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Home / Seasons / 1979 F1 World Championship Season / 1979 British Grand Prix

1979 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1979
Winner
  • Clay Regazzoni
  • Williams-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Alan Jones
  • Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Clay Regazzoni
  • Williams-Ford Cosworth
CircuitSilverstone, 68 laps
Round9 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 322nd World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Silverstone
More 1979 season
More British Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Non-qualifiers
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth681hr 26m 11.170s9
2+3(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault68+24.280s6
3+13(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+1 lap4
4+3(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth67+1 lap3
5+6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari67+1 lap2
6+11(BEL) Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth67+1 lap1
7+11(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
8 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth66+2 laps 
9+15(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)66+2 laps 
10+5(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth66+2 laps 
11+10(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth65+3 laps 
12 (ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth65+3 laps (60.000s) 
13+10(FRA) Patrick GaillardEnsign-Ford Cosworth65+3 laps 
14-1(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari63DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault21DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo12DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1DNF 

Notes

  • Patrick Tambay ended lap 66 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 63 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Elio de Angelis received a 60-second time penalty for a jump start. He originally finished P11.
  • Alan Jones ended lap 38 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:11.880

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter32
2(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve26
3(FRA) Jacques Laffite24
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
5(ARG) Carlos Reutemann20
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni16
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier13
8(USA) Mario Andretti12
9(GBR) John Watson11
10(FRA) Rene Arnoux10
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
12(FRA) Didier Pironi8
13(AUS) Alan Jones7
14(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
15(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(AUT) Niki Lauda1
=(DEU) Jochen Mass1
=(BEL) Jacky Ickx1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari62
2Ligier-Ford Cosworth47
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth37
4Williams-Ford Cosworth23
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth21
6Renault19
7McLaren-Ford Cosworth11
8Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
9Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1
=Brabham-Alfa Romeo1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Patrick Gaillard
Milestone race start
50th for Williams (17th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
5th and last for Clay Regazzoni (first win since 1976; only win for Williams; 1st driver to win the British Grand Prix for Williams)
1st for Williams (27th different winner)
Podiums
25th for Clay Regazzoni
3rd and last for Jean-Pierre Jarier
2nd for Rene Arnoux
68th for Tyrrell
5th for Williams
3rd for Renault
Poles
1st for Alan Jones (55th different polesitter, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian driver 1970)
1st for Williams (27th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
14th for Clay Regazzoni (first since 1976; first for Williams)
3rd for Williams
Front row starts
3rd for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1st for Alan Jones (96th different front row starter, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian front row starter since 1970)
Win & fastest lap
4th and last for Clay Regazzoni (first since 1976; first Swiss driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1976; only win and fastest lap for Williams)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1979 World Championship season

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