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The '''1980 Australian Drivers' Championship''' was a [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|CAMS]] sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of [[Australian Formula 1]] racing cars.<ref>CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980 page 93</ref>
The '''1980 Australian Drivers' Championship''' was a [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|CAMS]] sanctioned [[Australia]]n motor racing title for drivers of [[Australian Formula 1]] racing cars.<ref>CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980 page 93</ref> The winner of the championship, which was the 24th [[Australian Drivers' Championship]], was awarded the 1980 CAMS Gold Star.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160404083424/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC05-Titles-Gold-Star-2016-1.pdf Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref>

The winner of the championship, which was the 24th [[Australian Drivers' Championship]], was awarded the 1980 CAMS Gold Star.<ref>[http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport - About CAMS - Australian Titles] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5gbBnv4Yj?url=http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ |date=7 May 2009 }} Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 26 October 2009</ref>
The championship was won by [[Alfredo Costanzo]] driving a [[Lola T430]] [[Chevrolet]].


==Calendar==
==Calendar==
[[File:Lola T430.jpg|thumb|[[Alfredo Costanzo]] won the championship driving a [[Lola T430]] similar to the car pictured above]]
The title was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.<ref>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127</ref>
[[File:Lola T332 F5000.JPG|thumb|Jon Davison placed second with a [[Lola T332]] similar to the example above]]
* Round 1, [[Sandown Raceway|Sandown Park]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], 24 February
[[File:Elfin mr8c.jpg|thumb|[[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]] placed third driving an [[Elfin MR8]] similar to the example pictured]]
* Round 2, [[Baskerville Raceway|Baskerville]], [[Tasmania]], 9 March
The title was contested over an eight-round series with one race per round.<ref name=AMRY_108-127>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127</ref><ref>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 110-127</ref>
* Round 3, [[Symmons Plains Raceway|Symmons Plains]], [[Tasmania]], 23 March

* Round 4, [[Oran Park Raceway|Oran Park]], [[New South Wales]], 4 May
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* Round 5, [[Lakeside International Raceway|Lakeside]], [[Queensland]], 20 July
|- style="font-weight:bold"
* Round 6, [[Sandown Raceway|Sandown Park]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], 14 September
| align="center" | Round<ref name=AMRY_108-127/>
* Round 7, Rose City Trophy, [[Winton Motor Raceway|Winton]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], 26 October
| Race name<ref name=AMRY_108-127/>
* Round 8, [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]], [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder Raceway]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], 16 November .<ref>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 110-127</ref>
| Circuit<ref name=AMRY_108-127/>
| State
| Date<ref name=AMRY_108-127/>
| Winning driver<ref name=AMRY_108-127/>
| Car

|-
| height="13" align="center" | 1
|
| [[Sandown Raceway|Sandown Park]]
| [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| 24 February
| John Wright
| [[Lola T400]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 2
|
| [[Baskerville Raceway|Baskerville]]
| [[Tasmania]]
| March
| Jon Davison
| [[Lola T332]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 3
|
| [[Symmons Plains Raceway|Symmons Plains]]
| [[Tasmania]]
| 23 March
| [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]]
| [[Elfin MR8]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 4
|
| [[Oran Park Raceway|Oran Park]]
| [[New South Wales]]
| 4 May
| [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]]
| [[Elfin MR8]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 5
|
| [[Lakeside International Raceway|Lakeside]]
| [[Queensland]]
| 20 July
| Jon Davison
| [[Lola T332]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 6
|
| [[Sandown Raceway|Sandown Park]]
| [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| 14 September
| [[Alfredo Costanzo]]
| [[Lola T430]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| align="center" | 7
| Rose City Trophy
| [[Winton Motor Raceway|Winton]]
| [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| 26 October
| [[Alfredo Costanzo]]
| [[Lola T430]] [[Chevrolet]]

|-
| height="13" align="center" | 8
| [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]]
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder Raceway]]
| [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| 16 November
| [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]]
| [[Williams FW07B]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]

|}


==Class Structure==
==Class Structure==
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For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two classes:
For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two classes:
* Over 1600cc: Open to "Formula 5000" cars and "International Formula One" cars
* Over 1600cc: Open to "Formula 5000" cars and "International Formula One" cars
* Under 1600cc: Open to "Formula Pacific" cars <ref>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, page 108</ref>
* Under 1600cc: Open to "Formula Pacific" cars<ref>Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, page 108</ref>


==Points system==
==Points system==
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==Results==
==Results==
[[File:ElfinFormula.jpg|thumb|right|Elfin MR8 in the colours of Ansett Team Elfin.]]
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{| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7<\hiddentext>
|- style="font-weight:bold"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
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! Driver
! Driver
! Car
! Car
! Entrant <ref>Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, 15-16 Nov 1980, page 44</ref>
! Entrant<ref>Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, 15-16 Nov 1980, page 44</ref>
! R1
! San
! R2
! Bas
! R3
! Sym
! R4
! Ora
! R5
! Lak
! R6
! San
! R7
! Win
! R8
! Cal
! Total <ref>Championship Pointscore (Top 10), Racing Car News, December 1980, page 21</ref><ref>Points totals below tenth position were calculated from round results published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127</ref>
! Total<ref>Championship Pointscore (Top 10), Racing Car News, December 1980, page 21</ref><ref>Points totals below tenth position were calculated from round results published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127</ref>
|-
|-
! 1
! 1
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! 6
! 6
| Ray Hanger
| Ray Hanger
| [[March Engineering|March]] 77B [[Ford]]
| [[March Engineering|March]] 77B [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Ray Hanger
| Ray Hanger
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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! rowspan=2 | 7
! rowspan=2 | 7
| Peter Williamson
| Peter Williamson
| Galloway [[Ford]]
| Galloway [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Peter Williamson Pty Ltd
| Peter Williamson Pty Ltd
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| Paul Hamilton
| Paul Hamilton
| [[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]] 600
| [[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]] 600
| Paul Hamilton<ref name=White>Des White, Davison Inherits a Great Win!, Racing Car News, September 1980</ref>
| &nbsp;
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| Greg Doidge
| Greg Doidge
| [[Matich A53]]
| [[Matich A53]]
| Greg Doidge<ref name=Sandown_R6>Raceday Competition Communicator, Sandown, September 13–14, 1980</ref>
| &nbsp;
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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|-
|-
| Gary Cosser
| Gary Cosser
| [[Bowin P6]] [[Ford]]
| [[Bowin P6]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| Bob Power
| Bob Power
| [[Kaditcha]]
| [[Kaditcha]]
| Bob Power<ref name=White/>
| &nbsp;
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| Peter Bull
| Peter Bull
| [[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]]
| [[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]]
| Peter Bull<ref name=White/>
| &nbsp;
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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The following drivers were not eligible for championship points as they were not Australian license holders.
The following drivers were not eligible for championship points as they were not Australian license holders.
* [[Guy Edwards]] ([[Fittipaldi F5|Fittipaldi F5A]]), who finished second at Round 1
* [[Guy Edwards]] ([[Fittipaldi F5|Fittipaldi F5A]]), who finished second at Round 1
* [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] ([[Williams FW07|Williams FW07B]] [[Ford]]), who won the Australian Grand Prix
* [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] ([[Williams FW07|Williams FW07B]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]), who won the Australian Grand Prix
* [[Bruno Giacomelli]] ([[Alfa Romeo 179]]), who finished second in the Australian Grand Prix
* [[Bruno Giacomelli]] ([[Alfa Romeo 179]]), who finished second in the Australian Grand Prix
* [[Didier Pironi]] ([[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]] MR8 [[Chevrolet small-block engine|Chevrolet]]), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix
* [[Didier Pironi]] ([[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]] MR8 [[Chevrolet small-block engine|Chevrolet]]), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* The official 50 year history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 436-444
* The official 50-year history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 436-444


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 11:41, 17 December 2021

The 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian 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]

The championship was won by Alfredo Costanzo driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet.

Calendar

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Alfredo Costanzo won the championship driving a Lola T430 similar to the car pictured above
Jon Davison placed second with a Lola T332 similar to the example above
John Bowe placed third driving an Elfin MR8 similar to the example pictured

The title was contested over an eight-round series with one race per round.[3][4]

Round[3] Race name[3] Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winning driver[3] Car
1 Sandown Park Victoria 24 February John Wright Lola T400 Chevrolet
2 Baskerville Tasmania March Jon Davison Lola T332 Chevrolet
3 Symmons Plains Tasmania 23 March John Bowe Elfin MR8 Chevrolet
4 Oran Park New South Wales 4 May John Bowe Elfin MR8 Chevrolet
5 Lakeside Queensland 20 July Jon Davison Lola T332 Chevrolet
6 Sandown Park Victoria 14 September Alfredo Costanzo Lola T430 Chevrolet
7 Rose City Trophy Winton Victoria 26 October Alfredo Costanzo Lola T430 Chevrolet
8 Australian Grand Prix Calder Raceway Victoria 16 November Alan Jones Williams FW07B Ford

Class Structure

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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

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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

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Position Driver Car Entrant[7] San Bas Sym Ora Lak San Win Cal 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
Rob Butcher Lola T332 Chevrolet Hahndorf Motor Museum - - - - - 6 - 6 12
9 Paul Hamilton Elfin 600 Paul Hamilton[10] - - - 9 2 - - - 11
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 Greg Doidge[11] 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 Bob Power[10] - - - - 4 - - - 4
20 Peter Bull Elfin Peter Bull[10] - - - - 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 drivers were not eligible for championship points as they were not Australian license holders.

References

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  1. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980 page 93
  2. ^ Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e f Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127
  4. ^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 110-127
  5. ^ Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, 15-16 Nov 1980, pages 22-23
  6. ^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, page 108
  7. ^ Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, 15-16 Nov 1980, page 44
  8. ^ Championship Pointscore (Top 10), Racing Car News, December 1980, page 21
  9. ^ Points totals below tenth position were calculated from round results published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1980/81, pages 108-127
  10. ^ a b c Des White, Davison Inherits a Great Win!, Racing Car News, September 1980
  11. ^ Raceday Competition Communicator, Sandown, September 13–14, 1980

Further reading

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  • The official 50-year history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 436-444
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