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1979 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitZolder, 70 laps
Round6 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 319th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Zolder
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari701hr 39m 59.530s9
2-1(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth70+15.360s6
3+9(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+35.170s4
4+6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth70+46.490s3
5+11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth70+1m 04.310s2
6+13(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth70+1m 05.850s1
7-1(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari69DNF 
8+12(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
9+14(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
10+11(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
11 (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo23DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo23DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault22DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo21DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)13DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault13DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth1DNF 

Notes

  • Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 69 in P3 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Alan Jones ended lap 39 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.130

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
2(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
5(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
7(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
8(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth
10(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
14(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
15(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
18(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
19(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth
21(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth
22(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
23(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth
(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Gianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Jacques Laffite24
2(ZAF) Jody Scheckter24
3(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve20
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
5(ARG) Carlos Reutemann19
6(USA) Mario Andretti12
7(FRA) Didier Pironi8
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier7
9(GBR) John Watson5
10(AUS) Alan Jones4
11(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
12(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(AUT) Niki Lauda1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari45
2Ligier-Ford Cosworth44
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth33
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth15
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth5
6Williams-Ford Cosworth4
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth2
8Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1
=Brabham-Alfa Romeo1

Stats & milestones

Wins
8th for Jody Scheckter (first win since 1977; first for Ferrari)
76th for Ferrari
Podiums
30th for Jody Scheckter (9th driver to score 30 podiums, 1st South African driver)
11th for Jacques Laffite
1st for Didier Pironi (131st different podium finisher, 12th French driver)
249th for Ferrari
67th for Tyrrell
12th for Ligier
Poles
5th for Jacques Laffite
5th for Ligier
1-2 start
4th for Ligier
Fastest laps
5th for Gilles Villeneuve
87th for Ferrari
Front row starts
7th and last for Jacques Laffite
7th for Patrick Depailler