Aurora AFX British F1 Championship Round
Brands Hatch, 7 Apr 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desiré Wilson | Wolf [WR4] - Cosworth DFV V8 #3 Theodore Racing |
40 | 55m 03.78s 113.92 mph |
| 2 | Norman Dickson | Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 #10 Colin Bennett Racing |
40 | 55m 19.07s |
| 3 | Eliseo Salazar | Williams FW07 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #8 RAM Racing |
40 | 55m 31.36s |
| 4 | Giacomo Agostini | Williams FW06 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8 #9 Team Agostini |
40 | 56m 00.30s |
| 5 | Tony Dean | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B42 [42-78-17] - Hart 420R #18 A. G. Dean (Racing) |
38 | |
| 6 | Brian Robinson | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B48 [48-79-08] - Hart 420R #19 A. G. Dean (Racing) |
38 | |
| R | Bobby Howlings | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B42 [42-78-05] - Hart 420R #20 Bob Howlings Racing Cars |
24 | clutch |
| R | Emilio de Villota | Williams FW07 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 #7 RAM Racing |
8 | accident damage |
| R | Guy Edwards | Arrows A1 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 #1 C. W. Clowes Racing |
7 | accident |
| R | Geoff Lees | Wolf [WR3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #4 Theodore Racing |
0 | accident |
All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emilio de Villota | (F1) 3-litre Williams FW07 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:20.49 | ||
| 2 | Desiré Wilson | (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR4] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:20.74 | ||
| 3 | Eliseo Salazar | (F1) 3-litre Williams FW07 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:21.49 | ||
| 4 | Norman Dickson | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:21.52 | ||
| 5 | Guy Edwards | (F1) 3-litre Arrows A1 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:21.62 | ||
| 6 | Geoff Lees | (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:21.65 | ||
| 7 | Giacomo Agostini | (F1) 3-litre Williams FW06 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1:21.80 | ||
| 8 | Brian Robinson | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B48 [48-79-08] - Hart 420R | 1:27.48 | ||
| 9 | Bobby Howlings | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B42 [42-78-05] - Hart 420R | 1:33.84 | ||
| 10 | Tony Dean | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B42 [42-78-17] - Hart 420R | no time | ||
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
These results were compiled primarily from the race reports in Autosport during the season, with some additional information from the results section of Autocourse, and some details compiled by Jeremy Jackson from a variety of sources, including Autosport, Motoring News and the Formula One Register books. All the chassis identities were taken from research elsewhere on this site.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.
Individual sources for this event
Autosport 10 Apr 1980 pp25-26. Marcus Pye's report gave full practice times, chassis numbers (for all except Edwards' Arrows), all finishers and all retirements.