Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · 13 January 1980
Alan Jones won the 1980 Argentine Grand Prix for Williams from 1st on the grid, 24.59s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Derek Daly gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 4th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Jones 9 + Reutemann 0 | Jones 9 + Reutemann 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Brabham Piquet 6 + Zunino 0 | Piquet 6 + Zunino 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fittipaldi Rosberg 4 + Fittipaldi 0 | Rosberg 4 + Fittipaldi 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Daly 3 + Jarier 0 | Daly 3 + Jarier 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 2 + Depailler 0 | Giacomelli 2 + Depailler 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | McLaren Prost 1 + Watson 0 | Prost 1 + Watson 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Scheckter 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ensign Regazzoni 0 | Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ligier Laffite 0 + Pironi 0 | Laffite 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Surer 0 | Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Team Lotus Andretti 0 + de Angelis 0 | Andretti 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Renault Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | Jabouille 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | 1:43:24.380 | 53 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +24.590s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1:18.640 | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Derek Daly Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:23.480 | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Zunino Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Engine | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 45 | — | — | |
| NC | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | NC | 44 | — | — | |
| NC | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | NC | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Marc Surer ATS | ATS | DNF Heat shield fire | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Fuel system | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | DNF Gearbox | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Suspension | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Gearbox | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Gearbox | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Suspension | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — |