1979 Formula One season

The 1979 Formula One season crowned as champion Jody Scheckter.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	23x15px Argentine Grand Prix	January 21	Oscar Gálvez	23x15px Jacques Laffite	23x15px Ligier-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	February 4	Interlagos	23x15px Jacques Laffite	23x15px Ligier-Ford	Report
3	23x15px South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	23x15px Gilles Villeneuve	23x15px Ferrari	Report
4	23x15px United States Grand Prix West	April 8	Long Beach	23x15px Gilles Villeneuve	23x15px Ferrari	Report
5	File:Flag of Spain (1938–1945).svg Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Jarama	23x15px Patrick Depailler	23x15px Ligier-Ford	Report
6	23x15px Belgian Grand Prix	May 13	Zolder	23x15px Jody Scheckter	23x15px Ferrari	Report
7	23x15px Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco	23x15px Jody Scheckter	23x15px Ferrari	Report
8	23x15px French Grand Prix	July 1	Dijon-Prenois	23x15px Jean-Pierre Jabouille	23x15px Renault	Report
9	23x15px British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	23x15px Clay Regazzoni	23x15px Williams-Ford	Report
10	23x15px German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring	23x15px Alan Jones	23x15px Williams-Ford	Report
11	23x15px Austrian Grand Prix	August 12	Österreichring	23x15px Alan Jones	23x15px Williams-Ford	Report
12	23x15px Dutch Grand Prix	August 26	Zandvoort	23x15px Alan Jones	23x15px Williams-Ford	Report
13	23x15px Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	23x15px Jody Scheckter	23x15px Ferrari	Report
14	23x15px Canadian Grand Prix	September 30	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	23x15px Alan Jones	23x15px Williams-Ford	Report
15	23x15px United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	23x15px Gilles Villeneuve	23x15px Ferrari	Report

1979 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG 23x15px	BRA File:Flag of Brazil.svg	RSA 23x15px	USW 23x15px	ESP File:Flag of Spain (1938–1945).svg	BEL 23x15px	MON 23x15px	FRA 23x15px	GBR 23x15px	GER 23x15px	AUT 23x15px	NED 23x15px	ITA 23x15px	CAN 23x15px	USE 23x15px	Pts^[1]
1	23x15px Jody Scheckter	Ret	6	2	2	4	1	1	7	5	4	4	2	1	4	Ret	51 (60)
2	23x15px Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	5	1	1	7	7	Ret	2	14	8	2	Ret	2	2	1	47 (53)
3	23x15px Alan Jones	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	1	1	1	9	1	Ret	40 (43)
4	23x15px Jacques Laffite	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	36
5	23x15px Clay Regazzoni	10	15	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	6	1	2	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	29 (32)
6	23x15px Carlos Reutemann	2	3	5	Ret	2	4	3	13	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	20 (25)
7	23x15px Patrick Depailler	4	2	Ret	5	1	Ret	5									20 (22)
8	23x15px René Arnoux	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	17
9	23x15px John Watson	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	4	11	4	5	9	Ret	Ret	6	6	15
10	23x15px Didier Pironi	Ret	4	Ret	DSQ	6	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	7	Ret	10	5	3	14
11	23x15px Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	3	6	5	11	Ret	5	3			Ret	6	Ret	Ret	14
12	23x15px Mario Andretti	5	Ret	4	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10	Ret	14
13	23x15px Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	NC	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9
14	23x15px Niki Lauda	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	4	WD		4
15	23x15px Elio de Angelis	7	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	16	12	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3
16	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
17	23x15px Jacky Ickx								Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	23x15px Jochen Mass	8	7	12	9	8	Ret	6	15	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	3
19	23x15px Riccardo Patrese	DNS	9	11	Ret	10	5	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	2
20	23x15px Hans Joachim Stuck	DNS	Ret	Ret	DSQ	14	8	Ret	DNS	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	2
21	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi	6	11	13	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7	1
22	23x15px Hector Rebaque	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		12	9	Ret	DNQ	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
23	23x15px Patrick Tambay	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	DNQ	DNQ	10	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	23x15px Ricardo Zunino														7	Ret	0
25	23x15px Geoff Lees										7						0
26	23x15px Derek Daly	11	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				8			Ret	Ret	0
27	23x15px James Hunt	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
28	23x15px Jan Lammers	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	12	10	DNQ	18	11	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9	DNQ	0
29	File:Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg								9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	0
30	23x15px Vittorio Brambilla													12	Ret	DNQ	0
31	23x15px Patrick Gaillard								DNQ	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
32	23x15px Bruno Giacomelli						Ret		17					Ret		Ret	0
—	23x15px Arturo Merzario	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	23x15px Marc Surer													DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	23x15px Gianfranco Brancatelli					DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ									0
—	Alex Ribeiro														DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	ARG 23x15px	BRA	RSA 23x15px	USW 23x15px	ESP	BEL 23x15px	MON 23x15px	FRA 23x15px	GBR 23x15px	GER 23x15px	AUT 23x15px	NED 23x15px	ITA 23x15px	CAN 23x15px	USE 23x15px	Pts

1979 Formula One Season Media

Jody Scheckter during the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix.jpg

South African Jody Scheckter won the Drivers' Championship, driving for Ferrari.
Gilles Villeneuve 1979 Imola.jpg

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve finished runner-up in the Drivers' Championship to Ferrari teammate Scheckter.
Alan Jones 1980.jpg

Australian Alan Jones (pictured in 1980) finished third in the Drivers' Championship, driving for Williams.
Ferrari 312T4 front-right Museo Ferrari.jpg

Ferrari won the International Cup for F1 Constructors with its 312T3 and 312T4 (pictured) models.
Jones at 1979 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg

Williams placed second with its FW06 and FW07 (pictured) models.
Ligier JS11 2008 Goodwood.jpg

Ligier placed third with its JS11 model.

References

↑ Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[points-1] Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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