	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	9
14	Dave Cooper	Elfin 700		-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Mike Stack	Cheetah		-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Gary Cosser	Bowin P6 Ford		-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
	Peter Middleton	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	P Middleton	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6
18	Ivan Tighe	Chevron B37 Chevrolet	Ivan Tighe	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
19	Bob Power	Kaditcha		-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
20	Peter Bull	Elfin		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR9 Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Ian Adams	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Ian Adams	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3
	Peter Edwards	Lola T332 Chevrolet	PJ Edwards	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	3
	Mel McEwin	Matich A53 Repco Holden	Mel McEwin	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
25	Colin Trengrove	Lola T332 Chevrolet	John Silman Power Tools	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

The following divers were not eligible for championship points as they were not Australian license holders.

Guy Edwards (Fittipaldi F5A), who finished second at Round 1
Alan Jones (Williams FW07B Ford), who won the Australian Grand Prix
Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo 179), who finished second in the Australian Grand Prix
Didier Pironi (Elfin MR8 Chevrolet), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix

References

^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980 page 93
^ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport - About CAMS - Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 26 October 2009
^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127
^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 110-127
^ Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov 15-16, 1980, pages 22-23
^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, page 108
^ Souvenier Program, Calder Raceway, Nov 15-16, 1980, page 44
^ Championship Pointscore (Top 10), Racing Car News, December 1980, page 21
^ Points totals below tenth position were calculated from round results published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127

External links

1980 Australian “Formula 5000” images Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 26 October 2009

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