1979 British Grand Prix

Race

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	68	1:26:11.17	223.395	4	9
2	16	René Arnoux	Renault	68	+ 24.28 secs	222.351	5	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	67	+ 1 Lap	219.508	16	4
4	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	67	+ 1 Lap	219.051	7	3
5	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	67	+ 1 Lap	218.994	11	2
6	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	67	+ 1 Lap	218.626	17	1
7	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	66	Out of fuel		18
8	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	66	+ 2 Laps	216.216	8
9	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	66	+ 2 Laps	215.554	24
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	66	+ 2 Laps	215.338	15
11	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	65	+ 3 Laps	211.135	21
12	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	65	+ 3 Laps	211.064	12
13	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	65	+ 3 Laps	211.043	23
14	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	63	Fuel system		13
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	45	Gearbox		19
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	44	Engine		10
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	44	Fuel system		14
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	38	Water pump		1
Ret	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	37	Gearbox		20
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	25	Engine		22
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	21	Turbo		2
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	Brakes		6
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	Wheel		9
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	Spun off	196.716	3

DNQ	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth

Fastest lap: 1:14.40 - Clay Regazzoni (Lap 39)

Notes:		Elio de Angelis penalised 1 minute for jumping the start