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1979 Belgian Grand Prix

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1979 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date 13 May 1979
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 miles)
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
Lap leaders

The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1979 at Zolder. It was the sixth race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 70-lap race was won by Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari. Jacques Laffite finished second in a Ligier-Ford, having started from pole position, while Didier Pironi achieved his first podium finish with third in a Tyrrell-Ford.

The race also saw the first appearance of Alfa Romeo as a works team since 1951. Driving the Alfa Romeo 177, Bruno Giacomelli qualified 14th, ahead of both Renaults and both McLarens, before retiring following a collision with Elio de Angelis in the Shadow-Ford.

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos Driver Constructor Time No
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:21,13 1
2 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 1:21,20 2
3 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:21,35 3
4 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:21,59 4
5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:21,83 5
6 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:22,08 6
7 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:22,09 7
8 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1:22,40 8
9 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 1:22,55 9
10 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 1:22,56 10
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:22,68 11
12 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:22,85 12
13 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:22,87 13
14 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:23,15 14
15 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:23,63 15
16 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:23,92 16
17 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:24,02 17
18 René Arnoux Renault 1:24,33 18
19 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:24,37 19
20 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 1:24,62 20
21 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 1:24,76 21
22 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:25,08 22
23 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:25,18 23
24 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 1:25,48 24
DNQ Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:25,69
DNQ Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:25,92
DNQ Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 1:27,83
DNQ Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford 1:34,48

Race

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Classification

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

Notes

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  • This race saw the 10th pole position set by a French driver and the 5th fastest lap set by a Canadian driver.
  • This was the 50th Grand Prix start for a Dutch driver.
  • This was the 5th pole position for Ligier.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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.

References

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  1. ^ "1979 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "1979 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 13 May 1979. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Belgium 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.


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