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1979 French Grand Prix
Sun, July 1st, 1979
Round 8
Track:
Circuit de Dijon-Prenois
Official race name:
LXV Grand Prix de France
Round:
8
(of 15)
Race number:
321
Date:
Sun, July 1st, 1979
Time:
14.00
Track length:
3.800 km
Laps:
80
Race distance:
304.000 km
Weather:
Overcast 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
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
80
1:35:20.42
191.315
1
9
2
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
80
+ 14.59 secs
190.828
3
6
3
16
René Arnoux
Renault
80
+ 14.83 secs
190.820
2
4
4
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 36.61 secs
190.098
7
3
5
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 1m 4.51 secs
189.181
10
2
6
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 1m 5.51 secs
189.149
9
1
7
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
79
+ 1 Lap
188.225
5
8
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
187.478
8
9
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
187.088
16
10
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 2 Laps
185.155
20
11
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 2 Laps
184.806
15
12
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 2 Laps
184.468
23
13
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
77
Accident
187.156
13
14
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 3 Laps
183.847
19
15
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
75
+ 5 Laps
178.834
22
16
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
75
+ 5 Laps
178.596
24
17
35
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
75
+ 5 Laps
178.314
17
18
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
73
+ 7 Laps
172.508
21
Ret
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
71
Rear suspension
175.645
11
Ret
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
53
Engine
185.751
18
Ret
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
52
Accident
189.225
4
Ret
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
51
Brakes
163.047
12
Ret
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
45
Engine
173.136
14
Ret
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
23
Spun off
185.639
6
DNS
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
Tyre dispute
DNQ
22
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:09.16 -
René Arnoux
(Lap 71)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
René Arnoux
Renault
1:07.45
1
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:07.19
R
o
w
2
4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:08.13
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:07.65
R
o
w
3
6
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:08.20
5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:08.15
R
o
w
4
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:08.55
7
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:08.23
R
o
w
5
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:08.80
9
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:08.65
R
o
w
6
12
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:09.35
11
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:08.95
R
o
w
7
14
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:09.68
13
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:09.36
R
o
w
8
16
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:10.15
15
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:09.97
R
o
w
9
18
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:10.61
17
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
1:10.59
R
o
w
10
20
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:10.92
19
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:10.70
R
o
w
11
22
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:11.14
21
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:11.14
R
o
w
12
24
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:12.23
23
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:11.97
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:07.19
100.0
203.602
2
16
René Arnoux
Renault
1:07.45
0.26
100.4
202.817
3
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:07.65
0.46
100.7
202.217
4
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:08.13
0.94
101.4
200.793
5
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:08.15
0.96
101.4
200.734
6
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:08.20
1.01
101.5
200.587
7
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:08.23
1.04
101.5
200.498
8
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:08.55
1.36
102.0
199.562
9
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:08.65
1.46
102.2
199.272
10
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:08.80
1.61
102.4
198.837
11
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:08.95
1.76
102.6
198.405
12
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:09.35
2.16
103.2
197.260
13
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:09.36
2.17
103.2
197.232
14
25
Jacky Ickx
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:09.68
2.49
103.7
196.326
15
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:09.97
2.78
104.1
195.512
16
20
Keke Rosberg
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:10.15
2.96
104.4
195.011
17
35
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
1:10.59
3.40
105.1
193.795
18
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:10.61
3.42
105.1
193.740
19
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:10.70
3.51
105.2
193.494
20
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:10.92
3.73
105.6
192.893
21
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:11.14
3.95
105.9
192.297
22
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:11.14
3.95
105.9
192.297
23
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:11.97
4.78
107.1
190.079
24
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:12.23
5.04
107.5
189.395
(25)
22
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:13.00
5.81
108.6
187.397
(26)
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:14.95
7.76
111.5
182.522
(27)
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:11.75
4.56
106.8
190.662
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jody Scheckter
30
(34)
2
Gilles Villeneuve
26
4
3
Jacques Laffite
24
6
4
Patrick Depailler
20
(22)
10
5
Carlos Reutemann
20
(25)
10
6
Mario Andretti
12
18
7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
9
21
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
9
21
9
John Watson
8
22
10
Didier Pironi
8
22
11
Clay Regazzoni
7
23
12
Alan Jones
7
23
13
René Arnoux
4
26
14
Riccardo Patrese
2
28
15
Jochen Mass
1
29
16
Emerson Fittipaldi
1
29
17
Niki Lauda
1
29
18
Elio de Angelis
0
30
19
Nelson Piquet
0
30
20
Hans-Joachim Stuck
0
30
21
James Hunt
0
30
22
Keke Rosberg
0
30
23
Patrick Tambay
0
30
24
Jan Lammers
0
30
25
Derek Daly
0
30
26
Hector Rebaque
0
30
27
Bruno Giacomelli
0
30
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Ferrari
60
2
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
46
14
3
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
37
23
4
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17
43
5
Williams-Ford Cosworth
14
46
6
Renault
13
47
7
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
8
52
8
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
3
57
9
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
59
10
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1
59
11
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
0
60
12
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
60
13
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
60
14
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
0
60
15
Alfa Romeo
0
60
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