1979 British Grand Prix

  1979 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Date	14 July 1979
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.719 km (2.932 mi)
Distance	68 laps, 320.871 km (199.380 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:11.88
Fastest lap
Driver	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford
Time	1:14.40 on lap 39
Podium
First	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford
Second	René Arnoux	Renault
Third	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1979 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 14 July 1979 at Silverstone. It marked the Williams team's first GP pole position and win (but with different drivers).

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	68	1:26:11.17	4	9
2	16	René Arnoux	Renault	68	+24.28 secs	5	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	67	+1 Lap	16	4
4	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	67	+1 Lap	7	3
5	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	67	+1 Lap	11	2
6	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	67	+1 Lap	17	1
7	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	66	Out of Fuel	18
8	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	66	+2 Laps	8
9	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	66	+2 Laps	24
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	66	+2 laps	15
11	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	65	+3 Laps	21
12	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	65	+3 Laps	12
13	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign-Ford	65	+3 Laps	23
14	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	63	Fuel system	13
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	45	Gearbox	19
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	44	Engine	10
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	44	Fuel System	14
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	38	Water Pump	1
Ret	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	37	Gearbox	20
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	25	Engine	22
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	21	Turbo	2
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	Brakes	6
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	3	Wheel	9
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	Spun Off	3
DNQ	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

Notes

• Lap Leaders: Alan Jones 38 laps (1-38); Clay Regazzoni 30 laps (39-68).
• Williams' first Grand Prix Victory
• Last Win For: Clay Regazzoni
• Alan Jones's pole position time in his ground-effect Williams was 6.6 seconds faster than James Hunt's 1977 British Grand Prix pole time in his non-ground effect McLaren at the same track. ^[1]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jody Scheckter 32 (36) 2 Gilles Villeneuve 26 3 Jacques Laffite 24 4 Patrick Depailler 20 (22) 5 Carlos Reutemann 20 (25)

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 62 2 Ligier-Ford 47 3 Lotus-Ford 37 4 Williams-Ford 23 5 Tyrrell-Ford 21

• 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.