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1979 results

RdGrand PrixWinner2nd3rdFastest lapPole position
1Argentina

(Buenos Aires)		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:36:03.21
197.580 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 14.94 secs
197.069 km/h		John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
+ 1m 28.81 secs
194.581 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:46.91
200.962 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:44.20
206.188 km/h
2Brazil

(Interlagos)		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:40:09.64
188.673 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
+ 5.28 secs
188.507 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 44.14 secs
187.297 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:28.76
190.551 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:23.07
198.130 km/h
3South Africa

(Kyalami)		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:41:49.96
188.611 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
+ 3.42 secs
188.505 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 22.11 secs
187.931 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:14.41
198.549 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:11.80
205.772 km/h
4United States West

(Long Beach)		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:50:25.400
142.201 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
+ 29.380 secs
141.573 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 59.690 secs
140.931 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:21.200
144.133 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:18.825
148.476 km/h
5Spain

(Jarama)		Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:39:11.84
154.419 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 20.94 secs
153.878 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 27.31 secs
153.714 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:16.44
160.314 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:14.50
164.489 km/h
6Belgium

(Zolder)		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:39:59.53
179.018 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
+ 15.36 secs
178.561 km/h		Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 35.17 secs
177.975 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:23.09
184.658 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:21.13
189.119 km/h
7Monaco

(Monte-Carlo)		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:55:22.48
130.902 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 0.44 secs
130.893 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 8.57 secs
130.740 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
1:28.82
134.240 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:26.45
137.920 km/h
8France

(Dijon)		Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:35:20.42
191.315 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+ 14.59 secs
190.828 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
+ 14.83 secs
190.820 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
1:09.16
197.802 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:07.19
203.602 km/h
9Great Britain

(Silverstone)		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:26:11.17
223.395 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
+ 24.28 secs
222.351 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 1 Lap
219.508 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:14.40
228.339 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:11.88
236.344 km/h
10Germany

(Hockenheim)		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:24:48.83
216.124 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 2.91 secs
216.000 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
+ 18.39 secs
215.346 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:51.89
218.432 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:48.48
225.299 km/h
11Austria

(Spielberg)		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:27:38.01
219.689 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+ 36.05 secs
218.193 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
+ 46.77 secs
217.752 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
1:35.77
223.360 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
1:34.07
227.397 km/h
12Netherlands

(Zandvoort)		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:41:19.775
187.675 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
+ 21.783 secs
187.005 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
+ 1m 3.253 secs
185.742 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:19.438
191.515 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
1:15.461
201.609 km/h
13Italy

(Monza)		Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
1:22:00.220
212.186 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+ 0.460 secs
212.166 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 4.780 secs
211.980 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:35.600
218.410 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:34.580
220.765 km/h
14Canada

(Montréal)		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:52:06.892
169.926 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+ 1.080 secs
169.898 km/h		Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 1m 13.656 secs
168.085 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:31.272
173.942 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:29.892
176.612 km/h
15United States

(Watkins Glen)		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:52:17.734
171.333 km/h		René Arnoux
Renault
+ 48.787 secs
170.101 km/h		Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 53.199 secs
169.990 km/h		Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
1:40.054
195.554 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:35.615
204.633 km/h