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1979 Canadian Grand Prix
Sun, September 30th, 1979
Round 14
Track:
Circuit Île Notre-Dame
Official race name:
XVIII Grand Prix du Canada
Round:
14
(of 15)
Race number:
327
Date:
Sun, September 30th, 1979
Time:
14.00
Track length:
4.410 km
Laps:
72
Race distance:
317.520 km
Weather:
Sunny, mild and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
72
1:52:06.892
169.926
1
9
2
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
72
+ 1.080 secs
169.898
2
6
3
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
72
+ 1m 13.656 secs
168.085
3
4
4
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
71
+ 1 Lap
9
3
5
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
71
+ 1 Lap
6
2
6
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
70
+ 2 Laps
17
1
7
5
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
68
+ 4 Laps
19
8
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
67
+ 5 Laps
15
9
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
67
+ 5 Laps
21
10
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
66
Out of fuel
10
Ret
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
61
Gearbox
4
Ret
36
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
52
Fuel system
18
Ret
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
47
Gearbox
16
Ret
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
33
Engine
13
Ret
33
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
28
Engine
24
Ret
31
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque-Ford Cosworth
26
Chassis
22
Ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
24
Brakes
7
Ret
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
24
Ignition
23
Ret
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
23
Rear suspension
11
Ret
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
20
Spun off
14
Ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
19
Engine
20
Ret
16
René Arnoux
Renault
14
Collision
8
Ret
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
14
Collision
12
Ret
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
10
Engine
5
DNQ
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
22
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
19
Alex Ribeiro
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
Np
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Retired from sport
Fastest lap:
1:31.272 -
Alan Jones
(Lap 65)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
1
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:29.892
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:30.554
R
o
w
2
3
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:30.768
4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:30.775
R
o
w
3
5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:30.820
6
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:31.941
R
o
w
4
7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:32.103
8
René Arnoux
Renault
1:32.116
R
o
w
5
9
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:32.280
10
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:32.651
R
o
w
6
11
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:32.682
12
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:32.858
R
o
w
7
13
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:33.065
14
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:33.090
R
o
w
8
15
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:33.297
16
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:33.355
R
o
w
9
17
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:33.362
18
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
1:33.378
R
o
w
10
19
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:33.511
20
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:33.603
R
o
w
11
21
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:34.102
22
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque-Ford Cosworth
1:34.129
R
o
w
12
23
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:34.256
24
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:34.301
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:29.892
100.0
176.612
2
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:30.554
0.662
100.7
175.321
3
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:30.768
0.876
101.0
174.907
4
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:30.775
0.883
101.0
174.894
5
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:30.820
0.928
101.0
174.807
6
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:31.941
2.049
102.3
172.676
7
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:32.103
2.211
102.5
172.372
8
16
René Arnoux
Renault
1:32.116
2.224
102.5
172.348
9
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:32.280
2.388
102.7
172.042
10
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:32.651
2.759
103.1
171.353
11
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:32.682
2.790
103.1
171.295
12
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:32.858
2.966
103.3
170.971
13
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:33.065
3.173
103.5
170.590
14
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:33.090
3.198
103.6
170.545
15
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:33.297
3.405
103.8
170.166
16
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:33.355
3.463
103.9
170.061
17
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:33.362
3.470
103.9
170.048
18
36
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
1:33.378
3.486
103.9
170.019
19
5
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:33.511
3.619
104.0
169.777
20
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:33.603
3.711
104.1
169.610
21
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:34.102
4.210
104.7
168.711
22
31
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque-Ford Cosworth
1:34.129
4.237
104.7
168.662
23
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:34.256
4.364
104.9
168.435
24
33
Derek Daly
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:34.301
4.409
104.9
168.355
(25)
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:34.365
4.473
105.0
168.240
(26)
22
Marc Surer
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:34.747
4.855
105.4
167.562
(27)
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:35.061
5.169
105.8
167.009
(28)
19
Alex Ribeiro
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:36.901
7.009
107.8
163.837
(29)
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:37.590
7.698
108.6
162.681
(30)
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
No Time
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jody Scheckter
51
(60)
2
Gilles Villeneuve
44
7
3
Alan Jones
40
(43)
11
4
Jacques Laffite
36
15
5
Clay Regazzoni
29
(32)
22
6
Patrick Depailler
20
(22)
31
7
Carlos Reutemann
20
(25)
31
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
14
37
9
Mario Andretti
14
37
10
John Watson
14
37
11
René Arnoux
11
40
12
Didier Pironi
10
41
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9
42
14
Niki Lauda
4
47
15
Nelson Piquet
3
48
16
Jochen Mass
3
48
17
Jacky Ickx
3
48
18
Riccardo Patrese
2
49
19
Emerson Fittipaldi
1
50
20
Elio de Angelis
0
51
21
Hector Rebaque
0
51
22
Patrick Tambay
0
51
23
Geoff Lees
0
51
24
Ricardo Zunino
0
51
25
Derek Daly
0
51
26
Hans-Joachim Stuck
0
51
27
James Hunt
0
51
28
Jan Lammers
0
51
29
Keke Rosberg
0
51
30
Vittorio Brambilla
0
51
31
Patrick Gaillard
0
51
32
Bruno Giacomelli
0
51
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Ferrari
104
2
Williams-Ford Cosworth
75
29
3
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
61
43
4
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
39
65
5
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24
80
6
Renault
20
84
7
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
14
90
8
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
7
97
9
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
5
99
10
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1
103
11
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
0
104
12
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
0
104
13
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
104
14
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
104
15
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
0
104
16
Alfa Romeo
0
104
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