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1979 Grand Prix of the Netherlands Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 12 of 15 Sunday, August 26, 1979 at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 75 laps on a 4.226 kilometer road course (316.950 kilometers) Time of race: 1:41:19.78 Average speed: 187.675 kph Pole time: 75.461 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 21.783 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1979 Formula One results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 27   Alan Jones Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 1:41:19.775 39 9 2 5 11   Jody Scheckter Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 75 +21.783 0 6 3 7 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +63.253 0 4 4 11 6   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 74 +1 lap 0 3 5 20 25   Jacky Ickx Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 74 +1 lap 0 2 6 18 30   Jochen Mass Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +2 laps 0 1 7 24 31   Hector Rebaque Team Rebaque Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +2 laps 0 0 ret 10 3   Didier Pironi Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 suspension 0 0 ret 6 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 49 tire 36 0 ret 22 18   Elio de Angelis Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 40 transmission 0 0 ret 8 20   Keke Rosberg Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR7 / Ford Cosworth DFV 33 engine 0 0 ret 4 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 26 clutch 0 0 ret 12 7   John Watson Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29 / Ford Cosworth DFV 22 engine 0 0 ret 16 4   Jean-Pierre Jarier Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 20 spun off 0 0 ret 15 9   Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Wheels ATS D3 / Ford Cosworth DFV 19 transmission 0 0 ret 23 17   Jan Lammers Samson Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 12 gearbox 0 0 ret 17 1   Mario Andretti Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 9 suspension 0 0 ret 19 29   Riccardo Patrese Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 brakes 0 0 ret 14 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28 / Ford Cosworth DFV 6 engine 0 0 ret 9 5   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 4 retired 0 0 ret 21 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F6A / Ford Cosworth DFV 2 electrical 0 0 ret 13 2   Carlos Reutemann Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 1 suspension 0 0 ret 1 16   Rene Arnoux Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 1 suspension 0 0 ret 3 28   Clay Regazzoni Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 191.515 kph by Gilles Villeneuve Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Patrick Gaillard 22 Team Ensign 26 Arturo Merzario 24 Team Merzario Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alan Jones 1 10 10   Gilles Villeneuve 11 46 36   Alan Jones 47 75 29 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jody Scheckter 48     2   Jacques Laffite 36   -12   3   Alan Jones 34   -14   4   Gilles Villeneuve 32   -16   5   Carlos Reutemann 25   -23   6   Clay Regazzoni 24   -24   7   Patrick Depailler 22   -26   8   Jean-Pierre Jarier 13   -35   8   John Watson 13   -35   10   Mario Andretti 12   -36   11   Rene Arnoux 11   -37   12   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 9   -39   13   Didier Pironi 8   -40   14   Jochen Mass 3   -45   14   Jacky Ickx 3   -45   14   Nelson Piquet 3   -45   17   Riccardo Patrese 2   -46   18   Emerson Fittipaldi 1   -47   18   Niki Lauda 1   -47