1979 Belgian Grand Prix

Sun, May 13th, 1979Round 6

Track:	Circuit Terlaemen
Official race name:	XXXVII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Round:	6 (of 15)
Race number:	319
Date:	Sun, May 13th, 1979
Time:	14.00
Track length:	4.262 km
Laps:	70
Race distance:	298.340 km
Weather:	Hot and dry

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Jacques Laffite	24
2	Jody Scheckter	24	(25)
3	Gilles Villeneuve	20		4
4	Patrick Depailler	20		4
5	Carlos Reutemann	19	(21)	5
6	Mario Andretti	12		12
7	Didier Pironi	8		16
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7		17
9	John Watson	5		19
10	Alan Jones	4		20
11	Riccardo Patrese	2		22
12	Emerson Fittipaldi	1		23
13	Niki Lauda	1		23
14	Elio de Angelis	0		24
15	Jochen Mass	0		24
16	Nelson Piquet	0		24
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	0		24
18	James Hunt	0		24
19	Clay Regazzoni	0		24
20	René Arnoux	0		24
21	Jan Lammers	0		24
22	Patrick Tambay	0		24
23	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0		24
24	Derek Daly	0		24

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ferrari	45
2	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	44	1
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	33	12
4	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	15	30
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	5	40
6	Williams-Ford Cosworth	4	41
7	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	2	43
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	44
9	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1	44
10	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	45
11	ATS-Ford Cosworth	0	45
12	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	0	45
13	Renault	0	45
14	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	45

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:21.13		100.0	189.119
2	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:21.20	0.07	100.1	188.956
3	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:21.35	0.22	100.3	188.607
4	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:21.59	0.46	100.6	188.052
5	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:21.83	0.70	100.9	187.501
6	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:22.08	0.95	101.2	186.930
7	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:22.09	0.96	101.2	186.907
8	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:22.40	1.27	101.6	186.204
9	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:22.55	1.42	101.8	185.866
10	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:22.56	1.43	101.8	185.843
11	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:22.68	1.55	101.9	185.573
12	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:22.85	1.72	102.1	185.193
13	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:22.87	1.74	102.1	185.148
14	35	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:23.15	2.02	102.5	184.524
15	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:23.63	2.50	103.1	183.465
16	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:23.92	2.79	103.4	182.831
17	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:24.02	2.89	103.6	182.614
18	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:24.33	3.20	103.9	181.942
19	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:24.37	3.24	104.0	181.856
20	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:24.62	3.49	104.3	181.319
21	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:24.76	3.63	104.5	181.019
22	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:25.08	3.95	104.9	180.339
23	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:25.18	4.05	105.0	180.127
24	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:25.48	4.35	105.4	179.495
(25)	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:25.69	4.56	105.6	179.055
(26)	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:25.92	4.79	105.9	178.575
(27)	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:27.83	6.70	108.3	174.692
(28)	36	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford Cosworth	1:34.48	13.35	116.5	162.396
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