United States Grand Prix West
Round 4 · 30 March 1980 ·Long Beach, California, United States
Patrese
Arrows
2
Piquet
Brabham
1
Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Brabham | 80 | 1:50:19.4 | 9 |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Arrows | 80 | +49.212 | 6 |
| 3 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazilian | Fittipaldi | 80 | +1:18.563 | 4 |
| 4 | John Watson |  British | McLaren | 79 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter |  South African | Ferrari | 79 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi |  French | Ligier | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass |  German | Arrows | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Derek Daly |  Irish | Tyrrell | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | French | Renault | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | French | Renault | 71 | +9 Laps | 0 |
| R | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | Fittipaldi | 58 | Overheating | 0 |
| R | Clay Regazzoni |  Swiss | Ensign | 50 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Bruno Giacomelli | Italian | Alfa Romeo | 49 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Williams | 47 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Gilles Villeneuve |  Canadian | Ferrari | 46 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Patrick Depailler | French | Alfa Romeo | 40 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Jacques Laffite | French | Ligier | 36 | Puncture | 0 |
| R | Eddie Cheever |  American | Osella | 11 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Carlos Reutemann |  Argentine | Williams | 3 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jarier | French | Tyrrell | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Elio de Angelis | Italian | Team Lotus | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Jan Lammers |  Dutch | ATS | 0 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Mario Andretti | American | Team Lotus | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Ricardo Zunino | Argentine | Brabham | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| F | Dave Kennedy | Irish | Shadow | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Geoff Lees | British | Shadow | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Stephen South | British | McLaren | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify