1979 Formula One season

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1979 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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Index: Races by country \| Races by season

The 1979 Formula One season included the 30th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 21, 1979, and ended on October 7 after fifteen races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1979 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1979 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Notes

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 21	Oscar Gálvez	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	February 4	Interlagos	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 8	Long Beach	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Jarama	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 13	Zolder	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
7	Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 1	Dijon-Prenois	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	Report
10	German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	August 12	Österreichring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
12	Dutch Grand Prix	August 26	Zandvoort	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 30	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report

[edit] 1979 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312T3 312T4 312T4B	Ferrari 015	M	113	6	13	2
2	Williams-Ford	FW06 FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	75	5	10	3
3	Ligier-Ford	JS11	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	61	3	8	4
4	Lotus-Ford	79 80	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	39		5
5	Tyrrell-Ford	009	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	28		4
6	Renault	RS01 RS10	Renault-Gordini EF1	M	26	1	4	6
7	McLaren-Ford	M26 M28 M28B M28C M29	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	15		1
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT46 BT48	Alfa Romeo 1260	G	7
9	Arrows-Ford	A1B A2	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	5
10	Shadow-Ford	DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	3
11	ATS-Ford	D2 D3	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	2
12	Fittipaldi-Ford	F5A F6 F6A	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	1
13	Alfa Romeo	177 179	Alfa Romeo 115-12 Alfa Romeo 1260	G
14	Kauhsen-Ford	WK	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
15	Wolf-Ford	WR7-9	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
16	Brabham-Ford	BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
17	Ensign-Ford	N177 N179	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
18	Rebaque-Ford	HR100	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
19	Merzario-Ford	A1B A2	Ford Cosworth DFV	G

[edit] 1979 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	Pts^[1]
1	Jody Scheckter	Ret	6	2	2	4	1	1	7	5	4	4	2	1	4	Ret	51 (60)
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	5	1	1	7	7	Ret	2	14	8	2	Ret	2	2	1	47 (53)
3	Alan Jones	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	1	1	1	9	1	Ret	40 (43)
4	Jacques Laffite	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	36
5	Clay Regazzoni	10	15	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	6	1	2	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	29 (32)
6	Carlos Reutemann	2	3	5	Ret	2	4	3	13	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	20 (25)
7	Patrick Depailler	4	2	Ret	5	1	Ret	5									20 (22)
8	René Arnoux	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	17
9	John Watson	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	4	11	4	5	9	Ret	Ret	6	6	15
10	Didier Pironi	Ret	4	Ret	DSQ	6	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	7	Ret	10	5	3	14
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	3	6	5	11	Ret	5	3			Ret	6	Ret	Ret	14
12	Mario Andretti	5	Ret	4	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10	Ret	14
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	NC	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9
14	Niki Lauda	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	4	WD		4
15	Elio de Angelis	7	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	16	12	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3
16	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
17	Jacky Ickx								Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	Jochen Mass	8	7	12	9	8	Ret	6	15	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	3
19	Riccardo Patrese	DNS	9	11	Ret	10	5	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	2
20	Hans Joachim Stuck	DNS	Ret	Ret	DSQ	14	8	Ret	DNS	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	2
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	6	11	13	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7	1
22	Hector Rebaque	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		12	9	Ret	DNQ	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
23	Patrick Tambay	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	DNQ	DNQ	10	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Ricardo Zunino														7	Ret	0
25	Geoff Lees										7						0
26	Derek Daly	11	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				8			Ret	Ret	0
27	James Hunt	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
28	Jan Lammers	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	12	10	DNQ	18	11	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9	DNQ	0
29	Keke Rosberg								9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	0
30	Vittorio Brambilla													12	Ret	DNQ	0
31	Patrick Gaillard								DNQ	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
32	Bruno Giacomelli						Ret		17					Ret		Ret	0
—	Arturo Merzario	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Marc Surer													DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	Gianfranco Brancatelli					DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ									0
—	Alex Ribeiro														DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	Pts

Here bold indicates a pole position while italic indicates a fastest lap.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

^ Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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