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

1979 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 30 September 1979
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMontreal, 72 laps
Round14 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 327th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Montreal
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Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Non-qualifiers | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth721hr 52m 06.892s9
2 Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari72+1.080s6
3 Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth72+1m 13.656s4
4+5South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterFerrari71+1 lap3
5+1France flag lazyload Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap2
6+11United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps1
7+12Argentina flag lazyload Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth68+4 laps 
8+7Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth67+5 laps 
9+12Netherlands flag lazyload Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth67+5 laps 
10 USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo52DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Ireland flag lazyload Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueRebaque-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault24DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault14DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
Did not start
  Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaBrabham-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Mario Andretti ended lap 66 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Niki Lauda withdrew from the Grand Prix after announcing his retirement from F1 during practice. Ricardo Zunino was his replacement.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:29.892

PosDriverConstructor
1Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
2Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
3Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
6France flag lazyload Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
8France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault
9South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterFerrari
10USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
11Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
12Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth
13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
15Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
16Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth
17United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
18Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo
19Argentina flag lazyload Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21Netherlands flag lazyload Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth
22Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueRebaque-Ford Cosworth
23Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth
24Ireland flag lazyload Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

DriverConstructor
Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
Switzerland flag Marc SurerEnsign-Ford Cosworth
Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth
Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter51
2Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve44
3Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones40
4France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite36
5Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni29
6France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler20
7Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann20
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier14
9USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti14
10United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson14
11France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux11
12France flag lazyload Didier Pironi10
13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
14Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda4
15Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet3
16Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx3
17Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass3
18Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese2
19Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari104
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth75
3France flag lazyload Ligier-Ford Cosworth61
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth39
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth24
6France flag lazyload Renault20
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth14
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo7
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth5
10Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Ricardo Zunino
Rebaque (only start)
Wins
5th for Alan Jones
5th for Williams
Podiums
28th and last for Clay Regazzoni
8th for Alan Jones & Gilles Villeneuve
256th for Ferrari
11th & 12th for Williams
Poles
2nd for Alan Jones
2nd for Williams
Fastest laps
3rd for Alan Jones
5th for Williams
Front row starts
5th for Alan Jones
5th for Gilles Villeneuve (last until 1981)
Points finishes
52nd and last for Clay Regazzoni
Pole & win
1st for Alan Jones (31st different driver to win from pole, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian driver to win from pole since 1966)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Alan Jones (38th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1970)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Alan Jones (24th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 2nd Australian driver; first Australian driver to complete a hat-trick since 1966)

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Montreal circuit
  • 1979 World Championship season

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