1979 Canadian Grand Prix

  1979 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 16 in the 1979 Formula One season
Date	September 30, 1979
Location	Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal
Course	Semi-permanent racing facility 4.5 km (2.796 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 324 km (200.592 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:29.892
Fastest lap
Driver	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Time	1:31.272 on lap 65
Podium
First	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
Second	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
Third	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford

The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 30 September 1979 at Montreal.

During practice Niki Lauda announced his retirement from Formula One. Ricardo Zunino replaced him for the race. The organizers would not let the Alfa Romeo team compete unless they pre-qualified. They refused to do so but a compromise was reached where one of their drivers would be allowed to take part in practice. The other, Bruno Giacomelli, was not allowed to enter the race. The race turned into a close duel between Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve that continued the entire race.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	72	1:52:06.892	1	9
2	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	72	+1.080 secs	2	6
3	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	72	+1:13.656	3	4
4	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	71	+1 Lap	9	3
5	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	71	+1 Lap	6	2
6	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	70	+2 Laps	17	1
7	5	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	68	+4 Laps	19
8	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	67	+5 Laps	15
9	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	67	+5 Laps	21
10	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	66	Out of Fuel	10
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	61	Gearbox	4
Ret	36	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	52	Fuel System	18
Ret	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	47	Gearbox	16
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	33	Engine	13
Ret	33	Derek Daly	Tyrrell-Ford	28	Engine	24
Ret	31	Hector Rebaque	Rebaque-Ford	26	Chassis	22
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	24	Brakes	7
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	24	Ignition	23
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	23	Suspension	11
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	20	Spun Off	14
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	19	Engine	20
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	14	Accident	8
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	14	Accident	12
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	10	Engine	5
DNQ	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	22	Marc Surer	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford
DNQ	19	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
WD	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Ford		Retired in Practice

Notes

• Lap Leaders: Gilles Villeneuve 50 laps (1-50); Alan Jones 22 laps (51-72).

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jody Scheckter 51 (60) 2 Gilles Villeneuve 44 3 Alan Jones 40 (43) 4 Jacques Laffite 36 5 Clay Regazzoni 29 (32)

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 104 2 Williams-Ford 75 3 Ligier-Ford 61 4 Lotus-Ford 39 5 Tyrrell-Ford 24

• 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.