1979 Belgian Grand Prix

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1979 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg
Race details
Date13 May 1979
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 1:21.13
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:23.09 on lap 63
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ligier-Ford
Third Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 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.

Contents

The 70-lap race was won by Jody Scheckter, driving a Ferrari. 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

PosDriverConstructorTimeNo
1Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:21,131
2Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford1:21,202
3Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:21,353
4Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:21,594
5Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:21,835
6Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:22,086
7Jody ScheckterFerrari1:22,097
8Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:22,408
9James HuntWolf-Ford1:22,559
10Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:22,5610
11Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:22,6811
12Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:22,8512
13Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:22,8713
14Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:23,1514
15Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford1:23,6315
16Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:23,9216
17Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:24,0217
18René ArnouxRenault1:24,3318
19John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:24,3719
20Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:24,6220
21Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:24,7621
22Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:25,0822
23Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:25,1823
24Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:25,4824
DNQPatrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:25,69
DNQArturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:25,92
DNQDerek DalyEnsign-Ford1:27,83
DNQGianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford1:34,48

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Ferrari M 701:39:59.5379
226 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 70+ 15.3616
33 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 70+ 35.17124
42 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford G 70+ 46.49103
529 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 70+ 1:04.31162
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford G 70+ 1:05.85191
712 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 69+ 1 Lap6
89 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford G 69+ 1 Lap20
914 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 68+ 2 Laps23
1017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford G 68+ 2 Laps21
114 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford G 67+ 3 Laps11
Ret25 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford G 46Accident2
Ret20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Wolf-Ford G 40Accident9
Ret27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 39Electrical4
Ret1 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 27Brakes5
Ret6 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 23Engine3
Ret5 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 23Engine13
Ret16 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault M 22Turbo18
Ret35 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo G 21Collision14
Ret18 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford G 21Collision24
Ret30 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 17Spun Off22
Ret31 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G 13Transmission15
Ret15 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 13Turbo17
Ret28 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford G 1Collision8
DNQ8 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G
DNQ24 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G
DNQ22 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly Ensign-Ford G
DNQ36 Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford G
Source: [1] [2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "1979 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "1979 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 13 May 1979. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Belgium 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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