1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

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

Calendar

The title was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.

• 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, Victoria, 16 November

Class Structure

Australian Formula 1 catered for cars complying with any one of the following three Formulae:

• Formula 5000
• International Formula One
• Formula Pacific

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

Points system

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

Results

Position	Driver	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total
1	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T430	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	Chas Talbot	6	4	-	-	-	9	5	9	33
5	John Wright	Lola T400	John Wright	13	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	28
6	Ray Hanger	March 77B	Ray Hanger	-	-	-	4	6	9	4	-	23
7	Peter Williamson	Galloway Ford	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
	Rob Butcher	Lola T332	Hahndorf Motor Museum	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	12
9	Paul Hamilton	Elfin 600		-	-	-	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		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	P Middleton	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6
18	Ivan Tighe	Chevron B38	Ivan Tighe	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
19	Bob Power	Kaditcha		-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
20	Peter Bull	Elfin		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR9	Ansett Team Elfin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Ian Adams	Lola T330	Ian Adams	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3
	Peter Edwards	Lola T332	PJ Edwards	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	3
	Mel McEwin	Matich A53	Mel McEwin	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
25	Colin Trengrove	Lola T332	John Silman Power Tools	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

The following divers, who were not classified as Australian residents, were not eligible for championship points.

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

External links

• CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 25 October 2009