Who drove for Ferrari in 1980?
Following their championship-winning success in 1979, Ferrari entered the 1980 season with high expectations and an unchanged driver lineup. Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve returned with momentum, but what unfolded became one of the most disappointing campaigns in the team’s history. Briton James Hunt won the World Championship of Drivers, driving for McLaren. Niki Lauda (pictured in 1975) was runner up by one point, driving for Ferrari. Jody Scheckter (pictured in 1979) finished third in the standings.Jody Scheckter won the Drivers’ Championship, driving for Ferrari. Gilles Villeneuve finished runner-up in the Drivers’ Championship, 4 points behind Ferrari teammate Scheckter.Many fans and followers of F1 today may not remember ever seeing Niki race. But the Austrian’s record speaks for itself. Three World Championships, 25 wins, and 24 pole positions from 171 Grands Prix. Niki came through the ranks with a tidy, consistent, but supremely fast driving style.By mid-summer 1976 he had won five races and seemed a shoo-in to repeat as champion. Then came the German Grand Prix at the desperately dangerous Nurburgring. On the second lap Lauda’s Ferrari inexplicably crashed and burst into flames.Based on Records: Niki Lauda. Niki Lauda has 3 world championship titles while James Hunt has 1 world championship title in 1976 F1 season.
Who was the best F1 driver in the 80s?
Alain Prost Without doubt the most consistent and statistically most successful driver of the 1980s was the brilliant Alain Prost. The Frenchman made his F1 debut for McLaren in 1980 before three successful seasons for Renault, winning nine times and finishing second in the 1983 just two points behind Nelson Piquet. Ferrari and Renault retained their race-winning line-ups of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi and Alain Prost and René Arnoux, respectively.The McLaren of Alain Prost was ahead of Michele Alboreto’s Ferrari with Keke Rosberg (McLaren), Stefan Johansson (Ferrari) and the Ligier-Renault of Rene Arnoux next up.