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1979 Formula 1

POS CAR DRIVER TEAM LAPS TIME GRID PTS
1 12  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 78 1:41:49.960 9
2 11  Jody Scheckter Ferrari 78 +3.420s 6
3 4  Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell Ford 78 +22.110s 4
4 1  Mario Andretti Lotus Ford 78 +27.880s 3
5 2  Carlos Reutemann Lotus Ford 78 +66.970s 2
6 5  Niki Lauda Brabham Alfa Romeo 77 +1 lap 1
7 6  Nelson Piquet Brabham Alfa Romeo 77 +1 lap 0
8 20  James Hunt Wolf Ford 77 +1 lap 0
9 28  Clay Regazzoni Williams Ford 76 +2 laps 0
10 8  Patrick Tambay McLaren Ford 75 +3 laps 0
11 29  Riccardo Patrese Arrows Ford 75 +3 laps 0
12 30  Jochen Mass Arrows Ford 74 +4 laps 0
13 14  Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Ford 74 +4 laps 0
14 31  Hector Rebaque Lotus Ford 71 DNF 0
NC 16  Rene Arnoux Renault 67 DNF 0
NC 27  Alan Jones Williams Ford 63 DNF 0
NC 7  John Watson McLaren Ford 61 DNF 0
NC 9  Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Ford 57 DNF 0
NC 15  Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 47 DNF 0
NC 26  Jacques Laffite Ligier Ford 45 DNF 0
NC 3  Didier Pironi Tyrrell Ford 25 DNF 0
NC 18  Elio de Angelis Shadow Ford 16 DNF 0
NC 25  Patrick Depailler Ligier Ford 4 DNF 0
NC 17  Jan Lammers Shadow Ford 2 DNF 0

1979 Teams Standings

# Team Points
1 Ferrari 113
2 Williams Ford 75
3 Ligier Ford 61
4 Lotus Ford 39
5 Tyrrell Ford 28
6 Renault 26
7 McLaren Ford 15
8 Brabham Alfa Romeo 7
9 Arrows Ford 5
10 Shadow Ford 3
11 ATS Ford 2
12 Fittipaldi Ford 1
13 Alfa Romeo 0
14 Brabham Ford 0
15 Ensign Ford 0
16 Rebaque Ford 0
17 Merzario Ford 0
18 Wolf Ford 0

1979 Driver Standings

# Driver Points
1  Jody Scheckter
2  Gilles Villeneuve
3  Alan Jones
4  Jacques Laffite
5  Clay Regazzoni
6  Carlos Reutemann
7  Patrick Depailler
8  Rene Arnoux
9  John Watson
10  Didier Pironi
11  Jean-Pierre Jarier
12  Mario Andretti
13  Jean-Pierre Jabouille
14  Niki Lauda
15  Elio de Angelis
16  Jacky Ickx
17  Jochen Mass
18  Nelson Piquet
19  Hans-Joachim Stuck
20  Riccardo Patrese
21  Emerson Fittipaldi
22  Arturo Merzario
23  Bruno Giacomelli
24  Derek Daly
25  Geoff Lees
26  Hector Rebaque
27  James Hunt
28  Jan Lammers
29  Keke Rosberg
30  Marc Surer
31  Patrick Gaillard
32  Patrick Tambay
33  Ricardo Zunino
34  Vittorio Brambilla