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1979 Grand Prix of France qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 8 of 15 Sunday, July 1, 1979 at Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Fontains-les-Dijon, France 80 laps on a 3.800 kilometer road course (304.000 kilometers) Time of race: 1:35:20.42 Average speed: 191.327 kph Pole time: 67.19 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 14.59 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15 1:07.190   203.602   2   Rene Arnoux 16 1:07.450   202.817   3   Gilles Villeneuve 12 1:07.650   202.217   4   Nelson Piquet 6 1:08.130   200.793   5   Jody Scheckter 11 1:08.150   200.734   6   Niki Lauda 5 1:08.200   200.587   7   Alan Jones 27 1:08.230   200.498   8   Jacques Laffite 26 1:08.550   199.562   9   Clay Regazzoni 28 1:08.650   199.272   10   Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 1:08.800   198.837   11   Didier Pironi 3 1:08.950   198.405   12   Mario Andretti 1 1:09.350   197.260   13   Carlos Reutemann 2 1:09.360   197.232   14   Jacky Ickx 25 1:09.680   196.326   15   John Watson 7 1:09.970   195.512   16   Keke Rosberg 20 1:10.150   195.011   17   Bruno Giacomelli 35 1:10.590   193.795   18   Emerson Fittipaldi 14 1:10.610   193.740   19   Riccardo Patrese 29 1:10.700   193.494   20   Patrick Tambay 8 1:10.920   192.893   21   Jan Lammers 17 1:11.140   192.297   22   Jochen Mass 30 1:11.140   192.297   23   Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 1:11.750   190.662   24   Hector Rebaque 31 1:11.970   190.079   25   Elio de Angelis 18 1:12.230   189.395   26   Patrick Gaillard 22 1:13.000   187.397   27   Arturo Merzario 24 1:14.950   182.522   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Patrick Gaillard (#22), Arturo Merzario (#24)