1979 Canadian Grand Prix

F1 Canada Canadian Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg 30 September 1979 14 15 Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal Semi-permanent racing facility 2.796 4.500 72 201.324 324.000 Partially cloudy, mild and dry with temperatures reaching up to 21 C F; wind speeds up to 18.3 km/h mphhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1979-09-30 Weather information for the "1979 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-08-31 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:29.892 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:31.272 Australia 65 Alan Jones Australia Williams-Ford Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Canada Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford Switzerland CAN The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 1979 at the Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal. During practice Niki Lauda announced his retirement from Formula One (he subsequently returned in 1982 with McLaren). The Brabham team, who had replaced their Alfa Romeo-engined BT48 with the Cosworth DFV-engined BT49, recruited Argentine newcomer Ricardo Zunino as Lauda's replacement. The organizers would not let the Alfa Romeo factory team compete unless they pre-qualified. They refused to do so but a compromise was reached where one of their drivers would be allowed to take part in practice. The other, Bruno Giacomelli, was not allowed to enter the race. The race turned into a close duel between Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve that continued the entire race. As of 2024, Regazzoni's podium remains the last for a Swiss driver in Formula One. Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:29.89212Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:30.55423Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:30.76834Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford1:30.77545Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:30.82056Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:31.94167Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:32.10378René ArnouxRenault1:32.11689Jody ScheckterFerrari1:32.280910Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:32.6511011Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:32.6821112Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:32.8581213Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:33.0651314Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:33.0901415Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:33.2971516Jacky IckxLigier-Ford1:33.3551617John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:33.3621718Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo1:33.3781819Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford1:33.5111920Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:33.6032021Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:34.1022122Héctor RebaqueRebaque-Ford1:34.1292223Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:34.2562324Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford1:34.30124DNQ Did not qualifyJochen MassArrows-Ford1:34.365—DNQ Did not qualifyMarc SurerEnsign-Ford1:34.747—DNQ Did not qualifyKeke RosbergWolf-Ford1:35.061—DNQ Did not qualifyAlex RibeiroFittipaldi-Ford1:36.901—DNQ Did not qualifyArturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:37.590— Race Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 72 1:52:06.892 1 9 2 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 72 + 1.080 2 6 3 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford Goodyear 72 + 1:13.656 3 4 4 11 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin 71 + 1 lap 9 3 5 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 71 + 1 lap 6 2 6 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 70 + 2 laps 17 1 7 5 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford Goodyear 68 + 4 laps 19 8 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 67 + 5 laps 15 9 17 Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford Goodyear 67 + 5 laps 21 10 1 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 66 Out of fuel 10 Ret Retired 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Goodyear 61 Gearbox 4 Ret Retired 36 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo Goodyear 52 Fuel system 18 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier-Ford Goodyear 47 Gearbox 16 Ret Retired 4 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 33 Engine 13 Ret Retired 33 Ireland Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 28 Engine 24 Ret Retired 31 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Rebaque-Ford Goodyear 26 Chassis 22 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 24 Brakes 7 Ret Retired 18 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford Goodyear 24 Ignition 23 Ret Retired 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford Goodyear 23 Suspension 11 Ret Retired 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 20 Spun off 14 Ret Retired 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford Goodyear 19 Engine 20 Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 14 Accident 8 Ret Retired 9 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford Goodyear 14 Accident 12 Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 10 Engine 5 DNQ Did not qualify 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 22 Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 19 Brazil 1968 Alex Ribeiro Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 24 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford Goodyear WD Withdrawn 5 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Ford Goodyear Retired in practiceSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1979/407/ 1979 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140210030017/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1979/407/ 10 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1979-canadian-grand-prix/ 1979 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 30 September 1979 6 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Argentinian driver Ricardo Zunino. This was the 5th fastest lap, 5th Grand Prix win, 1st Hat Trick, and 10th and 11th podium finish for Williams. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 51 (60) 10px 2 CAN Gilles Villeneuve 44 10px 1 3 AUS Alan Jones 40 (43) 10px 1 4 FRA Jacques Laffite 36 10px 5 SUI Clay Regazzoni 29 (32)Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1979/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1979 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 104 10px 2 UK Williams-Ford 75 10px 3 FRA Ligier-Ford 61 10px 4 UK Lotus-Ford 39 10px 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford 24Source: 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. Bold text indicates the 1979 World Champions. References 30em Canadian Grand Prix 1979 1979 Italian Grand Prix 1979 United States Grand Prix 1978 Canadian Grand Prix 1980 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian Grand Prix Category:Canadian Grand Prix Category:1979 in Canadian motorsport Canadian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:1979 in sports in Quebec