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1979 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results

Formula One race number 14 of 15
Sunday, September 30, 1979 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec
72 laps on a 4.410 kilometer road course (317.520 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:52:06.89
Average speed: 169.926 kph
Pole time: 89.892 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1.080 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time (seconds)	Speed (km/hr)
Qualifying results for this race:
1	Alan Jones	27	1:29.892	176.612
2	Gilles Villeneuve	12	1:30.554	175.321
3	Clay Regazzoni	28	1:30.768	174.907
4	Nelson Piquet	6	1:30.775	174.894
5	Jacques Laffite	26	1:30.820	174.807
6	Didier Pironi	3	1:31.941	172.676
7	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	1:32.103	172.372
8	Rene Arnoux	16	1:32.116	172.348
9	Jody Scheckter	11	1:32.280	172.042
10	Mario Andretti	1	1:32.651	171.353
11	Carlos Reutemann	2	1:32.682	171.295
12	Hans-Joachim Stuck	9	1:32.858	170.971
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	1:33.065	170.590
14	Riccardo Patrese	29	1:33.090	170.545
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	1:33.297	170.166
16	Jacky Ickx	25	1:33.355	170.061
17	John Watson	7	1:33.362	170.048
18	Vittorio Brambilla	36	1:33.378	170.019
19	Ricardo Zunino	5	1:33.511	169.777
20	Patrick Tambay	8	1:33.603	169.610
21	Jan Lammers	17	1:34.102	168.711
22	Hector Rebaque	31	1:34.129	168.662
23	Elio de Angelis	18	1:34.256	168.435
24	Derek Daly	33	1:34.301	168.355
26	Jochen Mass	30	1:34.365	168.240
27	Marc Surer	22	1:34.747	167.562
28	Keke Rosberg	20	1:35.061	167.009
29	Alex Ribeiro	19	1:36.901	163.837
30	Arturo Merzario	24	1:37.590	162.681

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Jochen Mass (#30), Marc Surer (#22), Keke Rosberg (#20), Alex Ribeiro (#19), Arturo Merzario (#24)