Ford Cosworth

Active years:

1967 – 1985, 1987 – 2004 (37)

Statistics

Racing stats	All time	1979
Races entered:	556	15
Cars entered:	6855	311
Cars started:	5692	262
Pole positions:	139	7
Front row starts:	302	16
Victories:	176	8
Podia:	535	28
Fastest laps:	162	7
Points:	4680	229
Laps raced:	259764	11845
Kms raced:	1222670.817	55162.288
Races led:	228	11
Laps led:	10657	452
Kms led:	49099.258	2336.698

Partners	All time	1979
Car numbers:	56	25
Drivers:	314	30
Teams:	112	15
Entrants:	243	18
Constructors:	65	15
Car manufacturers:	65	15
Cars:	318	28
Engines:	16	1
Tyres:	8	1
Lubricants:	28	9

Ford Cosworth in 1979

Rd	Date	Grand Prix	Driver	Car	Engine	Grid	Race	Pts
1	21 Jan	Argentina	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	7	5	2
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	3	2	6
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	8	DNS	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	4	Ret	0
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	6	3	4
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	9	DNS	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV		DNS	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	11	6	1
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	16	7	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR7	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N177	DFV	24	11	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1B	DFV	22	DNS	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	2	4	3
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	1	1	9
			Alan Jones	Williams FW06	DFV	15	9	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW06	DFV	17	10	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	13	DNS	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	14	8	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	19	Ret	0
2	04 Feb	Brazil	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	4	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	3	3	4
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	8	4	3
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	15	DNS	0
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	14	8	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M26	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	9	11	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	14	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	20	12	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR7	DFV	10	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N177	DFV	23	13	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1B	DFV		DNQ	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	2	2	6
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	1	1	9
			Alan Jones	Williams FW06	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW06	DFV	17	15	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	16	9	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	19	7	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV		DNQ	0
3	03 Mar	South Africa	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	8	4	3
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	11	5	2
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	7	Ret	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	9	3	4
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	17	10	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6	DFV	18	13	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	15	Ret	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR7	DFV	13	8	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1B	DFV		DNQ	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	6	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW06	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW06	DFV	22	9	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	16	11	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	20	12	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	23	Ret	0
4	08 Apr	United States West	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	6	4	3
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	2	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	17	Dsq	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	7	6	1
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	21	Dsq	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	16	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	20	7	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR8	DFV	8	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N179	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1B	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	4	5	2
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW06	DFV	10	3	4
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW06	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	9	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	13	9	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	23	Ret	0
5	29 Apr	Spain	Mario Andretti	Lotus 80	DFV	4	3	4
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	8	2	6
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	10	6	1
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	12	5	2
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	20	13	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	21	14	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	19	11	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	24	12	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	22	Ret	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR7	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N177	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	2	1	9
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	1	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	16	10	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	17	8	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen WK	DFV		DNQ	0
6	13 May	Belgium	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	10	4	3
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	12	3	4
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	11	11	0
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	19	6	1
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M26	DFV		DNQ	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	20	8	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	23	9	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	10	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	24	Ret	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR8	DFV	9	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N177	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	2	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	1	2	6
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	4	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	8	Ret	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	16	5	2
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen WK	DFV		DNQ	0
7	27 May	Monaco	Mario Andretti	Lotus 80	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	11	3	4
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	7	Ret	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	6	Ret	0
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	14	4	3
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV		DNQ	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	17	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV		DNQ	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV		DNQ	0
			James Hunt	Wolf WR7	DFV	10	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Gianfranco Brancatelli	Merzario A2	DFV		DNPQ	0
			Patrick Depailler	Ligier JS11	DFV	3	5	2
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	9	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	16	2	6
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A1B	DFV	8	6	1
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV		Np	0
8	01 Jul	France	Mario Andretti	Lotus 80	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	13	13	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	11	Ret	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	10	5	2
			John Watson	McLaren M28	DFV	15	11	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	20	10	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV		DNS	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	18	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	24	16	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR8	DFV	16	9	0
			Patrick Gaillard	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	8	8	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	7	4	3
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	9	6	1
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	19	14	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	22	15	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	23	12	0
9	14 Jul	Great Britain	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	9	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	8	8	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	15	10	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	16	3	4
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	7	4	3
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M28	DFV	18	7	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F5A	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	11	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	12	12	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR7	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Patrick Gaillard	Ensign N179	DFV	23	13	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	17	6	1
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	10	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	1	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	4	1	9
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	20	Ret	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	24	9	0
10	29 Jul	Germany	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	11	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	8	9	0
			Geoff Lees	Tyrrell 009	DFV	16	7	0
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	12	5	2
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D2	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	20	10	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	11	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR8	DFV	17	Ret	0
			Patrick Gaillard	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	3	3	4
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	2	1	9
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	6	2	6
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	18	6	1
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	24	Ret	0
11	12 Aug	Austria	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	17	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	10	7	0
			Derek Daly	Tyrrell 009	DFV	11	8	0
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	16	9	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	14	10	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D3	DFV	18	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR9	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Patrick Gaillard	Ensign N179	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	8	3	4
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	2	1	9
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	6	5	2
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	20	Ret	0
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV		DNQ	0
12	26 Aug	Netherlands	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	17	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	10	Ret	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	16	Ret	0
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D3	DFV	15	Ret	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR9	DFV	8	Ret	0
			Patrick Gaillard	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	20	5	2
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	7	3	4
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	2	1	9
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	3	Ret	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	18	6	1
			Hector Rebaque	Lotus 79	DFV	24	7	0
13	09 Sep	Italy	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	10	5	2
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	13	7	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	12	10	0
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	16	6	1
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D3	DFV	15	11	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	20	8	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV		DNQ	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR8	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Marc Surer	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	11	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	7	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	4	9	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	6	3	4
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	17	13	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Hector Rebaque	Rebaque HR100	DFV		DNQ	0
14	30 Sep	Canada	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	10	10	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	11	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	6	5	2
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	13	Ret	0
			Ricardo Zunino	Brabham BT49	DFV	19	7	0
			Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49	DFV	4	Ret	0
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	17	6	1
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	20	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D3	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Niki Lauda	Brabham BT49	DFV		Np	0
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	15	8	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV	21	9	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	23	Ret	0
			Alex Ribeiro	Copersucar F6A	DFV		DNQ	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR9	DFV		DNQ	0
			Marc Surer	Ensign N179	DFV		DNQ	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	16	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	1	1	9
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	3	3	4
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1B	DFV	14	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Hector Rebaque	Rebaque HR100	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Derek Daly	Tyrrell 009	DFV	24	Ret	0
15	07 Oct	United States	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79	DFV	17	Ret	0
			Carlos Reutemann	Lotus 79	DFV	6	Ret	0
			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 009	DFV	10	3	4
			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell 009	DFV	11	Ret	0
			Ricardo Zunino	Brabham BT49	DFV	9	Ret	0
			Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49	DFV	2	Ret	0
			John Watson	McLaren M29	DFV	13	6	1
			Patrick Tambay	McLaren M29	DFV	22	Ret	0
			Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS D3	DFV	14	5	2
			Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar F6A	DFV	23	7	0
			Jan Lammers	Shadow DN9	DFV		DNQ	0
			Elio de Angelis	Shadow DN9	DFV	20	4	3
			Alex Ribeiro	Copersucar F6A	DFV		DNQ	0
			Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR9	DFV	12	Ret	0
			Marc Surer	Ensign N179	DFV	21	Ret	0
			Arturo Merzario	Merzario A4	DFV		DNQ	0
			Jacky Ickx	Ligier JS11	DFV	24	Ret	0
			Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS11	DFV	4	Ret	0
			Alan Jones	Williams FW07	DFV	1	Ret	0
			Clay Regazzoni	Williams FW07	DFV	5	Ret	0
			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A2	DFV	19	Ret	0
			Jochen Mass	Arrows A2	DFV		DNQ	0
			Hector Rebaque	Rebaque HR100	DFV		DNQ	0
			Derek Daly	Tyrrell 009	DFV	15	Ret	0

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