Although he attained two pole positions in 1980, Jabouille’s only win of the season came at Osterreichring, the race later famous as the debut of Lotus driver Nigel Mansell. In high altitude the Renaults had a natural advantage, and Jabouille qualified second behind his teammate, Rene Arnoux. Behind them on the grid were the Williams-Cosworths and the Ligiers. At the start Alan Jones pressed his Williams past Jabouille and Arnoux for the lead. By the third lap it was clear that the Renaults’ power superiority remained. On the fourth lap the order reversed, Arnoux leading from Jabouille and Jones. As dicing continued behind them, the Renault drivers drove away only to find that pit stops dropped Arnoux into 10th place, and gave Jabouille the lead. As the race waned, Jabouille developed tire problems but handled the car skillfully to take victory by one second over Alan Jones.

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Drivers Rene Arnoux and Jean-Pierre Jabouille watched as the French engineers worked hard during the off-season to make the very powerful 1.5-litre, twin turbocharged engine more reliable.

By the end of the season, Arnoux had won two Grands Prix victories (Brazil and South Africa) while Jabouille scored one victory (Austria). At the 1980 French Grand Prix, Renault was expected to do very well due to the nature of the long straight at the Paul Ricard circuit. Arnoux started in second position and finished fifth while Jabouille started a disappointing sixth and blew his transmission on the first lap. It was obvious that Renault still had a ways to go until the bugs were completely worked out of their very sophisticated cars.

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Although he attained two pole positions in 1980, Jabouille’s only win of the season came at Osterreichring, the race later famous as the debut of Lotus driver Nigel Mansell. In high altitude the Renaults had a natural advantage, and Jabouille qualified second behind his teammate, Rene Arnoux. Behind them on the grid were the Williams-Cosworths and the Ligiers. At the start Alan Jones pressed his Williams past Jabouille and Arnoux for the lead. By the third lap it was clear that the Renaults’ power superiority remained. On the fourth lap the order reversed, Arnoux leading from Jabouille and Jones. As dicing continued behind them, the Renault drivers drove away only to find that pit stops dropped Arnoux into 10th place, and gave Jabouille the lead. As the race waned, Jabouille developed tire problems but handled the car skillfully to take victory by one second over Alan Jones.

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Although he attained two pole positions in 1980, Jabouille’s only win of the season came at Osterreichring, the race later famous as the debut of Lotus driver Nigel Mansell. In high altitude the Renaults had a natural advantage, and Jabouille qualified second behind his teammate, Rene Arnoux. Behind them on the grid were the Williams-Cosworths and the Ligiers. At the start Alan Jones pressed his Williams past Jabouille and Arnoux for the lead. By the third lap it was clear that the Renaults’ power superiority remained. On the fourth lap the order reversed, Arnoux leading from Jabouille and Jones. As dicing continued behind them, the Renault drivers drove away only to find that pit stops dropped Arnoux into 10th place, and gave Jabouille the lead. As the race waned, Jabouille developed tire problems but handled the car skillfully to take victory by one second over Alan Jones.

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Drivers Rene Arnoux and Jean-Pierre Jabouille watched as the French engineers worked hard during the off-season to make the very powerful 1.5-litre, twin turbocharged engine more reliable.

By the end of the season, Arnoux had won two Grands Prix victories (Brazil and South Africa) while Jabouille scored one victory (Austria). At the 1980 French Grand Prix, Renault was expected to do very well due to the nature of the long straight at the Paul Ricard circuit. Arnoux started in second position and finished fifth while Jabouille started a disappointing sixth and blew his transmission on the first lap. It was obvious that Renault still had a ways to go until the bugs were completely worked out of their very sophisticated cars.

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