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{{Infobox Race Report
|name               = {{GBR}} XXXI [[BRDC International Trophy]]
|Race_No            = 1
|Season_No          = 1
|year               = 1979
|series             = Alternate Formula One
|Circuit            = File:Silverstone 1975-1985.jpg
|date               = 20 May, 1979
|official name      = XXXI [[BRDC International Trophy]]
|location           = Silverstone Circuit
|course             = Permanent racing facility<br />4.724 km (2.935 mi)
|distance           = 40 laps, 188.95 km (117.41 mi)
|weather            = Sunny
|pole driver        = {{Unknown}} TBD
|pole team          = {{Unknown}} TBD
|pole time          = TBD
|fastest lap driver = {{Unknown}} TBD
|fastest lap team   = {{Unknown}} TBD
|fastest lap time   = TBD
|first driver       = {{Unknown}} TBD
|first team         = {{Unknown}} TBD
|second driver      = {{Unknown}} TBD
|second team        = {{Unknown}} TBD
|third driver       = {{Unknown}} TBD
|third team         = {{Unknown}} TBD
|}}

The '''XXXI BRDC International Trophy''' was a non-championship [[Alternate Formula One|Formula One]] race and the 31st running of the [[BRDC International Trophy]], held at Silverstone on May 20, 1979.

==Entry List==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
! Team
! Constructor
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tire
! #
! Driver
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Tyrrell|Penthouse Team Tyrrell]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Dom.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Tyrrell]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Tyrrell]] 011
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
| 3
| {{GBR}} [[Tom Pryce]]
|-
| 4
| {{GBR}} [[Robert Kagan]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Lotus|Essex Team Lotus]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed in a drunken stupor by takagi_for_the_win.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Lotus]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Lotus]] 80
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
| 5
| {{GBR}} [[Thomas Nurmester]]
|-
| 6
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Brabham|Parmalat Racing Team]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by petoli34.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Brabham]] BT46C<br>[[Brabham]] BT47
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
| 7
| {{GBR}} [[James Hunt]]
|-
| 8
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[March Engineering]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by TCBY.}}
!rowspan=2| [[March]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[March]] 791
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Avon}}
| 9
| {{FRA}} [[Guillaume Gauthier]]
|-
| 10
| {{GBR}} [[Harvey Jones]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Team Ensign]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Piloted by Pilot8.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Ensign]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Ensign]] N179
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
| 21
| {{SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|-
| 22
| {{NED}} [[Jan Lammers]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{ITA}} [[Scuderia Everest]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Getz.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Minardi]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Minardi]] M179
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
| 23
| {{ITA}} [[Piercarlo Ghinzani]]
|-
| 24
| {{USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{FRA}} [[Ligier Gitanes]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by butterfox.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Ligier]]-[[Matra]]
|rowspan=2| [[Ligier]] JS11
|rowspan=2| Matra MS73 3.0 V12
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
| 25
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
| 26
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Williams Racing|Saudia Williams Racing Team]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by pi314159.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Williams]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Williams]] FW07
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2|{{Goodyear}}
| 27
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
| 28
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
|rowspan=2| {{NED}} [[Boro|HB Lola Bewaking Alarmsystemen]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Miguel98.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Lola]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Lola]] T400
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2|{{Pirelli}}
| 32
| {{ITA}} [[Vittorio Brambilla]]
|-
| 33
| {{ITA}} [[Lena Troscchi]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[B&S Fabrications]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Aislabie.}}
!rowspan=2| [[B&S Fabrications|Spartec]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[B&S Fabrications|Spartec]] G71A
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
| 43
| {{ITA}} [[Luciano Sighinolfi]]
|-
|44
| {{GBR}} [[Divina Galica]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{GBR}} [[Hesketh Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by This Could Be You.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Hesketh]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Hesketh]] 308F
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Pirelli}}
| 45
| {{ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
|-
| 46
| {{Unknown}} TBA
|-
|rowspan=2| {{BEL}} [[VDS Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Butterfox.}}
!rowspan=2| [[Martini]]-[[Ford]]
|rowspan=2| [[Martini]] MK24B
|rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
| 47
| {{BEL}} [[Claude Bourgoignie]]
|-
| 48
| {{BEL}} [[Pierre Dieudonné]]
|-
|}


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| width="35%"| Previous race:<br>'''[[XXX BRDC International Trophy]]'''
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