1979 Austrian Grand Prix

Sun, August 12th, 1979Round 11

Track:	Österreichring
Official race name:	XVII Großer Preis von Österreich
Round:	11 (of 15)
Race number:	324
Date:	Sun, August 12th, 1979
Time:	14.00
Track length:	5.942 km
Laps:	54
Race distance:	320.868 km
Weather:	Mild and dry

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Jody Scheckter	38	(42)
2	Gilles Villeneuve	32		6
3	Jacques Laffite	32		6
4	Alan Jones	25		13
5	Clay Regazzoni	24		14
6	Patrick Depailler	20	(22)	18
7	Carlos Reutemann	20	(25)	18
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	13		25
9	John Watson	13		25
10	Mario Andretti	12		26
11	René Arnoux	11		27
12	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9		29
13	Didier Pironi	8		30
14	Riccardo Patrese	2		36
15	Jochen Mass	2		36
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	1		37
17	Niki Lauda	1		37
18	Jacky Ickx	1		37
19	Elio de Angelis	0		38
20	Nelson Piquet	0		38
21	Patrick Tambay	0		38
22	Geoff Lees	0		38
23	Derek Daly	0		38
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	0		38
25	James Hunt	0		38
26	Hector Rebaque	0		38
27	Keke Rosberg	0		38
28	Jan Lammers	0		38
29	Patrick Gaillard	0		38
30	Bruno Giacomelli	0		38

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ferrari	74
2	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	55	19
3	Williams-Ford Cosworth	49	25
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	37	37
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	21	53
6	Renault	20	54
7	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	13	61
8	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4	70
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	73
10	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1	73
11	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	74
12	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	0	74
13	ATS-Ford Cosworth	0	74
14	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	74
15	Alfa Romeo	0	74

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:34.07		100.0	227.397
2	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:34.28	0.21	100.2	226.890
3	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:34.45	0.38	100.4	226.482
4	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:35.51	1.44	101.5	223.968
5	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:35.70	1.63	101.7	223.524
6	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:35.82	1.75	101.9	223.244
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:35.85	1.78	101.9	223.174
8	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:35.92	1.85	102.0	223.011
9	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:36.10	2.03	102.2	222.593
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:36.26	2.19	102.3	222.223
11	4	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:36.42	2.35	102.5	221.854
12	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:36.67	2.60	102.8	221.281
13	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:36.71	2.64	102.8	221.189
14	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:36.72	2.65	102.8	221.166
15	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:37.11	3.04	103.2	220.278
16	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:37.16	3.09	103.3	220.165
17	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:37.32	3.25	103.5	219.803
18	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:37.93	3.86	104.1	218.434
19	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:38.38	4.31	104.6	217.434
20	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:38.85	4.78	105.1	216.401
21	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:39.31	5.24	105.6	215.398
22	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:39.44	5.37	105.7	215.117
23	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:39.45	5.38	105.7	215.095
24	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:41.10	7.03	107.5	211.585
(25)	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:41.16	7.09	107.5	211.459
(26)	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:45.75	11.68	112.4	202.281
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