The 1980 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 August 1980 at the Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands. It was the eleventh race of the 1980 Formula One season.
Drivers battling at the start behind the head of the race
Dutch driver Jan Lammers failed to qualify to the race
Guardrail filled with old car tires at the Tarzan curve
Arnoux leads the battle for fourth position, at about half distance
The 1980 Formula One season was the 34th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1980 World Championship of Drivers and the 1980 International Cup for F1 Constructors, which were contested concurrently from 13 January to 5 October over a fourteen-race series. The season also included one non-championship race, the Spanish Grand Prix.
Australian driver Alan Jones won the Drivers' Championship, driving for the Williams team.
Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving for the Brabham team, finished runner-up to Jones.
Jones's Williams teammate, Argentine Carlos Reutemann, placed third.
Reigning champion Jody Scheckter (and his runner-up teammate Gilles Villeneuve) suffered a terrible season as the team finished tenth in the championship, causing Scheckter to retire at the end of the season.