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| Round 3 of the FIA World Rally Championship 1980 | |
| Start: | 4 March 1980 in Estoril |
| Finish: | 9 March 1980 in Estoril |
| Distance: | 2641.4 km including 673.5 km over 47 special stages |
| Special stage surface: | Asphalt and gravel |
| Participants: | 101 teams at the start, 16 at the finish |
| Final classification | |||||||
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Pos | Total time |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | Pos | Behind winner | ||
| 1 | 5 | Walter Röhrl | Frg | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 1 | 8:45.35 |
| Christian Geistdörfer | Frg | Fiat Italia | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Markku Alén | Fin | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 2 | 8:59.54 |
| Ilkka Kivimäki | Fin | Fiat Italia | 3 | 2 | 14.19 | ||
| 3 | 16 | Guy Fréquelin | Fra | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 2 | 1 | 9:16.04 |
| Jean Todt | Fra | Talbot Cars GB | 4 | 1 | 30.29 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Björn Waldegård | Swe | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 9:29.22 |
| Hans Thorszelius | Swe | C. Santos - Mercedes | 4 | 1 | 43.47 | ||
| 5 | 17 | Ingvar Carlsson | Swe | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 9:40.22 |
| Claes Billstam | Swe | C. Santos - Mercedes | 4 | 2 | 54.47 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ove Andersson | Swe | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4 | 5 | 9:54.51 |
| Henry Liddon | Gbr | Toyota Team Europe | 3 | 3 | 1:09.16 | ||
| 7 | 21 | Carlos Torres | Por | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1 | 1 | 10:08.13 |
| António Morais | Por | 3 | 1 | 1:22.38 | |||
| 8 | 25 | Jorge Recalde | Arg | Ford Escort RS | 4 | 6 | 10:49.39 |
| Hector Moyana | Arg | 3 | 4 | 2:04.04 | |||
| 9 | 36 | 'Ray' | Mon | Ford Escort RS | 4 | 7 | 11:09.22 |
| Pierre Gandolfo | Fra | 3 | 5 | 2:23.47 | |||
| 10 | 24 | Maciej Stawowiak | Pol | FSO Polonez 2000 | 4 | 8 | 11:15.34 |
| Ryszard Żyszkowski | Pol | 3 | 6 | 2:29.59 | |||
| Retirements | |||||||
| SS | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Reason | |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | ||||
| R25 | 1 | Hannu Mikkola | Fin | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Accident | |
| Arne Hertz | Swe | Rothmans Rally Team | 3 | ||||
| R12 | 3 | Bernard Darniche | Fra | Lancia Stratos HF | 4 | Head gasket | |
| Alain Mahé | Fra | Team Chardonnet | 4 | ||||
| R25 | 7 | Ari Vatanen | Fin | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | Accident | |
| David Richards | Gbr | Rothmans Rally Team | 3 | ||||
| R10 | 9 | Jochi Kleint | Frg | Opel Ascona 400 | 4 | Accident | |
| Gunter Wanger | Frg | Opel Euro Händler | 4 | ||||
| R14 | 10 | Attilio Bettega | Ita | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | Road accident | |
| Arnaldo Bernacchini | Ita | Fiat Italia | 3 | ||||
| R14 | 11 | Timo Salonen | Fin | Datsun 160J | 2 | Road accident | |
| Seppo Harjanne | Fin | Team Datsun Europe | 3 | ||||
| R11 | 12 | Anders Kulläng | Swe | Opel Ascona 400 | 4 | Accident | |
| Bruno Berglund | Swe | Opel Euro Händler | 4 | ||||
| R27 | 14 | Per Eklund | Swe | Triumph TR 7 V8 | 4 | Fuel pump | |
| Hans Sylvan | Swe | British Leyland Cars | 4 | ||||
| R23 | 15 | Jean-Luc Thérier | Fra | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4 | Halfshaft | |
| Michel Vial | Fra | Toyota Team Europe | 3 | ||||
| R3 | 18 | Tony Pond | Gbr | Triumph TR 7 V8 | 4 | Engine | |
| Fred Gallagher | Gbr | British Leyland Cars | 4 | ||||
| R28 | 19 | Andy Dawson | Gbr | Datsun 160J | 2 | Accident | |
| Kevin Gormley | Gbr | Team Datsun Europe | 3 | ||||
| R25 | 20 | Henri Toivonen | Fin | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 2 | Rear axle | |
| Antero Lindqvist | Fin | Talbot Cars GB | 4 | ||||
| R | 22 | 'Mêquêpê' | Por | Opel Kadett GT/E | 1 | Suspension | |
| Miguel Vilar | Por | 3 | |||||
| R | 32 | Tomasz Ciecierzyński | Pol | FSO Polonez 2000 | 4 | Driveshaft | |
| Jacek Rózański | Pol | 3 | |||||
| R | 34 | Joaquim Moutinho | Por | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1 | Transmission | |
| Miguel Sottomayor | Por | 3 | |||||
| R | 35 | Włodzimierz Groblewski | Pol | FSO Polonez 2000 | 4 | Driver ill | |
| Jacek Lewandowski | Pol | 3 | |||||
| Leg 1 | Estoril - Póvoa do Varzim | 15 stages over 170 km |
| Leg 2 | Póvoa do Varzim - Póvoa do Varzim | 8 stages over 137 km |
| Leg 3 | Póvoa do Varzim - Estoril | 15 stages over 300.5 km |
| Leg 4 | Estoril - Estoril | 9 stages over 66 km |