1979 F1 Championship Standings
Driver and constructor standings for the 1979 season, with race-by-race results and cumulative points charts.
Drivers
1979 cumulative points
Championship standings
- 1
LEAD60Jody ScheckterFerrari3 wins - 2−753Gilles VilleneuveFerrari3 wins
- 3−1743Alan JonesWilliams4 wins
- 4
−2436Jacques LaffiteLigier2 wins - 5
−2832Clay RegazzoniWilliams1 win - 6
−3525Carlos ReutemannTeam Lotus - 7
−3822Patrick DepaillerLigier1 win - 8
−4317René ArnouxRenault - 9
−4515John WatsonMcLaren - 10
−4614Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell - 11
−4614Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus - 12
−4614Didier PironiTyrrell - 13
−519Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1 win - 14
−564Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo - 15
−573Jacky IckxLigier - 16
−573Elio de AngelisShadow - 17
−573Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo - 18
−573Jochen MassArrows - 19−582Hans-Joachim StuckATS
- 20
−582Riccardo PatreseArrows - 21
−591Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi - 22
−600Vittorio BrambillaAlfa Romeo - 23
−600Arturo MerzarioMerzario - 24−600Hector RebaqueTeam Lotus
- 25
−600James HuntWolf - 26
−600Patrick TambayMcLaren - 27
−600Ricardo ZuninoBrabham-Ford - 28
−600Gianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen - 29−600Patrick GaillardEnsign
- 30
−600Keke RosbergWolf - 31
−600Alex RibeiroFittipaldi - 32−600Geoff LeesTyrrell
- 33
−600Derek DalyEnsign - 34
−600Marc SurerEnsign - 35
−600Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo - 36
−600Jan LammersShadow
Race results
R1: Argentine Grand Prix
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Argentina21 Jan
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
R2: Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Brazil4 Feb
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
R3: South African Grand Prix
Kyalami, South Africa3 Mar
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
R4: United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach, USA8 Apr
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
R5: Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama, Spain29 Apr
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
R6: Belgian Grand Prix
Zolder, Belgium13 May
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
R7: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco27 May
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
R8: French Grand Prix
Dijon-Prenois, France1 Jul
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
R9: British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit, UK14 Jul
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
R10: German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring, Germany29 Jul
Alan Jones
Williams
R11: Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring, Austria12 Aug
Alan Jones
Williams
R12: Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands26 Aug
Alan Jones
Williams
R13: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy9 Sept
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
R14: Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada30 Sept
Alan Jones
Williams
R15: United States Grand Prix
Watkins Glen, USA7 Oct
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
Points calculated from race and sprint results.