- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Team
- Brabham
- Top listed
- Nelson Piquet, Riccardo Patrese, and Emerson Fittipaldi
- Race date
- March 30, 1980
- Pole
- Nelson Piquet
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Classified drivers
- 27
- Circuit
- Long Beach
The decisive result
Nelson Piquet finished first for Brabham. Riccardo Patrese is listed 2 for Arrows, with Emerson Fittipaldi 3 for Fittipaldi.
Grid to finish
Emerson Fittipaldi from P24 to P3 (+21), John Watson from P21 to P4 (+17), and Jody Scheckter from P16 to P5 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nelson Piquet started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 +1 lap, 5 Accident, 4 Transmission, 3 DNQ, and 3 Finished. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:19.830 on lap 38. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.