F1 home Grand Prix stats
Races with a home driver
The following Grands Prix of the 1979 F1 season featured a home driver:
Argentine Grand Prix (one driver)- Austrian Grand Prix (one driver)
- Brazilian Grand Prix (two drivers)
- British Grand Prix (one driver)
- Canadian Grand Prix (one driver)
- Dutch Grand Prix (one driver)
- French Grand Prix (seven drivers)
- German Grand Prix (two drivers)
- Italian Grand Prix (five drivers)
- South African Grand Prix (one driver)
- United States Grand Prix (one driver)
- United States Grand Prix West (one driver)
Achievements
- Wins
- French Grand Prix: Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- Podiums
- Argentine Grand Prix: Carlos Reutemann
- Canadian Grand Prix: Gilles Villeneuve
- French Grand Prix: Rene Arnoux, Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- South African Grand Prix: Jody Scheckter
- Pole positions
- French Grand Prix: Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- Fastest laps
- French Grand Prix: Rene Arnoux
- Points finishes
- Argentine Grand Prix: Carlos Reutemann
- British Grand Prix: John Watson
- Canadian Grand Prix: Gilles Villeneuve
- French Grand Prix: Rene Arnoux, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jean-Pierre Jarier
- German Grand Prix: Jochen Mass
- South African Grand Prix: Jody Scheckter
- United States Grand Prix West: Mario Andretti
- Front row starts
- Canadian Grand Prix: Gilles Villeneuve
- French Grand Prix: Rene Arnoux, Jacques Laffite
- South African Grand Prix: Jody Scheckter