Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon kakar 1980, motar Piquet ta zira kwallaye a gasar Argentine da Afirka ta Kudu
, a bayan Alan Jones 'Williams FW07-DFV da kuma turbocharged Renault RE20 na René Arnoux. A tseren na huɗu na kakar, United States Grand Prix West, Piquet ya cancanci matsayi na biyu fiye da na biyu a cikin BT49 wanda ke nuna wasu sabuntawa ga gefen gefen, jiki da dakatarwa, kafin ya jagoranci tseren, wanda aka gudanar a titunan Long Beach, California, daga farawa zuwa gamawa. BT49s a hannun Piquet sun zira kwallaye bakwai daga cikin zagaye goma da suka rage na gasar. Zuwa ƙarshen kakar, an sake yin amfani da dakatarwa don Grand Prix na Dutch a kan babban gudun Circuit Park Zandvoort, yana ƙara tsawon ƙafafun ƙafafu da inci uku kuma yana ba da damar motar ta yi aiki a cikin ƙaramin tsari. Piquet ya yi nasara bayan da Jones ya lalata rigunan FW07 a kan hanyoyi. Piquet ya kuma lashe tseren na gaba, wanda ya ba kansa jagora ta maki daya a kan direban Williams Jones. A ƙarshen kakar wasan, BT49 ya kasance "mai yiwuwa mafi sauri Cosworth-powered mota", amma Piquet ya rasa lakabi ga Jones a tseren na ƙarshe na shekara, da, lokacin da injin ci gaba ya kasa yayin da yake jagorantar tseren. BT49s da direbobin na biyu na ƙungiyar suka tuka -Zunino sannan daga tsakiyar kakar Mexico Héctor Rebaque - ko dai sun yi ritaya ko kuma sun gama a waje da maki, ban da na shida na Rebaque a tseren Kanada. Teamungiyar ta gama ta uku a gasar zakarun masu kera bayan Williams da Ligier, ba za su iya yin gasa ba tare da motar mota ɗaya kawai.