1979 French Grand Prix

Sun, July 1st, 1979Round 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

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

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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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
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