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Home / Seasons / 1979 F1 World Championship Season / Winners

1979 F1 winners

Race winners

#Grand PrixCircuitDriverConstructorStartWin margin
1ArgentinaBuenos Aires(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth114.940s
2BrazilInterlagos(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth15.280s
3South AfricaKyalami(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari33.420s
4USA WestLong Beach(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari129.380s
5SpainJarama(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth220.940s
6BelgiumZolder(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari715.360s
7MonacoMonte Carlo(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari10.440s
8FranceDijon-Prenois(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault114.590s
9BritainSilverstone(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth424.280s
10GermanyHockenheim(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth22.910s
11AustriaOsterreichring(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth236.050s
12NetherlandsZandvoort(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth221.783s
13ItalyMonza(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari30.460s
14CanadaMontreal(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth11.080s
15USAWatkins Glen(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari348.787s
← 1978 1980 →
First win (drivers)
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Last win (drivers)
Patrick Depailler
Clay Regazzoni
Jody Scheckter
First win (constructors)
Renault
Williams
Last win (constructors)
No constructor won their last race in 1979
First win since…
1976 for Clay Regazzoni
1977 for Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite, Jody Scheckter and Ligier
Last win until…
1981 for Gilles Villeneuve and Ferrari
First win by a…
Swiss driver since 1976
Australian driver since 1977
South African driver since 1977
Last win by a…
Canadian driver until 1981

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