1979 Formula One season
The 1979 Formula One season crowned as champion Jody Scheckter.
Season review[change | change source]
1979 Drivers Championship final standings[change | change source]
| Pos | Driver | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USE | Pts[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | change source]
- ↑ 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.