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Home / Seasons / 1979 F1 World Championship Season / Qualifying Stats

1979 F1 qualifying stats

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Qualifying results

#DriverARGBRAZAFUSWESPBELMCOFRAGBRDEUAUTNLDITACANUSAAvg.Best
1(FRA) Patrick Depailler (Ligier)2254223        2.862
2(FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier)11651158103877544.801
3(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)105313623139565235.071
4(ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Ferrari)562357151159539166.131
5(AUS) Alan Jones (Williams)151319101349712224116.871
6(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault)12712091720121341787.531
7(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)23124116134667499  8.774
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet (Brabham)2022121273184347118429.132
9(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Lotus)3311281011138131713131169.472
10(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)748645131291115171010179.874
11(CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Williams)17172215148169466363510.073
12(FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell)88717101271115810101261010.076
13(FRA) Rene Arnoux (Renault)2611102211181925101128710.201
14(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Tyrrell)41597121161016  1616131111.234
15(GBR) James Hunt (Wolf)181013815910        11.868
16(ARG) Ricardo Zunino (Brabham)             19914.009
17(GBR) John Watson (McLaren)614141818191415712161219171314.276
18(ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Arrows)1316169161615191919131917141916.009
19(GBR) Geoff Lees (Tyrrell)         16     16.0016
20(FIN) Keke Rosberg (Wolf)       16141712823271216.128
21(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo)     14 17    18 1816.7514
22(BEL) Jacky Ickx (Ligier)       141714212011162417.1211
23(FRA) Patrick Tambay (McLaren)9181719202522201815141414202217.809
24(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi)1191816192317182222192120152318.209
25(DEU) Jochen Mass (Arrows)1419201317228222018201821252618.878
26(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (ATS)25242423212012232523181515121419.6012
27(ITA) Elio de Angelis (Shadow)16201521222421251221222224232020.5312
27(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla (Alfa Romeo)            22182521.6718
29(NLD) Jan Lammers (Shadow)21212114242123212120232325212721.7314
30(IRL) Derek Daly (Ensign, Tyrrell)24232526252724   11  241522.4011
31(MEX) Hector Rebaque (Lotus, Rebaque)192523252315 242424252428222823.5015
32(CHE) Marc Surer (Ensign)            26262124.3321
33(FRA) Patrick Gaillard (Ensign)       2623252425   24.6023
34(ITA) Arturo Merzario (Merzario)222626242626 272626262627293026.2122
35(ITA) Gianfranco Brancatelli (Kauhsen, Merzario)    272825        26.6725
36(BRA) Alex Ribeiro (Fittipaldi)             282928.5028
#DriverARGBRAZAFUSWESPBELMCOFRAGBRDEUAUTNLDITACANUSAAvg.Best
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Head-to-head

This table shows teammate pairings that competed in at least 50% of the 1979 season together.

ConstructorDriverH2HDriver
WilliamsAlan Jones15-0Clay Regazzoni
McLarenJohn Watson13-2Patrick Tambay
ArrowsRiccardo Patrese12-3Jochen Mass
RenaultJean-Pierre Jabouille11-4Rene Arnoux
ShadowElio de Angelis10-5Jan Lammers
LigierJacques Laffite8-0Jacky Ickx
TyrrellDidier Pironi8-5Jean-Pierre Jarier
FerrariGilles Villeneuve8-7Jody Scheckter
LotusMario Andretti8-7Carlos Reutemann
BrabhamNiki Lauda7-6Nelson Piquet
← 1978 1980 →

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