1979 / ROUND 8

French Grand Prix

1979-07-01 · Dijon-Prenois

WinnerJean-Pierre JabouillePublished race classification

Official poleJean-Pierre JabouilleSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance304.08 km80 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	1	80	1:35:20.420	9
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	3	80	1:35:35.010	6
3	René Arnoux	Renault	2	2	80	1:35:35.250	4
4	Alan Jones	Williams	7	7	80	1:35:57.030	3
5	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	10	10	80	1:36:24.930	2
6	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	9	9	80	1:36:25.930	1
7	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	5	5	79	+1 lap	0
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	8	79	+1 lap	0
9	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	16	16	79	+1 lap	0
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	20	20	78	+2 laps	0
11	John Watson	McLaren	15	15	78	+2 laps	0
12	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	24	23	78	+2 laps	0
13	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	13	13	77	+3 laps	0
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	19	19	77	+3 laps	0
15	Jochen Mass	Arrows	22	22	75	+5 laps	0
16	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	25	24	75	+5 laps	0
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	17	17	75	+5 laps	0
18	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	21	73	+7 laps	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	11	11	71	Suspension	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	18	53	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	4	4	52	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	12	12	51	Brakes	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	14	14	45	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	6	6	23	Spun off	0
DNS	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	23	—	—	Tyre dispute	0
DNQ	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:07.190
2	René Arnoux	1:07.450
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1:07.650
4	Nelson Piquet	1:08.130
5	Jody Scheckter	1:08.150
6	Niki Lauda	1:08.200
7	Alan Jones	1:08.230
8	Jacques Laffite	1:08.550
9	Clay Regazzoni	1:08.650
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:08.800
11	Didier Pironi	1:08.950
12	Mario Andretti	1:09.350
13	Carlos Reutemann	1:09.360
14	Jacky Ickx	1:09.680
15	John Watson	1:09.970
16	Keke Rosberg	1:10.150
17	Bruno Giacomelli	1:10.590
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:10.610
19	Riccardo Patrese	1:10.700
20	Patrick Tambay	1:10.920
21	Jan Lammers	1:11.140
22	Jochen Mass	1:11.140
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:11.750
24	Héctor Rebaque	1:11.970
25	Elio de Angelis	1:12.230
26	Patrick Gaillard	1:13.000
27	Arturo Merzario	1:14.950

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.