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The 1979 Formula One season was the 30th in the history of the history of the championship.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Type	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Drivers
Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M28 M29	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	0	Derek Daly 6	8, 15-16	Derek Daly
					1	Mario Andretti 18	1-7, 9-14
					2	Guillaume Gauthier	All
Candy Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	009	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	3	Hiroshi Takagi	All	Didier Pironi Thomas Nurmester
					4	Geoff Lees	1-6, 8-16
						Thomas Nurmester 6	7
						Didier Pironi 19	17
Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham	BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	5	Niki Lauda	All	None
					6	Nelson Piquet	All
Martini Racing Team Lotus Essex Team Lotus	Lotus	79	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	7	Alan Jones	All	Ayrton Senna
					8	Harvey Jones	All
ATS Wheels/JLD Racing	ATS	D3	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	9	Pierre Depault	All	Harald Ertl Michael Bleekemolen
					99	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1-10
						Harald Ertl 16	11
						Michael Bleekemolen 17	12-16
Skoal Leyland RAM Racing	RAM	Lotus 80	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	10	Jan Lammers	1-3	Desiree Wilson
					39	Gianfranco Brancatelli	1-3
			Ferrari 015	N-A	10	Jan Lammers	4-12, 14-16
						Gimax	13
					39	Gianfranco Brancatelli	4, 6-16
						Emilio de Villota4	5
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312T4	Ferrari 015 turbo	Turbo	11	Rene Arnoux	All	None
					12	Gilles Villeneuve	All
Copersucar Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi	F6	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	1, 3-16	Wilson Fittipaldi
						Wilson Fittipaldi 1	2
					44	Danny Ongais	All
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS10	Renault-Gordini EF1 turbo	Turbo	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	All	None
					16	Carlos Reutemann	All
Samson Shadow Racing Team Interscope Shadow Cosworth Racing	Shadow	DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV turbo	Turbo	17	John Watson	1-9, 12-16	Stefan Bellof Keke Rosberg
						Keke Rosberg 14	11
					18	Keke Rosberg	1-7
						Stefan Bellof 8	8-16
			Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	17	John Watson 10	10
Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	Wolf	WR7-9	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	20	James Hunt 12	1-4, 8-10	Bruno Giacomelli
						Bruno Giacomelli 3	5-7, 11-16
					21	Davey Clarke	All
Team Ensign	Ensign	N179	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	22	Ladislav Sedlak	All	None
					23	Martin Rossler	All
Saras Team Merzario SpA	Merzario	A1B A4B Lotus 80	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	24	Elio de Angelis 13	1-5, 11-12	Michele Alboreto Vittorio Brambilla
						Vittorio Brambilla 5	6-10, 14-16
						Simone Guidetti	13
					34	Simone Guidetti	1-9
						Beppe Gabbiani	10-16
Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS11	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	25	Jacques Laffite	All	Patrick Tambay
					26	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	All
Abilad-Saudia Racing Team	Williams	FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	27	Callum McAllister	1-9	Tommy Byrne
					28	Jody Scheckter	1-10
			Honda RA163-A	Turbo	27	Callum McAllister	10-16
					28	Jody Scheckter	11-16
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	A2	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	29	Riccardo Patrese	1-2, 8-16	Stefan Johansson
						Andrea de Cesaris 2	3-7
					30	Keiran Sutherland	All
Team Rebaque Penske Team Rebaque	Rebaque	HR100 PR-01	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	31	Hector Rebaque	1-10	Padraig O'Connell Piercarlo Ghinzani
						Piercarlo Ghinzani 15	11-16
					33	Marc Surer 10	1-10
						Padraig O'Connell	11-16
Autodelta Team Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	179	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	N-A	35	Roberto Horford	All	Andrea de Cesaris
					36	Alain Prost	All
Jenkins Industries F1 Team	Jenkins	FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV	N-A	37	Marshal Jenkins	1-14	Robert Kagan
					38	Beppe Gabbiani	1-8
						Robert Kagan 9	9-14

Key

Mid-Season Changes

1 Wilson Fittipaldi replaced Emerson Fittipaldi for the Brazilian Grand Prix, which would be his last competitive outing. Emerson was back in the seat for the next race at South Africa.

small>2 Riccardo Patrese broke his left arm during the Brazilian Grand Prix after crashing heavily. Alfa Romeo test driver Andrea de Cesaris filled in from South African until Riccado's return.

small>3 James Hunt was banned for 3 races after causing an avoidable collision resulting in injury at the United States West Grand Prix. Wolf test driver Bruno Giacomelli replaced Hunt until his return.

small>4 Emilio de Villota replaced Gianfranco Brancatelli at RAM as a one-off for the Spanish Grand Prix

5 Elio de Angelis was sacked after 5 races after a string of DNQs in a chassis capable of qualifying. One-time race winner and Merzario test driver Vittorio Brambilla replaced de Angelis.

6 Geoff Lees was forced to miss the Monaco GP after a severe case of food poisoning. He was replaced by the team's test driver Thomas Nurmester.

7 Derek Daly replaced an under-performing Mario Andretti for the French Grand Prix. The FIA deemed that he should not race with the champions #1, so raced with the number #0 instead.

8 Stefan Bellof was given a trial period by Shadow after Rosberg failed to live up to expectations or his team mate.

9 Robert Kagan replaced Beppe Gabbiani for Britain to please sponsors. Gabbiani quit the team after it was announced Kagan would race in Germany

10 Marc Surer and John Watson were involved in a horrifying crash at the German Grand Prix. Surer suffered back, chest and leg injuries and will sit out the rest of the season, while Watson escaped with minor injuries. Surer was replaced with Padraig O'Connell

11 Beppe Gabbiani replaced Guidetti at Merzario from the German Grand Prix onwards.

12 After retiring from the German Grand Prix with brake failure, James Hunt decalred the current crop of cars 'deathtraps' and promptly retired from motor racing.

13 Vitorio Brambilla will step aside for de Angelis from the Austrian Grand Prix onwards.

14 John Watson suffered a sprained ankle in the German GP crash, and was forced to miss the next race. Keke Rosberg replaced him.

15 Hector Rebaque announced he would sit out the remaining 4 European rounds after poor results leading up to the German Grand Prix. Instead, Piercarlo Ghinzani would race the second Rebaque. Hector Rebaque later announced that Ghinzani would complete all of he remaining rounds.

16 Harlad Ertl replaced Hans-Joachim Stuck for the Austrian Grand Prix only

17 Similarly, Michael Bleekemolen replaced Hans-Joachim Stuck for the Dutch Grand Prix only. Good performances for ATS however saw him land the drive for the rest of the season

18 Mario Andretti was fired after the European Grand Prix. The American had put in a string of lacklustre performances, and had collided with Hiroshi Takagi for the 3rd time in 4 races. He was replaced by Derek Daly for the rest of the season.

19 Geoff Lees was sacked by Tyrrell after the US GP and replaced by team test driver Didier Pironi.

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	Callum McAllister	Niki Lauda	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	Ligier-Ford
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Interlagos	Callum McAllister	Callum McAllister	Jody Scheckter	Williams-Ford
3	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	Rene Arnoux	Andrea de Cesaris	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
4	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	Gilles Villeneuve	Carlos Reutemann	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Callum McAllister	Jody Scheckter	Jan Lammers	RAM-Ferrari
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Callum McAllister	Callum McAllister	Williams-Ford
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	Callum McAllister	Rene Arnoux	Carlos Reutemann	Renault
8	French Grand Prix	Dijon	Jody Scheckter	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Gilles Villeneuve	Callum McAllister	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Callum McAllister	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Österreichring	Jody Scheckter	Jody Scheckter	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	Ligier-Ford
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Callum McAllister	Jody Scheckter	Callum McAllister	Williams-Honda
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Gilles Villeneuve	Jody Scheckter	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
14	European Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	Jody Scheckter	Rene Arnoux	Harvey Jones	Lotus-Ford
15	Canadian Grand Prix	Montreal	Jody Scheckter	Gilles Villeneuve	Jody Scheckter	Williams-Honda
16	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	Callum McAllister	Carlos Reutemann	Alan Jones	Lotus-Ford
17	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	Gilles Villeneuve	Jacques Laffite	Callum McAllister	Williams-Honda

Championship Standings

Points System

Driver's Championship

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	CAN	USA	AUS‡	Pts
1	Jacques Laffite	Ret	10	1	Ret	2	Ret	6	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	2	65
2	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	1	16†	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	4	Ret	3	1	2	Ret	2	4	Ret	11	63
3	Rene Arnoux	8	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	2	1	13†	Ret	4	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	62
4	Jody Scheckter	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	44
5	Callum McAllister	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	3	9	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	43
6	Gilles Villeneuve	13†	4	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	40
7	Alan Jones	Ret	Ret	7	4	8	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	12†	3	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	36
8	Harvey Jones	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	4	7	11	3	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	13†	34
9	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	9	3	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	17	34
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	6	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	13†	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	2	3	30
11	Jan Lammers	Ret	9	Ret	8	1	5	4	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		6	13	6	Ret	27
12	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	9	6	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	24
13	Hiroshi Takagi	2	Ret	9	11	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	8	6	Ret	9	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
14	Guillaume Gauthier	Ret	14	18	13	5	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	7†	Ret	7	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	16
15	Stefan Bellof								Ret	Ret	4	11	10	4	Ret	7	DNQ	6	13.5
16	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Ret	Ret	4	5		9	Ret	9	7	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13.5
17	John Watson	10	DNQ	10	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	18†	10
18	Mario Andretti	4	17	15	DNQ	7	7	12		Ret	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	12				9
19	Niki Lauda	Ret	6	13	9	9	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	15†	8
20	James Hunt	3	15	DNQ	Ret	EX	EX	EX	12	Ret	Ret								6
21	Alain Prost	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11	13	14	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9	Ret	Ret	14†	6
22	Keke Rosberg	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ				4							5
23	Derek Daly								5							9	10	7	5
24	Roberto Horford	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	15†	Ret	Ret	12	11	8	8	8	9	5
25	Andrea de Cesaris			5	12	Ret	Ret	11											4
26	Keiran Sutherland	12	12	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	16†	4
27	Geoff Lees	Ret	8	6	Ret	10	Ret	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ		4
28	Didier Pironi																	4	2.5
29	Vittorio Brambillia						DNQ	17	Ret	12	DNQ					14	Ret	5	2
30	Riccardo Patrese	9	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	12†	2
31	Padraig O'Connell											Ret	Ret	12	7	11	Ret	Ret	2
32	Bruno Giacomelli					11	Ret	18				Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	DNQ	2
33	Piercarlo Ghinzani											8	8	Ret	Ret	10	DNQ	Ret	2
34	Davey Clarke	Ret	11	14	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	12	DNQ	10	1
35	Simone Guidetti	DNQ	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	15	DNQ				8	DNQ				1
36	Thomas Nurmester							8											1
37	Emerson Fittipaldi	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	9	DNQ	0
38	Marc Surer	DNQ	18	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	0
39	Robert Kagan									14	10	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	WD			0
40	Marshal Jenkins	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	WD			0
41	Beppe Gabbiani	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14	13	12	DNQ	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	0
42	Ladislav Sedlak	11	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
43	Danny Ongais	14	DNQ	11	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
44	Martin Rösler	Ret	19	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	19†	0
45	Michael Bleekemolen												13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
46	Pierre Depault	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
47	Hector Rebaque	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ								0
48	Elio de Angelis	DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ						Ret	DNQ						0
49	Wilson Fittipaldi		20																0
NC	Hans Joachim Stuck	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ								0
NC	Emilio de Villota					Ret													0
NC	Gimax													Ret					0
NC	Harald Ertl											DNQ							-

Bold indicates pole position

Italics indicate fastest lap

† indicates that the driver did not finish the race, but completed more than 90% of the race distance

‡ indicates that half points were awarded as less than 75% of the scheduled race distance was completed

Constructor's Championship Standings

Pos	Team	No.	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	CAN	USA	AUS‡	Pts
1	Ligier-Ford	25	Ret	10	1	Ret	2	Ret	6	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	2	128
		26	1	16†	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	4	Ret	3	1	2	Ret	2	4	Ret	11
2	Ferrari	11	8	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	2	1	13†	Ret	4	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	102
		12	13†	4	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	Ret	Ret
3	Lotus-Ford	7	Ret	Ret	7	4	8	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	12†	3	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	70
		8	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	4	7	11	3	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	13†
4	Renault	15	6	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	13†	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	2	3	64
		16	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	9	3	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	17
5	Williams-Ford	27	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	3	9									62
		28	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret
6	RAM-Ferrari	10				8	1	5	4	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	13	6	Ret	35.5
		39				5	Ret	9	Ret	9	7	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
7	Brabham-Ford	5	Ret	6	13	9	9	Ret	14	Ret	10	Ret	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	15†	32
		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	9	6	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret
8	McLaren-Ford	0								5							9	10	7	30
		1	4	17	15	DNQ	7	7	12		Ret	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
		2	Ret	14	18	13	5	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	7†	Ret	7	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret
9	Shadow-Ford	17	10	DNQ	10	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	18†	28.5
		18	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4	11	10	4	Ret	7	DNQ	6
10	Williams-Honda	27										Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	25
		28											Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret
11	Tyrrell-Ford	3	2	Ret	9	11	10	8	Ret	Ret	8	6	Ret	9	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	24.5
		4	Ret	8	6	Ret	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
12	Alfa Romeo	35	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	15†	Ret	Ret	12	11	8	8	8	9	11
		36	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11	13	14	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9	Ret	Ret	14†
13	Arrows-Ford	29	9	Ret	5	12	Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	12†	10
		30	12	12	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	16†
14	Wolf-Ford	20	3	15	DNQ	Ret	11	Ret	18	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	DNQ	9
		21	Ret	11	14	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	12	DNQ	10
15	RAM-Ford	10	Ret	9	Ret															5
		39	Ret	Ret	4
16	Rebaque-Ford	31	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	8	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	4
		33	DNQ	18	DNQ	10	DNQ	13	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	7	11	DNQ	Ret
17	Merzario-Ford	24	DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	12	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	8	DNQ	14	Ret	5	3
		34	DNQ	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	15	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret
18	Fittipaldi-Ford	14	DNQ	20	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	9	DNQ	0
		44	14	DNQ	11	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
19	Jenkins-Ford	37	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	10	WD			0
		38	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14	13	12	DNQ	DNQ	14	10	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	WD
20	Ensign-Ford	22	11	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
		23	Ret	19	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	19†
21	ATS-Ford	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
		99	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ