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1980 / DRIVER DOSSIER / French

AlainProst

McLaren

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Explore Alain Prost's 1980 Formula 1 results, teams, race starts, podiums and championship statistics. Browse other seasons.

CHAMPIONSHIPP16
POINTS5
RACE WINS0
PODIUMS0

The season in numbers.

13 STARTS
BEST FINISHP5
AVERAGE GRID13.4
AVERAGE FINISH13
POSITIONS GAINED/LOST

Net positions gained or lost across completed races. DNFs, DNS and DSQs are excluded to avoid distorting the statistic.

Pit-lane or unknown grids and invalid finishing positions are also excluded. Lapped finishes count as completed races.

Net Positions incl. DNFs: +17

+527 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH6
FINISH RATE53.8%
PODIUM RATE0%
RACE POINTS / START0.4Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Argentine13 Jan126+61+1 Lap
ROUND 2Brazilian27 Jan135+82Finished
ROUND 3South African1 MarPIT / —W0Accident
ROUND 5Belgian4 May19R+10Transmission
ROUND 6Monaco18 May10R-90Accident
ROUND 7French29 Jun7R-140Transmission
ROUND 8British13 Jul76+11+1 Lap
ROUND 9German10 Aug1411+30+1 Lap
ROUND 10Austrian17 Aug127+50Finished
ROUND 11Dutch31 Aug186+121Finished
ROUND 12Italian14 Sept247+170+1 Lap
ROUND 13Canadian28 Sept12R-10Suspension
ROUND 14United States5 Oct13W-120Withdrew
How these statistics are calculated

A finish means “Finished” or a lapped finish. DNFs count starters who did not finish; DNS, DNQ, withdrawals, disqualifications and “Not classified” are excluded from DNF counts. Average finish uses classified positions of starters, including retirements but excluding disqualifications. Average grid excludes zero / unknown grids. Positions Gained/Lost sums grid minus finish only for completed races with valid positive grid and finishing positions. Retirements, non-starters, disqualifications, unclassified results and unknown/pit-lane grids are excluded. A dash means no eligible results; zero means eligible results have no net change. The tooltip’s Net Positions incl. DNFs retains the previous grid-minus-classified-position calculation, including retirements. These figures are not an overtake count. Rates use race starts as denominator. Grand Prix points per start exclude sprints; championship points come from official standings. Historical shared drives can produce multiple entries.

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