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01 Jul 1979

1979 French Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 15 Jean Pierre Jabouille Renault 80 1:35'20.42 1 9
2 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 80 + 14.59 3 6
3 16 Rene Arnoux Renault 80 + 14.83 2 4
4 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 80 + 36.61 7 3
5 4 Jean Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 1'04.51 10 2
6 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 80 + 1'05.51 9 1
7 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 5
8 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 79 + 1 lap 8
9 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 16
10 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 20
11 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 15
12 31 Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 23
13 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 13
14 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 19
15 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 75 + 5 Laps 22
16 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 75 + 5 Laps 24
17 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 75 + 5 Laps 17
18 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 73 + 7 Laps 21
Ret 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 71 Suspension 11
Ret 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 53 Engine 18
Ret 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 52 Accident 4
Ret 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 51 Brakes 12
Ret 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier-Ford 45 Engine 14
Ret 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 spun off 6
DNQ 22 Patrick Gaillard Ensign-Ford
DNQ 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford

Fastest Lap: Rene Arnoux 1'9.160