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World Championship 1979
Championship standings
| Pos | Sportsman | Pts | Vict | Pod | ARG | BRE | AFS | EUO | ESP | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR | ALL | AUT | NET | ITA | CAN | EUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | 59 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | 53 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |  Alan Jones | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 22 |
| 5 |  Clay Regazzoni | 32 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 21 |
| 7 | Patrick Depailler | 22 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | Rene Arnoux | 17 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 2 | |
| 9 |  John Marshall Watson | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | Jean Pierre Jarier | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 19 | ||
| 12 | Didier Pironi | 14 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 16 | |
| 14 | Niki Lauda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Elio De Angelis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | |
| 16 | Jacky Ickx | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 23 | |||||||
| 17 | Jochen Mass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 23 | ||
| 18 | Nelson Piquet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 8 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 11 | ||
| 20 | Hans Joachim Stuck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 5 | |||
| 21 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 22 | Vittorio Brambilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  Derek Daly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||
| 24 | Patrick Gaillard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Bruno Giacomelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 26 | James Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 19 | ||||||||
| 27 | Jan Lammers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 28 | Geoff Lees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 |  Hector Rebaque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 16 | |||||
| 30 |  Keke Rosberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||
| 31 | Patrick Tambay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 32 | Ricardo Zunino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
Results and calendar
Argentina GP - 1979-01-21
| 1 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | 1:36'03.21 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 14.94 | 6.00 |
| 3 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1'28.81 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler (Ligier-Ford) | + 1'41.72 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 2.00 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Elio De Angelis (Shadow-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 9 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
Brazil - Interlagos - 1979-02-04
| 1 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | 1:40'09.64 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler (Ligier-Ford) | + 5.28 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 44.14 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1'25.88 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese (Arrows-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Jean Pierre Jabouille (Renault) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
South African Grand Prix - 1979-03-03
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | 1:41'49.96 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 3.42 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 22.11 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | + 27.88 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 1'06.97 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Niki Lauda (Brabham-Alfa Romeo) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | James Hunt (Wolf-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay (McLaren-Ford) | + 3 Laps | 0.00 |
United States Grand Prix West - 1979-04-08
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | 1:50'25.40 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 29.38 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | + 59.69 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | + 1'04.33 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler (Ligier-Ford) | + 1'23.52 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Elio De Angelis (Shadow-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
España - Jarama - 1979-04-29
| 1 | Patrick Depailler (Ligier-Ford) | 1:39'11.84 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 20.94 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | + 27.31 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 28.68 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 30.39 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 48.43 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 52.31 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 1'14.84 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Rene Arnoux (Renault) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese (Arrows-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
Belgium - Zolder - 1979-05-13
| 1 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | 1:39'59.53 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | + 15.36 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 35.17 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 46.49 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese (Arrows-Ford) | + 1'04.31 | 2.00 |
| 6 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1'05.85 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | Hans Joachim Stuck (ATS-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Jan Lammers (Shadow-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
Monaco - Monte Carlo - 1979-05-27
| 1 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | 1:55'22.48 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 0.44 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 8.57 | 4.00 |
| 4 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 41.31 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler (Ligier-Ford) | + 7 Laps | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | Wheel | 1.00 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
| 8 | Jean Pierre Jabouille (Renault) | out | 0.00 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | out | 0.00 |
France - Dijon-Prenois - 1979-07-01
| 1 | Jean Pierre Jabouille (Renault) | 1:35'20.42 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 14.59 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Rene Arnoux (Renault) | + 14.83 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | + 36.61 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1'04.51 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 1'05.51 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Keke Rosberg (Wolf-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay (McLaren-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
Great Britain - Silverstone - 1979-07-14
| 1 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | 1:26'11.17 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Rene Arnoux (Renault) | + 24.28 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 4.00 |
| 4 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 3.00 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | +1 Lap | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jacky Ickx (Ligier-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay (McLaren-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 9 | Hector Rebaque (Rebaque-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 3 Laps | 0.00 |
Germany - Hockenheim - 1979-07-29
| 1 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | 1:24'48.83 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 2.91 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | + 18.39 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 31.20 | 3.00 |
| 5 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1'37.80 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Geoff Lees (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Jan Lammers (Shadow-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
Austria - Spielberg - 1979-08-12
| 1 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | 1:27'38.01 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 36.05 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | + 46.77 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 47.21 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 48.92 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Rene Arnoux (Renault) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 8 | Derek Daly (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay (McLaren-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
Dutch Grand Prix - 1979-08-26
| 1 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | 1:41'19.775 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 21.783 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ford) | + 1'03.253 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 3.00 |
| 5 | Jacky Ickx (Ligier-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass (Arrows-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 1.00 |
| 7 | Hector Rebaque (Rebaque-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 0.00 |
| 8 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | out | 0.00 |
| 10 | Elio De Angelis (Shadow-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
Italy - Monza - 1979-09-09
| 1 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | 1:22'00.22 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | +0.46 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 4.78 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda (Brabham-Alfa Romeo) | + 54.40 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | + 59.70 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jean Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1'01.55 | 1.00 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann (Lotus-Ford) | + 1'24.14 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 9 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 0.00 |
Canada - Montreal - 1979-09-30
| 1 | Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) | 1:52'06.892 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | + 1.080 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni (Williams-Ford) | + 1'13.656 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | + 1 Lap | 3.00 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 2.00 |
| 6 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 2 Laps | 1.00 |
| 7 | Ricardo Zunino (Brabham-Ford) | + 4 Laps | 0.00 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi-Ford) | + 5 Laps | 0.00 |
| 9 | Jan Lammers (Shadow-Ford) | + 5 Laps | 0.00 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) | Spun Off | 0.00 |
United States Grand Prix East - 1979-10-07
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | 1:52'17.734 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Rene Arnoux (Renault) | + 48.787 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi (Tyrrell-Ford) | + 53.199 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Elio De Angelis (Shadow-Ford) | + 1'30.512 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Hans Joachim Stuck (ATS-Ford) | + 1'41.259 | 2.00 |
| 6 | John Marshall Watson (McLaren-Ford) | + 1 Lap | 1.00 |
| 7 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi-Ford) | + 5 Laps | 0.00 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
| 9 | Derek Daly (Tyrrell-Ford) | out | 0.00 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter (Ferrari) | out | 0.00 |