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1980 / DRIVER DOSSIER / Australian

AlanJones

Williams

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CHAMPIONSHIPP1
POINTS67
RACE WINS5
PODIUMS10

The season in numbers.

14 STARTS
BEST FINISHP1
AVERAGE GRID4
AVERAGE FINISH5.5
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: -21

+1211 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH3
FINISH RATE78.6%
PODIUM RATE71.4%
RACE POINTS / START5.1Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Argentine13 Jan1109Finished
ROUND 2Brazilian27 Jan103+74Finished
ROUND 3South African1 Mar8R-110Gearbox
ROUND 4United States Grand Prix West30 Mar5R-90Accident
ROUND 5Belgian4 May12-16Finished
ROUND 6Monaco18 May3R-130Differential
ROUND 7French29 Jun41+39Finished
ROUND 8British13 Jul31+29Finished
ROUND 9German10 Aug13-24Finished
ROUND 10Austrian17 Aug32+16Finished
ROUND 11Dutch31 Aug411-70+3 Laps
ROUND 12Italian14 Sept62+46Finished
ROUND 13Canadian28 Sept21+19Finished
ROUND 14United States5 Oct51+49Finished
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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