Ka cika wannan jumla: Amma, shekara ta gaba, ƙungiyar ta fi samun ci gaba. Giacomelli ya sami matsayi na 6 mai ban mamaki don Alfa Romeo a Brands Hatch don Babban Prix na Burtaniya na 1980. Giacomelli ya sanya na uku a lokacin da ya cancanci shiga gasar Italiya ta 1980 a Imola. Uku daga cikin ma'aikatansa shida sun sami raunuka a ranar Juma'a kafin tseren, lokacin da helikwaftan su ya fadi a kan hanyar zuwa hanyar. Ya lashe matsayi na farko don
1980 United States Grand Prix a Watkins Glen, New York a cikin Alfa Romeo. Giacomelli ya inganta lokacinsa na ranar buɗewa da dakika 1.25 tare da lokacin minti 1 da dakika 33.29 a kan hanyar mil 3.37. Koyaya, duk da waɗannan walƙiya na saurin Giacomelli kawai ya sami damar gama uku daga cikin tsere goma sha huɗu na kakar saboda haɗari ko lalacewar inji; kodayake biyu daga cikin kammalawa sun kasance wurare na biyar a farkon kakar 1980 na Argentine Grand Prix da kuma 1980 na Jamus Grand Prix, don haka ya tara masa maki huɗu kuma ya sanya shi na 16 a cikin Gasar Drivers.