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1979 Grand Prix of France 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

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 80 1:35:20.42 34 9 3 2 16   Rene Arnoux Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 80 +14.83 0 4 2 3 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 80 +14.59 46 6 ret 4 6   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 52 crash 0 0 7 5 11   Jody Scheckter Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 79 +1 lap 0 0 ret 6 5   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 23 spun off 0 0 4 7 27   Alan Jones Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +36.61 0 3 8 8 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 6 9 28   Clay Regazzoni Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +65.51 0 1 5 10 4   Jean-Pierre Jarier Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +64.51 0 2 ret 11 3   Didier Pironi Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV 71 suspension 0 0 ret 12 1   Mario Andretti Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 80 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 brakes 0 0 13 13 2   Carlos Reutemann Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 77 +3 laps 0 0 ret 14 25   Jacky Ickx Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV 45 engine 0 0 11 15 7   John Watson Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28C / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 9 16 20   Keke Rosberg Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR7 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 17 17 35   Bruno Giacomelli Autodelta Alfa Romeo 177 / Alfa Romeo 1260 75 +5 laps 0 0 ret 18 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 53 engine 0 0 14 19 29   Riccardo Patrese Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 77 +3 laps 0 0 10 20 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M28C / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 18 21 17   Jan Lammers Samson Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 73 +7 laps 0 0 15 22 30   Jochen Mass Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +5 laps 0 0 12 23 31   Hector Rebaque Team Rebaque Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 16 24 18   Elio de Angelis Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +5 laps 0 0 dns 25 9   Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Wheels ATS D2 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 did not start 0 0

Fastest Lap: 197.802 kph by Rene Arnoux Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 26 Patrick Gaillard 22 Team Ensign 27 Arturo Merzario 24 Team Merzario Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gilles Villeneuve 1 46 46   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 47 80 34 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jody Scheckter 34     2   Gilles Villeneuve 26   -8   3   Carlos Reutemann 25   -9   4   Jacques Laffite 24   -10   5   Patrick Depailler 22   -12   6   Mario Andretti 12   -22   7   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 9   -25   7   Jean-Pierre Jarier 9   -25   9   John Watson 8   -26   9   Didier Pironi 8   -26   11   Alan Jones 7   -27   11   Clay Regazzoni 7   -27   13   Rene Arnoux 4   -30   14   Riccardo Patrese 2   -32   15   Emerson Fittipaldi 1   -33   15   Jochen Mass 1   -33   15   Niki Lauda 1   -33