1979 F1 Championship Standings

See all 1979 F1 results for each race, driver and team.

Here you can find the 1979 F1 teams overview, we also have all other F1 results since 1950.

1979 F1 Championship Overview

1979 F1 World Championship

NO	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	1979 Argentine F1 GP	January 21	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	53	01:36:03.210
2	1979 Brazilian Grand F1 GP	February 4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	40	01:40:09.640
3	1979 South African F1 GP	March 3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	78	01:41:49.960
4	1979 USA West F1 GP	April 8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	80	01:50:25.400
5	1979 Spanish F1 GP	April 29	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	75	01:39:11.840
6	1979 Belgian F1 GP	May 13	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	70	01:39:59.530
7	1979 Monaco F1 GP	May 27	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	76	01:55:22.480
8	1979 French F1 GP	July 1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	80	01:35:20.420
9	1979 British F1 GP	July 14	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	68	01:26:11.170
10	1979 German F1 GP	July 29	Alan Jones	Williams	45	01:24:48.830
11	1979 Austrian F1 GP	August 12	Alan Jones	Williams	54	01:27:38.010
12	1979 Dutch F1 GP	August 26	Alan Jones	Williams	75	01:41:19.775
13	1979 Italian F1 GP	September 9	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	50	01:22:00.220
14	1979 Canadian F1 GP	September 30	Alan Jones	Williams	72	01:52:06.892
15	1979 USA F1 GP	October 7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	59	01:52:17.734

1979 Formula 1 Drivers Championship Table

P	Driver	Pts	ARG	BRA	SOU	USW	SPA	BEL	MON	FRE	BRI	GER	OST	DUT	ITA	CAN	USA
1	Jody Scheckter	51 (60)	DNF	6	2	2	4	1	1	7	5	4	4	2	1	4	DNF
2	Gilles Villeneuve	47 (53)	DNF	5	1*	1*	7*	7*	DNF	2	14	8*	2	DNF*	2	2	1
3	Alan Jones	40 (43)	9	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	4	DNF	1	1	1	9	1*	DNF
4	Jacques Laffite	36	1*	1*	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	8	DNF	3	3	3	DNF	DNF	DNF
5	Clay Regazzoni	29 (32)	10	15	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	6	1*	2	5	DNF	3*	3	DNF
6	Carlos Reutemann	20 (25)	2	3	5	DNF	2	4	3	13	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	DNF
7	Patrick Depailler	20 (22)	4	2	DNF	5	1	DNF	5*
8	René Arnoux	17	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	9	DNF	DNF	3*	2	DNF	6*	DNF	DNF	DNF	2
9	John Watson	15	3	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	6	4	11	4	5	9	DNF	DNF	6	6
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	14	DNF	DNF	3	6	5	11	DNF	5	3			DNF	6	DNF	DNF
11	Didier Pironi	14	DNF	4	DNF	DSQ	6	3	DNF	DNF	10	9	7	DNF	10	5	3
12	Mario Andretti	14	5	DNF	4	4	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	10	DNF
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9	DNF	10	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	8	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14	DNF	DNF
14	Niki Lauda	4	DNF	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	WD	4	WD
15	Jacky Ickx	3								DNF	6	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF
16	Nelson Piquet	3	DNF	DNF	7	8	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	4	DNF	DNF	8*
17	Jochen Mass	3	8	7	12	9	8	DNF	6	15	DNF	6	DNF	6	DNF	DNQ	DNQ
18	Elio de Angelis	3	7	12	DNF	7	DNF	DNF	DNQ	16	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4
19	Hans Joachim Stuck	2	DNS	DNF	DNF	DSQ	14	8	DNF	DNS	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	5
20	Riccardo Patrese	2	DNS	9	11	DNF	10	5	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	6	11	13	DNF	11	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8	8	7
22	James Hunt	0	DNF	DNF	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
23	Hector Rebaque	0	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF		12	9	DNF	DNQ	7	DNQ	DNF	DNQ
24	Gianfranco Brancatelli	0					DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
25	Patrick Tambay	0	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	13	DNQ	DNQ	10	7	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
26	Arturo Merzario	0	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
27	Alex Ribeiro	0														DNQ	DNQ
28	Bruno Giacomelli	0						DNF		17					DNF		DNF
29	Derek Daly	0	11	13	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				8			DNF	DNF
30	Keke Rosberg	0								9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF
31	Marc Surer	0													DNQ	DNQ	DNF
32	Patrick Gaillard	0								DNQ	13	DNQ	DNF	DNQ
33	Ricardo Zunino	0														7	DNF
34	Geoff Lees	0										7
35	Jan Lammers	0	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	12	10	DNQ	18	11	10	DNF	DNF	DNQ	9	DNQ
36	Vittorio Brambilla	0													12	DNF	DNQ

1979 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	Laps	FL	RET	PTS
Alan Jones	15	4	0	1	5	3	812	1	7	43
Jody Scheckter	15	3	3	0	6	1	907	0	2	60
Gilles Villeneuve	15	3	4	0	7	1	914	6	4	53
Jacques Laffite	15	2	1	3	6	4	637	2	8	36
Clay Regazzoni	15	1	2	2	5	0	720	2	5	32
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	1	0	0	1	4	446	0	12	9
Carlos Reutemann	15	0	2	2	4	0	659	0	6	25
René Arnoux	15	0	2	1	3	2	502	2	10	17
John Watson	15	0	0	1	1	0	788	0	5	15
Mario Andretti	15	0	0	1	1	0	546	0	10	14
Didier Pironi	15	0	0	2	2	0	767	0	6	14
Elio de Angelis	15	0	0	0	0	0	631	0	8	3
Nelson Piquet	15	0	0	0	0	0	582	1	12	3
Jochen Mass	15	0	0	0	0	0	636	0	6	3
Riccardo Patrese	15	0	0	0	0	0	610	0	9	2
Hans Joachim Stuck	15	0	0	0	0	0	474	0	11	2
Emerson Fittipaldi	15	0	0	0	0	0	612	0	7	1
Patrick Tambay	15	0	0	0	0	0	429	0	11	0
Jan Lammers	15	0	0	0	0	0	535	0	8	0
Niki Lauda	14	0	0	0	0	0	358	0	12	4
Hector Rebaque	14	0	0	0	0	0	524	0	11	0
Arturo Merzario	14	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	14	0
Jean-Pierre Jarier	13	0	0	2	2	0	616	0	6	14
Derek Daly	10	0	0	0	0	0	292	0	7	0
Jacky Ickx	8	0	0	0	0	0	325	0	6	3
Keke Rosberg	8	0	0	0	0	0	261	0	7	0
Patrick Depailler	7	1	1	0	2	0	373	1	3	22
James Hunt	7	0	0	0	0	0	195	0	6	0
Patrick Gaillard	5	0	0	0	0	0	107	0	4	0
Bruno Giacomelli	4	0	0	0	0	0	124	0	3	0
Vittorio Brambilla	3	0	0	0	0	0	101	0	2	0
Marc Surer	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	3	0
Gianfranco Brancatelli	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Alex Ribeiro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Ricardo Zunino	2	0	0	0	0	0	93	0	1	0
Geoff Lees	1	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0

1979 Formula 1 Constructors Championship Table

P	Team	Car	ARG	BRA	SOU	USW	SPA	BEL	MON	FRE	BRI	GER	OST	DUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Pts
1	Ferrari	11	DNF	6	2	2	4	1	1	7	5	4	4	2	1	4	DNF	113
		12	DNF	5	1	1	7	7	DNF	2	14	8	2	DNF	2	2	1
2	Williams	27	9	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	4	DNF	1	1	1	9	1	DNF	75
		28	10	15	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	6	1	2	5	DNF	3	3	DNF
3	Ligier	25	4	2	DNF	5	1	DNF	5	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	61
		26	1	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	8	DNF	3	3	3	DNF	DNF	DNF
4	Team Lotus	1	5	DNF	4	4	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	10	DNF	39
		2	2	3	5	DNF	2	4	3	13	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	DNF
		31	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF		12	9	DNF	DNQ	7
5	Tyrrell	3	DNF	4	DNF	DSQ	6	3	DNF	DNF	10	9	7	DNF	10	5	3	28
		4	DNF	DNF	3	6	5	11	DNF	5	3	7	8	DNF	6	DNF	DNF
		33														DNF	DNF
6	Renault	15	DNF	10	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	8	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	26
		16	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	9	DNF	DNF	3	2	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	DNF	2
7	McLaren	7	3	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	6	4	11	4	5	9	DNF	DNF	6	6	15
		8	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	13	DNQ	DNQ	10	7	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
8	Brabham	5	DNF	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	WD	4	WD	DNF	7
		6	DNF	DNF	7	8	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	4	DNF	DNF	8
9	Arrows	29	DNS	9	11	DNF	10	5	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	5
		3	8	7	12	9	8	DNF	6	15	DNF	6	DNF	6	DNF	DNQ	DNQ
10	Shadow	17	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	12	10	DNQ	18	11	10	DNF	DNF	DNQ	9	DNQ	3
		18	7	12	DNF	7	DNF	DNF	DNQ	16	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4
11	ATS	9	DNS	DNF	DNF	DSQ	14	8	DNF	DNS	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	5	2
12	Fittipaldi	14	6	11	13	DNF	11	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8	8	7	1
		19														DNQ	DNQ
13	Rebaque	31													DNQ	DNF	DNQ	0
14	Merzario	24	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
15	Alfa Romeo	35						DNF		17					DNF		DNF	0
		36													12	DNF	DNQ
16	Kauhsen	36					DNQ	DNQ										0
17	Ensign	22	11	13	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	0
18	Wolf	2	DNF	DNF	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	0