1979 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	J. Scheckter	FerrariFerrari	3		51
2	G. Villeneuve	FerrariFerrari	3	−4	47
3	A. Jones	WilliamsWilliams	4	−11	40
4	J. Laffite	LigierLigier	2	−15	36
5	C. Regazzoni	WilliamsWilliams	1	−22	29
6	P. Depailler	LigierLigier	1	−31	20
7	C. Reutemann	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−31	20
8	R. Arnoux	RenaultRenault	0	−34	17
9	J. Watson	McLarenMcLaren	0	−36	15
10	D. Pironi	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−37	14
11	J. Jarier	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−37	14
12	M. Andretti	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−37	14
13	J. Jabouille	RenaultRenault	1	−42	9
14	N. Lauda	Brabham-Alfa RomeoBrabham-Alfa Romeo	0	−47	4
15	E. de Angelis	ShadowShadow	0	−48	3
16	N. Piquet	Brabham-Alfa RomeoBrabham-Alfa Romeo	0	−48	3
17	J. Ickx	LigierLigier	0	−48	3
18	J. Mass	ArrowsArrows	0	−48	3
19	H. Stuck	ATSATS	0	−49	2
20	R. Patrese	ArrowsArrows	0	−49	2
21	E. Fittipaldi	FittipaldiFittipaldi	0	−50	1
31	P. Gaillard	EnsignEnsign	0	−51	0
32	B. Giacomelli	Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo	0	−51	0
33	M. Surer	EnsignEnsign	0	−51	0
34	A. Merzario	MerzarioMerzario	0	−51	0
35	G. Brancatelli	KauhsenKauhsen	0	−51	0
36	A. Ribeiro	FittipaldiFittipaldi	0	−51	0
–	D. Daly	EnsignEnsign	0		0
–	G. Lees	TyrrellTyrrell	0		0
–	H. Rebaque	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0		0
–	J. Hunt	WolfWolf	0		0
–	J. Lammers	ShadowShadow	0		0
–	K. Rosberg	WolfWolf	0		0
–	P. Tambay	McLarenMcLaren	0		0
–	R. Zunino	Brabham-FordBrabham-Ford	0		0
–	V. Brambilla	Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo	0		0

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Ferrari	6		113
2	Williams	5	−38	75
3	Ligier	3	−52	61
4	Team Lotus	0	−74	39
5	Tyrrell	0	−85	28
6	Renault	1	−87	26
7	McLaren	0	−98	15
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	−106	7
9	Arrows	0	−108	5
10	Shadow	0	−110	3
11	ATS	0	−111	2
12	Fittipaldi	0	−112	1
–	Alfa Romeo	0		0
–	Brabham-Ford	0		0
–	Ensign	0		0
–	Kauhsen	0		0
–	Merzario	0		0
–	Rebaque	0		0
–	Wolf	0		0

#	Race	Circuit	Winner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	J. Laffite	Ligier	1979-01-21
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	J. Laffite	Ligier	1979-02-04
3	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	G. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1979-03-03
4	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	G. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1979-04-08
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	P. Depailler	Ligier	1979-04-29
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Zolder	J. Scheckter	Ferrari	1979-05-13
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	J. Scheckter	Ferrari	1979-05-27
8	French Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois	J. Jabouille	Renault	1979-07-01
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	C. Regazzoni	Williams	1979-07-14
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	A. Jones	Williams	1979-07-29
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	A. Jones	Williams	1979-08-12
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	A. Jones	Williams	1979-08-26
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	J. Scheckter	Ferrari	1979-09-09
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	A. Jones	Williams	1979-09-30
15	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	G. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1979-10-07

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1979 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Williams	Alan Jones vs Clay Regazzoni	15–0	10–5	43–32
Ferrari	Gilles Villeneuve vs Jody Scheckter	8–7	8–7	53–60
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Carlos Reutemann	8–7	7–8	14–25
Renault	René Arnoux vs Jean-Pierre Jabouille	4–10	7–7	17–9
McLaren	Patrick Tambay vs John Watson	2–11	3–10	0–11
Tyrrell	Jean-Pierre Jarier vs Didier Pironi	5–8	8–5	14–14
Arrows	Jochen Mass vs Riccardo Patrese	3–9	6–6	3–2
Shadow	Elio de Angelis vs Jan Lammers	7–5	7–5	0–0
Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Niki Lauda vs Nelson Piquet	6–6	6–4	4–0
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque	9–0	5–4	12–0
Team Lotus	Hector Rebaque vs Carlos Reutemann	0–9	4–5	0–17
Ligier	Jacky Ickx vs Jacques Laffite	0–8	2–6	3–12
Ligier	Patrick Depailler vs Jacques Laffite	3–4	3–4	22–24
Tyrrell	Derek Daly vs Didier Pironi	0–3	0–3	0–6