| Circuit | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
|---|---|
| Date | 1979-09-30 |
| Round | 14 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 72 | 1:52:06.892 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | 72 | +1.080 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 3 | 72 | +1:13.656 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 9 | 71 | +1 Lap | — | 3 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 6 | 71 | +1 Lap | — | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 17 | 70 | +2 Laps | — | 1 |
| 7 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 17 | 68 | +4 Laps | — | 0 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 67 | +5 Laps | — | 0 |
| 9 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 67 | +5 Laps | — | 0 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 10 | 66 | Out of fuel | — | 0 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 4 | 61 | Gearbox | — | 0 |
| 12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 52 | Fuel system | — | 0 |
| 13 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 16 | 47 | Gearbox | — | 0 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 13 | 33 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 15 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 24 | 28 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 16 | Hector Rebaque | Rebaque | 22 | 26 | Chassis | — | 0 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 7 | 24 | Brakes | — | 0 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 23 | 24 | Ignition | — | 0 |
| 19 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | 23 | Suspension | — | 0 |
| 20 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | 20 | Spun off | — | 0 |
| 21 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | 19 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 22 | René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | 14 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 23 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 12 | 14 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 24 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 10 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 30 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Ford | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | 0 |