1979 French Grand Prix - Race Classification
#
 
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time
Grid
Points
1
French
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
80
1:35:20.42
1
9
2
Canadian
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
80
+14.59
3
6
3
French
René Arnoux
Renault
80
+14.83
2
4
4
Australian
Alan Jones
Williams
80
+36.61
7
3
5
French
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
80
+1:04.51
10
2
6
Swiss
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
80
+1:05.51
9
1
7
South African
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
79
+1 Laps
5
0
8
French
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
79
+1 Laps
8
0
9
Finnish
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
79
+1 Laps
16
0
10
French
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
78
+2 Laps
20
0
11
British
John Watson
McLaren
78
+2 Laps
15
0
12
Mexican
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
78
+2 Laps
23
0
13
Argentine
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
77
+3 Laps
13
0
14
Italian
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
77
+3 Laps
19
0
15
German
Jochen Mass
Arrows
75
+5 Laps
22
0
16
Italian
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
75
+5 Laps
24
0
17
Italian
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
75
+5 Laps
17
0
18
Dutch
Jan Lammers
Shadow
73
+7 Laps
21
0
 
French
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
71
Suspension
11
0
 
Brazilian
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
53
Engine
18
0
 
Brazilian
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
52
Accident
4
0
 
American
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
51
Brakes
12
0
 
Belgian
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
45
Engine
14
0
 
Austrian
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
23
Spun off
6
0
 
German
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
Withdrew
0
0
 
French
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
0
DNQ
0
0
 
Italian
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
DNQ
0
0