The Renault RE20 was a Formula One car raced by the Renault team in the 1980 season. The car was designed by François Castaing and Michel Têtu and designed using Ground effect aerodynamics . The car was powered by the 1.5L turbocharged Renault Gordini EF1 engine, which by 1981 was producing a reported 520 bhp (388 kW; 527 PS). This was roughly 50 more than the 3.0L Cosworth DFV V8 still in wide use at the time in Formula One, though Renault's power did lag behind the new 560 bhp (418 kW; 568 PS) turbocharged engine being used by Ferrari . In keeping with everything French on the car, the tyres used by Renault were Michelin .
22-507: The driving lineup for the all French team was made up at the time entirely of French drivers. Driving the RE20 in 1980 were Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux , while in 1981 Arnoux continued with the team but Jabouille was replaced by a young Alain Prost who had made his Formula One debut in 1980 for McLaren . The Renault RE20 achieved three Grand Prix wins during the 1980 season. Arnoux won both
44-951: A Matra to 3rd at the Le Mans 24 Hours , and repeated this feat in 1974, when he also won the Formula neo race at Hockenheim , and finished as runner-up in the European 2-litre series for Alpine . He also made his first appearances in Formula One , failing to qualify an Iso–Marlboro at the French Grand Prix , and a Surtees at the Austrian Grand Prix . 1975 saw Jabouille sever his ties with Alpine , and gain Elf backing to make his own Formula Two chassis. He finished runner-up to Jacques Laffite , but finally made his full Grand Prix debut, finishing 12th in
66-670: A deflating front tire. After going back out, the car was still bottoming, but once his fuel load lightened, he set the race's fastest lap, which would have qualified him third. Nearing the halfway point, the Ferraris were running first and second. Then, on lap 23, Villeneuve's engine blew a piston, and Jones, who had overtaken Andretti two laps earlier, inherited second, 35 seconds behind Reutemann. On lap 25, Lauda passed Andretti for third, and three laps later, Andretti's engine blew. Scheckter and Jean-Pierre Jabouille 's Renault were battling for fourth, which became third when Lauda also blew up just
88-448: A lap after Andretti. Jarier was immediately behind them and closing rapidly. When Jabouille ran into brake trouble, he was caught by both Scheckter and Jarier. Jarier went by both of them to take third, while Scheckter also passed Jabouille to regain fourth. Jarier's race ended with three and a half laps to go when he ran out of fuel, giving Scheckter the final podium position. Reutemann came home almost twenty seconds ahead of Jones to take
110-586: A sweep of the two United States races in 1978 by finishing 19 seconds ahead of Australian Alan Jones . Andretti developed brake problems early on and would retire with a blown engine. Ronnie Peterson had been killed following a multiple car pile-up at the Italian Grand Prix. Following the race, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) had a meeting centering on Riccardo Patrese , who the GPDA blamed for
132-463: A works Tyrrell at the French Grand Prix . For 1976 he concentrated on Formula Two , finally winning the title. Jabouille was signed up by Formula One team Renault to develop their new 1.5l turbocharged engine for 1977. The RS01 car debuted at the 1977 British Grand Prix , but initially the turbo engine (a first for Formula One ) was fragile and suffered from severe turbo lag, making it difficult to drive on tight circuits. However, Jabouille, who
154-678: The 1984 CART series , as team manager. Jabouille returned to racing in the mid-1980s, driving in the French Supertouring Championship before joining Peugeot to help develop their sports car programme at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This culminated in third places for the marque in both the 1992 and 1993 races. In 1994 he succeeded Jean Todt as director of Peugeot Sport, but unsuccessful seasons for Peugeot as engine suppliers in Formula One with McLaren and Jordan saw him sacked in 1995. Following that, he ran his own sports car team in
176-812: The Brazilian and South African races while Jabouille was the winner of the Austrian Grand Prix . A modified version of the car, the RE20B, raced in first five races of the 1981 season. The RE20B was replaced by the Renault RE30 . ( key ) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) * 48 points scored in 1981 using the Renault RE30 Italics indicate factory team. Jean-Pierre Jabouille Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille (1 October 1942 – 2 February 2023)
198-553: The Canadian Grand Prix caused a sizeable accident, which left him with a broken leg, just after he had signed with Ligier for 1981. His injuries saw him sit out the first two races of the 1981 season, but it soon became clear he was not fully fit, failing to qualify for two of his four attempts, at which point he decided to retire from Formula One. Subsequently he stayed with Ligier and became team manager in 1982. In 1984 he transferred to Ligier's joint entry with Curb Racing in
220-643: The ISRS . Jabouille died on 2 February 2023 at the age of 80. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Italics indicate factory team. 1978 United States Grand Prix The 1978 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 1, 1978, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York . This event
242-534: The South African Grand Prix , and then won their first victory, fittingly at the French Grand Prix , also from pole. This was the first victory for a turbocharged car in Formula One. He took two more poles, at the German and Italian Grands Prix, but poor reliability meant the win was his only score. In 1980, Jabouille took two more poles and another win at the Austrian Grand Prix . A suspension failure in
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#1732877161493264-471: The crash. The GPDA filed an injunction to bar Patrese from participating in the 1978 United States Grand Prix weekend, which was allowed. Patrese, who believed that he was not to blame for the fatal accident at Monza, was furious at this action taken, and he tried unsuccessfully to stop the race from taking place. Replacing the late Peterson for this race and the next one in Canada was Jean-Pierre Jarier . Friday
286-469: The field to finish fifth. After one lap, Andretti had a four car-length lead over Reutemann and Villeneuve. They were followed by Jones, Lauda, Jarier, Hunt, Watson and Scheckter. Knowing the car had a brake problem, Andretti was hoping he could cope with it, as he had at Monza. Immediately, his lead began to disintegrate. On lap three, Reutemann went by, and on lap four, Villeneuve. As the Ferraris pulled away, Jarier came in on lap 11 from 11th place to change
308-544: The life of Peterson. Bobby Rahal had been enlisted from Formula Atlantic to partner Jody Scheckter , as Canadian Walter Wolf was running two cars for the first time. Starting carefully in his first F1 drive, Rahal took more than a second off his lap time in the Friday afternoon session, then another half-second on Saturday and qualified 20th. High winds on Saturday meant that only eight drivers improved their times, with Alan Jones jumping up to third spot on his last lap. Despite
330-430: The part was blamed, and, with no time to test the spare car, Andretti used his teammate Jean-Pierre Jarier 's car for the race. At the start, Andretti took the lead, while Emerson Fittipaldi and Héctor Rebaque (in 13th and 23rd places) both immediately burned out their clutches. Rebaque's race was over, but Fittipaldi managed to get his car in gear, nursed it around for a lap while it cooled off, and then drove through
352-452: The podium with the winner's trophy before the race. Sunday produced threatening skies, but no rain. On the last lap of the morning warm-up, the rear stub axle on Andretti's Lotus broke in the left-hander entering The Anvil (nicknamed " Ickx's Corner" after a crash the Belgian had there in 1976 ). The car spun several times and then hit the barrier, knocking off a rear wheel. Faulty material in
374-414: The wind, Andretti improved his pace-setting time to 1:38.114, more than a second ahead of Reutemann. After Friday's qualifying, Andretti had been so pleased with his car that he said, "We don't know any more that we can do. She is so right. What can I say?" Race organizers feared that an Andretti win would trigger pandemonium in the massive crowd, and they had Mario and his wife, Dee Ann, pose for photos on
396-580: Was a French racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1981 . Jabouille won two Formula One Grands Prix across seven seasons. Jabouille raced in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, collecting two wins during the first years of Renault 's turbocharged programme in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Jabouille also raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, driving for Alpine , Matra , Sauber , and Peugeot and collecting four third-place overall finishes in 1973, 1974, 1992, and 1993. Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille
418-617: Was also referred to as the United States Grand Prix East in order to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West held on April 2, 1978, in Long Beach, California . At the preceding Italian Grand Prix , Mario Andretti had secured the driver's championship. At Watkins Glen, Andretti put his Lotus 79 on the pole before a record crowd of over 150,000 fans, but Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann completed
440-549: Was an engineer by trade persevered and developed the RS01 throughout, recording several notable qualifying positions in 1978, and landed the marque's first points with 4th place at the United States Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen , a circuit particularly tough on fuel consumption- one of the Renault turbo's biggest weaknesses. 1979 saw Renault expand to run a second car for René Arnoux . Jabouille secured Renault's first Formula One pole at
462-563: Was born on 1 October 1942 in Paris, then occupied by Nazi Germany . Jabouille first made his mark in French Formula Three in 1967, and continued in 1968, maintaining the car himself on his way to the runner up spot behind François Cevert . For 1969 he was contracted as a development driver by Alpine , having several disjointed runs in Formula Two and sports cars . In 1973, he co-drove
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#1732877161493484-439: Was warm and sunny, and Andretti set a new track record of 1:39.82. He later lowered that to 1:38.92, ahead of the Ferraris of Reutemann and Canadian rookie Gilles Villeneuve , then the two Brabhams of Niki Lauda and John Watson . American Brett Lunger , about to drive in his last Formula One race, was at the wheel of an Ensign for the first time, after his McLaren was damaged in the opening lap crash at Monza that claimed
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