| 1980 British Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 8 of 14 in the 1980 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 13 July 1980 | ||
| Official name | XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.207 km (2.614 miles) | ||
| Distance | 76 laps, 319.732 km (198.672 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ligier-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:11.004 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford | |
| Time | 1:12.368 on lap 54 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Ford | ||
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | Williams-Ford | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1980 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 13 July 1980. It was the eighth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was held over 76 laps of the 4.207-km (2.614-mile) circuit for a total race distance of 319.73 km (198.67 miles).
The race was won by Australian driver, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. The win was Jones' eighth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his fourth of the year. Including the non-championship Spanish Grand Prix it was Jones' third victory in a row as he built his charge towards becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion. Jones won by eleven seconds over the man becoming his arch-rival, Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BT49. Third, and the only other car to finish on the lead lap, was Jones' Williams Grand Prix Engineering teammate, Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann.