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

1979 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 July 1979
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jabouille
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jabouille
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux
  • France flag lazyload Renault
CircuitDijon-Prenois, 80 laps
Round8 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 French Grand Prix was the

  • 321st World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Dijon-Prenois
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault801hr 35m 20.420s9
2+1Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari80+14.590s6
3-1France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault80+14.830s4
4+3Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth80+36.610s3
5+5France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+1m 04.510s2
6+3Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth80+1m 05.510s1
7-2South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterFerrari79+1 lap 
8 France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
9+7Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
10+10France flag lazyload Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
11+4United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
12+11Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)78+2 laps 
13 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth77DNF 
14+5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
15+7Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth75+5 laps 
16+8Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth75+5 laps 
17 Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo75+5 laps 
18+3Netherlands flag lazyload Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth73+7 laps 
R France flag lazyload Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo52DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo23DNF 
Did not start
  Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Carlos Reutemann ended lap 77 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:07.190

PosDriverConstructor
1France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
2France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxRenault
3Canada flag lazyload Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterFerrari
6Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
8France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
9Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
13Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
14Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLigier-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth
17Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
18Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21Netherlands flag lazyload Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth
22Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
23Mexico flag lazyload Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Patrick GaillardEnsign-Ford Cosworth
Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1979 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter30
2Canada flag lazyload Gilles Villeneuve26
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite24
4France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler20
5Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann20
6USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti12
7France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jabouille9
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier9
9France flag lazyload Didier Pironi8
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson8
11Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni7
12Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones7
13France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux4
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese2
15Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi1
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda1
=Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari60
2France flag lazyload Ligier-Ford Cosworth46
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth37
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth17
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth14
6France flag lazyload Renault13
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
9Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st for Jean-Pierre Jabouille (64th different winner, 6th French driver; first driver to win the French Grand Prix for Renault)
1st for Renault (26th different winner)
Podiums
5th for Gilles Villeneuve, 1st for Jean-Pierre Jabouille & Rene Arnoux (132nd & 133rd different podium finishers, 13th & 14th French drivers)
251st for Ferrari, 1st & 2nd for Renault (38th different podium finisher)
Poles
2nd for Jean-Pierre Jabouille
2nd for Renault
Qualifying 1-2
1st for Renault (15th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
1st for Rene Arnoux (68th different fastest lap setter, 9th French driver)
1st for Renault (29th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
2nd for Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 1st for Rene Arnoux (95th different front row starter, 11th French driver)
Points finishes
1st for Rene Arnoux (197th different point scorer, 21st French driver)
Pole & win
1st and only for Jean-Pierre Jabouille (30th different driver to win from pole, 2nd French driver)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Dijon-Prenois circuit
  • 1979 World Championship season

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