1979 Belgian Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 6 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Date May 13, 1979
Location Zolder, Belgium
Course length 4.011 km (2.492 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 280.77 km (174.44 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:21.13
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:23.09 on lap 63
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ligier-Ford
Third Tyrrell-Ford

The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1979 at Zolder.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari 70 1:39:59.53 7 9
2 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 70 +15.36 secs 1 6
3 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 70 +35.17 secs 12 4
4 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 70 +46.49 secs 10 3
5 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 70 +1:04.31 16 2
6 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 70 +1:05.85 19 1
7 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 6
8 9 Germany Hans Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 69 +1 Lap 20
9 14 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 68 +2 Laps 23
10 17 Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 68 +2 Laps 21
11 4 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 67 +3 Laps 11
Ret 25 France Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 46 Accident 2
Ret 20 United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf-Ford 40 Accident 9
Ret 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 39 Electrical 4
Ret 1 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 27 Brakes 5
Ret 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Engine 3
Ret 5 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Engine 13
Ret 16 France René Arnoux Renault 22 Turbo 18
Ret 35 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 21 Collision 14
Ret 18 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 21 Collision 24
Ret 30 Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 17 Spun Off 22
Ret 31 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 13 Transmission 15
Ret 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 Turbo 17
Ret 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1 Collision 8
DNQ 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford
DNQ 24 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
DNQ 22 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford
DNQ 36 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford
Source:[1]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Jacques Laffite 24
2 South Africa Jody Scheckter 24 (25)
3 Canada Gilles Villeneuve 20
4 France Patrick Depailler 20
5 Argentina Carlos Reutemann 19 (21)

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Italy Ferrari 45
2 France Ligier-Ford 44
3 United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 33
4 United Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 15
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 5

References

  1. "1979 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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