October 5, 1980 Watkins Glen | Lap distance 5.435 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1980 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 1:34'36.05 | 5 | 1'34.216 | 1 | 1'34.068 | (44) | |
| 2 | 6 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Williams FW07B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 1:34'40.26 | +4.21 | 3 | 1'34.111 | 3 | 1'34.560 | (38) |
| 3 | 4 | 25 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Ligier JS11/15 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 1:34'48.62 | +12.57 | 7 | 1'34.971 | 2 | 1'34.540 | (49) |
| 4 | 3 | 12 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 1:35'05.74 | +29.69 | 4 | 1'34.185 | 4 | 1'34.800 | (54) |
| 5 | 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11/15 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 58 | +1 lap | 12 | 1'35.421 | 8 | 1'35.960 | (38) | |
| 6 | 1 | 11 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 58 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'35.343 | 10 | 1'37.340 | (54) | |
| 7 | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RE20 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 58 | +1 lap | 6 | 1'34.839 | 6 | 1'34.940 | (48) | ||
| 8 | 9 | Marc Surer (SUI) | ATS D4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 57 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'37.001 | 12 | 1'37.820 | (55) | ||
| 9 | 50 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 57 | +2 laps | 15 | 1'36.750 | 15 | 1'38.460 | (15) | ||
| 10 | 21 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Fittipaldi F8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 57 | +2 laps | 14 | 1'36.332 | 11 | 1'37.780 | (38) | ||
| 11 | 1 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T5 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 56 | +3 laps | 23 | 1'38.149 | 16 | 1'38.740 | (38) | ||
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| -- | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | 9 | 1'35.202 | 9 | 1'36.190 | (50) | |||
| -- | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 22 | 1'37.966 | 24 | 1'45.690 | (3) | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T5 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 49 | 18 | 1'37.040 | 13 | 1'37.860 | (44) | |||
| transmission | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 24 | 1'38.526 | 20 | 1'40.270 | (14) | |||
| electrical | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 31 | 1 | 1'33.291 | 5 | 1'34.850 | (28) | |||
| spun off | 5 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 2 | 1'34.080 | 7 | 1'35.890 | (24) | |||
| engine | 6 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 8 | 1'35.166 | 14 | 1'37.930 | (7) | |||
| suspension | 31 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 16 | 1'36.908 | 18 | 1'39.710 | (17) | |||
| spun off | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 20 | 1'37.405 | 17 | 1'38.820 | (11) | |||
| steering | 14 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Ensign N180 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 25 | 1'38.532 | 21 | 1'41.790 | (12) | |||
| suspension | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 19 | 1'37.088 | 19 | 1'40.110 | (9) | |||
| spun off | 4 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3 | 21 | 1'37.923 | 22 | 1'43.930 | (2) | |||
| accident | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 2 | 10 | 1'35.235 | 23 | 1'43.950 | (2) | |||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 8 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren M30 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 13 | 1'35.988 | |||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 43 | Mike Thackwell (NZL) | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'51.102 | ||||||||
| accident | 51 | Geoff Lees (GBR) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
