1979 Canadian Grand Prix

1979 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date	30 September 1979
Location	Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal
Course	Semi-permanent racing facility
Course length	4.500 km (2.796 miles)
Distance	72 laps, 324.000 km (201.324 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy, mild and dry with temperatures reaching up to 21 °C (70 °F); wind speeds up to 18.3 kilometres per hour (11.4 mph)[1]
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
Lap leaders

The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 1979 at the Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal.

During practice Niki Lauda announced his retirement from Formula One. The Brabham team, who had replaced their Alfa Romeo-engined BT48 with the Cosworth DFV-engined BT49, recruited Argentine newcomer Ricardo Zunino as Lauda's replacement.

The organizers would not let the Alfa Romeo factory 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.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Race

Classification

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

Championship 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) Source: [4]

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 Source: [4]

• 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.

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