1979 Formula One season
sports season
The 1979 Formula One season crowned as champion Jody Scheckter.
Season review
change1979 Drivers Championship final standings
changePos | Driver | ARG |
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USW |
ESP |
BEL |
MON |
FRA |
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GER |
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NED |
ITA |
CAN |
USE |
Pts[1] |
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1 | Jody Scheckter | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 51 (60) |
2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 47 (53) |
3 | Alan Jones | 9 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 40 (43) |
4 | Jacques Laffite | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 36 |
5 | Clay Regazzoni | 10 | 15 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 29 (32) |
6 | Carlos Reutemann | 2 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 20 (25) |
7 | Patrick Depailler | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 20 (22) | ||||||||
8 | René Arnoux | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 17 |
9 | John Watson | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 15 |
10 | Didier Pironi | Ret | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 14 | ||
12 | Mario Andretti | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 10 | Ret | 14 |
13 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | NC | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 9 |
14 | Niki Lauda | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | WD | 4 | WD | 4 | |
15 | Elio de Angelis | 7 | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 16 | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 |
16 | Nelson Piquet | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 |
17 | Jacky Ickx | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||||||
18 | Jochen Mass | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 15 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 3 |
19 | Riccardo Patrese | DNS | 9 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 5 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
20 | Hans Joachim Stuck | DNS | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 14 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 2 |
21 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 6 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
22 | Hector Rebaque | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 9 | Ret | DNQ | 7 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |
23 | Patrick Tambay | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
24 | Ricardo Zunino | 7 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
25 | Geoff Lees | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
26 | Derek Daly | 11 | 13 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 8 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||
27 | James Hunt | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
28 | Jan Lammers | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 10 | DNQ | 18 | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 9 | DNQ | 0 |
29 | Keke Rosberg | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||
30 | Vittorio Brambilla | 12 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
31 | Patrick Gaillard | DNQ | 13 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
32 | Bruno Giacomelli | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Arturo Merzario | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |
— | Marc Surer | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | Gianfranco Brancatelli | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | Alex Ribeiro | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | ARG |
BRA |
RSA |
USW |
ESP |
BEL |
MON |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
NED |
ITA |
CAN |
USE |
Pts |
References
change- ↑ Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.