← 1979 Season
French Grand Prix 1979
Race Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
| 1 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Renault |
1 |
80 |
1:35:20.420 |
— |
9 |
| 2 |
Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari |
3 |
80 |
+14.590 |
— |
6 |
| 3 |
René Arnoux |
Renault |
2 |
80 |
+14.830 |
— |
4 |
| 4 |
Alan Jones |
Williams |
7 |
80 |
+36.610 |
— |
3 |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell |
10 |
80 |
+1:04.510 |
— |
2 |
| 6 |
Clay Regazzoni |
Williams |
9 |
80 |
+1:05.510 |
— |
1 |
| 7 |
Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari |
5 |
79 |
+1 Lap |
— |
0 |
| 8 |
Jacques Laffite |
Ligier |
8 |
79 |
+1 Lap |
— |
0 |
| 9 |
Keke Rosberg |
Wolf |
16 |
79 |
+1 Lap |
— |
0 |
| 10 |
Patrick Tambay |
McLaren |
20 |
78 |
+2 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 11 |
John Watson |
McLaren |
15 |
78 |
+2 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 12 |
Hector Rebaque |
Team Lotus |
23 |
78 |
+2 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 13 |
Carlos Reutemann |
Team Lotus |
13 |
77 |
+3 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 14 |
Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows |
19 |
77 |
+3 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 15 |
Jochen Mass |
Arrows |
22 |
75 |
+5 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 16 |
Elio de Angelis |
Shadow |
24 |
75 |
+5 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 17 |
Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo |
17 |
75 |
+5 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 18 |
Jan Lammers |
Shadow |
21 |
73 |
+7 Laps |
— |
0 |
| 19 |
Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell |
11 |
71 |
Suspension |
— |
0 |
| 20 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi |
18 |
53 |
Engine |
— |
0 |
| 21 |
Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
4 |
52 |
Accident |
— |
0 |
| 22 |
Mario Andretti |
Team Lotus |
12 |
51 |
Brakes |
— |
0 |
| 23 |
Jacky Ickx |
Ligier |
14 |
45 |
Engine |
— |
0 |
| 24 |
Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
6 |
23 |
Spun off |
— |
0 |
| 25 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck |
ATS |
0 |
0 |
Withdrew |
— |
0 |
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