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1980 European Formula Two Championship

The 1980 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Toleman driver Brian Henton clinched the championship title.

Calendar

Championship

Round	Official name	Track	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	P&O Ferries/Jochen Rindt Trophy	GBR Thruxton	7 April	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'04:10.56	194.989 km/h	GBR Derek Warwick	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Brian Henton
2	Jim Clark Rennen	FRG Hockenheim	13 April	27	6.789=183.303 km	0'54:28.99	201.864 km/h	ITA Andrea de Cesaris	NZL Mike Thackwell	ITA Teo Fabi
3	Eifelrennen	FRG Nürburgring	27 April	9	22.835=205.515 km	1'08:08.51	180.959 km/h	FRA Richard Dallest	NZL Mike Thackwell	ITA Teo Fabi
4	30 Gran Premio Roma	ITA Vallelunga	11 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'15:56.1	164.351 km/h	GBR Derek Warwick	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Brian Henton
5	40 Pau Grand Prix	FRA Pau	26 May	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'34:03.57	128.523 km/h	GBR Derek Warwick	GBR Brian Henton	FRA Richard Dallest
6	Marlboro Formula 2 Trophy	GBR Silverstone	8 June	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'03:18.66	210.194 km/h	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Derek Warwick
7	Grote Prijs van België Formel 2	BEL Zolder	22 June	50	4.262=213,10 km	1.13:44.61	173.385 km/h	ITA Teo Fabi	GBR Brian Henton	NLD Huub Rothengatter
8	Marlboro Formula 2 Trophy	ITA Mugello	6 July	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:22.6	175.351 km/h	GBR Derek Warwick	GBR Derek Warwick	GBR Brian Henton
9	European Formula 2 Championship Race	NLD Zandvoort	20 July	45	4.226=191.34 km	1'15:23.59	152.274 km/h	FRA Richard Dallest	GBR Brian Henton	FRA Richard Dallest
10	18 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo	ITA Pergusa-Enna	3 August	45	4.95=222.75 km	1'10:39.79	189.136 km/h	ITA Siegfried Stohr	ITA Teo Fabi	ITA Siegfried Stohr
11	4 Gran Premio del Adriatico	ITA Misano	10 August	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'12:39.38	172.835 km/h	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Brian Henton	ITA Andrea de Cesaris
12	Preis Baden-Württemberg	FRG Hockenheim	9 September	30	6.789=203.67 km	0'59:41.06	204.747 km/h	ITA Teo Fabi	ITA Teo Fabi	ITA Teo Fabi

Notes

Race 2 was originally scheduled for 30 laps, but abandoned due to Markus Höttinger's fatal crash.
Hans-Georg Bürger was fatally injured in the warm-up for Race 9.

Non-championship

An additional Formula Two race was held in which did not count towards the championship.

Official name	Track	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner
Gran Premio di Monza	ITA Monza	7 September	35	3.603=203 km	1'01:03.01	199.487 km/h	GBR Derek Warwick

Results

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Car(s)	THR
GBR	HOC
FRG	NUR
FRG	VAL
ITA	PAU
FRA	SIL
GBR	ZOL
BEL	MUG
ITA	ZAN
NLD	PER
ITA	MIS
ITA	HOC
FRG	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	Pos	Driver	Car(s)	THR
GBR	HOC
FRG	NUR
FRG	VAL
ITA	PAU
FRA	SIL
GBR	ZOL
BEL	MUG
ITA	ZAN
NLD	PER
ITA	MIS
ITA	HOC
FRG	Pts
GBR Brian Henton	Toleman TG280-Hart	1	2	2	1	3								61
Toleman TG280B-Hart						NC	2	1	12	2	2
GBR Derek Warwick	Toleman TG280-Hart	2	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	4						42
Toleman TG280B-Hart								2	2	11	3
ITA Teo Fabi	March 802-BMW	7	1	1	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	3	3	8	Ret	1	38
ITA Siegfried Stohr	Toleman TG280-Hart			4	5	2	18	3	6	Ret	1	13	3	29
ITA Andrea de Cesaris	March 802-BMW	3	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret	5	Ret	6	1		28
FRA Richard Dallest	AGS JH17-BMW	Ret	10	Ret	9	1	DNS	8	7	1		Ret	4	23
AGS JH15-BMW										5
NLD Huub Rothengatter	Toleman TG280-Hart	6	5	6	7	Ret	5	1	Ret	7	4	4	13	21
NZL Mike Thackwell	March 802-BMW	Ret	Ret	10	4	4	3	6	18	Ret	9	Ret		11
ARG Miguel Ángel Guerra	Minardi GM75-BMW	Ret	7	8	8	5	6	5	4	9	Ret	5		10
ITA Alberto Colombo	March 782-BMW	Ret	3	9	6	6	17	14	9		Ret			9
Toleman TG280-Hart									8		6	5
BRA Chico Serra	March 802-BMW	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
GBR Nigel Mansell	Ralt RH6-Honda						11	Ret		5			2	8
FRG Manfred Winkelhock	March 802-BMW	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	9	7	10	10	3	9	7	4
ITA Oscar Pedersoli	March 782-BMW	5	6	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret				3
FRG Jochen Dauer	Chevron B48-BMW		11	5										2
CHE Fredy Schnarwiler	March 802-BMW	Ret	Ret	7	12	7	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	10	10	6	1
ITA Beppe Gabbiani	Minardi G75-BMW						14							1
Maurer MM80-BMW							Ret	11	6	Ret	7	Ret
CHE Jürg Lienhard	March 802-BMW									Ret	7	Ret	9	0
AUT Jo Gartner	March 782-BMW		13				7		12	11			Ret	0
FRG Helmut Henzler	Maurer MM80-BMW					Ret	10	Ret	8	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
CHE Eugen Strähl	March 802-BMW		8					12						0
ITA Riccardo Paletti	March 802-BMW								Ret	14		8	Ret	0
FRG Hans-Georg Bürger	Tiga F280-BMW	8	Ret	Ret			Ret		Ret	DNS				0
ITA Gianfranco Trombetti	March 782-BMW								Ret			DNQ	8	0
IRL Bernard Devaney	March 802-BMW	9	Ret	12			Ret							0
VEN Johnny Cecotto	March 802-BMW						Ret	9						0
Minardi GM75-BMW									15
ITA Arturo Merzario	Merzario M1-BMW	Ret	Ret	Ret		9	Ret		16	17	DNS		Ret	0
ZAF Rad Dougall	Ralt RT4-BMW	DNS	9	Ret			16							0
GBR Warren Booth	Chevron B48-Hart	10					15		DNQ					0
GBR Jim Crawford	Chevron B45-Ford						Ret	10						0
ITA Carlo Rossi	Toleman TG280-Hart												10	0
ITA Guido Daccò	Merzario M1-BMW			11	Ret									0
March 792-BMW								Ret		12	DNQ	11
CHE Patrick Studer	March 802-BMW							11	14				Ret	0
ITA Maurizio Flammini	Ralt RT2-Hart								Ret		Ret	11		0
ITA Piero Necchi	Merzario M1-BMW				Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12	0
CHE Walter Baltisser	March 802-BMW		12							16				0
USA Tom Gloy	Ralt RH6-Honda										Ret	12		0
ITA Bruno Corradi	Minardi GM75-BMW				13	Ret						Ret		0
GBR Kim Mather	March 802-Hart	DNS					13							0
ITA Danilo Tesini	Chevron B48-BMW			13	DNQ				DNQ					0
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	March 802-Hart							13						0
FRG Helmut Bross	March 792-Hart			14									Ret	0
ITA Marco Rocca	Osella FA2-BMW								15					0
March 782-BMW											Ret
SWE Eje Elgh	Maurer MM80-BMW	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret								Ret	0
AUT Markus Höttinger	Maurer MM80-BMW	Ret	Ret											0
GBR Divina Galica	March 792-Hart	Ret					Ret							0
FRA Patrick Gaillard	Maurer MM80-BMW					Ret	Ret							0
GBR Roy Baker	Chevron B48-Hart						Ret	DNQ						0
AUT Franz Konrad	March 792-BMW							DNQ					Ret	0
GBR Paul Smith	March 782-Hart							DNQ		Ret				0
FRG Wolfgang Locher	March 782-Hart	Ret												0
FRG Harald Grohs	March 792-Hart		Ret											0
FRG Helmut Kalenborn	Chevron B42-BMW			Ret										0
CHE Bruno Eichmann	March 802-BMW				Ret									0
BEL Patrick Nève	March 802-BMW							Ret						0
NLD Jan Lammers	March 802-BMW									Ret				0
ITA Enzo Coloni	March 782-BMW										Ret			0
AUT Willi Siller	Chevron B48-BMW											Ret		0
FRG Michael Korten	March 802-BMW												Ret	0
CHE Ami Guichard	March 782-BMW												Ret	0
GBR Geoff Lees	Ralt RH6-Honda												Ret	0
SWE Stefan Johansson	March 802-BMW	DNS												0
ITA Sergio Mingotti	Mirage M1-BMW				DNQ									0

Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.
Points system: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for first six finishers. Each driver's best nine results counted towards the championship.

References

"1980 European F2 Championship". Motor Sport Magazine.
Codling, Stuart. (16 May 2022). "The underdog F1 squad that thrust Senna into the limelight". [[Autosport]].

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