1979 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1979 at Zolder. It was the sixth race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

1979 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date 13 May 1979
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:21.13
Fastest lap
Driver Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:23.09 on lap 63
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ligier-Ford
Third Tyrrell-Ford

The 70-lap race was won by Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari. Scheckter collided with Clay Regazzoni's Williams-Ford on the second lap, but recovered to take his first victory of the season. Jacques Laffite finished second in a Ligier-Ford, having started from pole position, while Didier Pironi achieved his first podium finish with third in a Tyrrell-Ford.

The race also saw the first appearance of Alfa Romeo as a works team since 1951. Driving the Alfa Romeo 177, Bruno Giacomelli qualified 14th, ahead of both Renaults and both McLarens, before retiring following a collision with Elio de Angelis in the Shadow-Ford.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos Driver Constructor Time No
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:21,13 1
2 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 1:21,20 2
3 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:21,35 3
4 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:21,59 4
5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:21,83 5
6 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:22,08 6
7 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:22,09 7
8 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1:22,40 8
9 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 1:22,55 9
10 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 1:22,56 10
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:22,68 11
12 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:22,85 12
13 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:22,87 13
14 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:23,15 14
15 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:23,63 15
16 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:23,92 16
17 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:24,02 17
18 René Arnoux Renault 1:24,33 18
19 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:24,37 19
20 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 1:24,62 20
21 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 1:24,76 21
22 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:25,08 22
23 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:25,18 23
24 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 1:25,48 24
DNQ Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:25,69
DNQ Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:25,92
DNQ Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 1:27,83
DNQ Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford 1:34,48

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 70 1:39:59.53 7 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 70 + 15.36 1 6
3 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 70 + 35.17 12 4
4 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 70 + 46.49 10 3
5 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 70 + 1:04.31 16 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 70 + 1:05.85 19 1
7 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 69 + 1 Lap 6
8 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 20
9 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 68 + 2 Laps 23
10 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 68 + 2 Laps 21
11 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 67 + 3 Laps 11
Ret 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 46 Accident 2
Ret 20 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 40 Accident 9
Ret 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 39 Electrical 4
Ret 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 27 Brakes 5
Ret 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Engine 3
Ret 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Engine 13
Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault 22 Turbo 18
Ret 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 21 Collision 14
Ret 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 21 Collision 24
Ret 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 17 Spun Off 22
Ret 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 13 Transmission 15
Ret 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 Turbo 17
Ret 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1 Collision 8
DNQ 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford
DNQ 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
DNQ 22 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford
DNQ 36 Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford
Source:[1]

Lap leaders

Patrick Depailler 25 laps (1–18, 40–46); Jacques Laffite 12 laps (19–23, 47–53); Alan Jones 16 laps (24–39); Jody Scheckter 17 laps (54–70).

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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.

References

  1. "1979 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "Belgium 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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