Autopedia
Autopedia
Advertisement

The 1979 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 21 January 1979 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.


Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 25px France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 53 1:36:03.21 1 9
2 2 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 53 +14.94 secs 3 6
3 7 25px UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 53 +1:28.81 6 4
4 25 25px France Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 53 +1:41.72 2 3
5 1 25px USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 52 +1 Lap 7 2
6 14 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 52 +1 Lap 11 1
7 18 25px Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 52 +1 Lap 16
8 30 25px Germany Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 51 +2 Laps 14
9 27 25px Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 51 +2 Laps 15
10 28 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 51 +2 Laps 17
11 22 25px Flag of the Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 51 +2 Laps 24
Ret 12 25px Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 48 Engine 10
Ret 31 25px Mexico Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 46 Suspension 19
Ret 17 25px Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 42 Transmission 21
Ret 20 25px UK James Hunt Wolf-Ford 41 Electrical 18
Ret 4 25px France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 15 Engine 4
Ret 15 25px France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 15 Engine 12
Ret 5 25px Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 8 Fuel System 23
Ret 16 25px France René Arnoux Renault 6 Engine 25
Ret 11 25px South African flag after 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 0 Collision 5
Ret 3 25px France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 0 Collision 8
Ret 8 25px France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 9
Ret 6 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 20
Ret 24 25px Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 0 Collision 22
DNS 29 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 0 Accident 13
DNQ 9 25px Germany Hans Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford

Notes[]

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px France Jacques Laffite 9
2 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann 6
3 25px UK John Watson 4
4 25px France Patrick Depailler 3
5 25px USA Mario Andretti 2
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px France Ligier-Ford 12
2 25px UK Lotus-Ford 8
3 25px UK McLaren-Ford 4
4 25px Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 1
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


Previous race:
1978 Canadian Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1979 season
Next race:
1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Argentine Grand Prix Next race:
1980 Argentine Grand Prix


Smallwikipedialogo.png This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1979 Argentine Grand Prix. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.


Advertisement