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1979
FIA Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix
Event Info
Classification
Session Facts
Standings
Qualifying
Race
Race
Pos
No
Driver
Nat
Team
Laps
Time
Gap
Interval
Kph
Best
Lap
1
28
Clay Regazzoni
Switzerland
Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
68
1:26:11.170
223.380
1:14.400
39
2
16
Rene Arnoux
France
Equipe Renault Elf
68
1:26:35.450
+ 24.280
+ 24.280
222.330
1:15.110
31
3
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
France
Candy Tyrrell Team
67
1:26:25.340
1 Lap
1 Lap
219.490
1:15.420
61
4
7
John Watson
Great Britain
Marlboro Team McLaren
67
1:26:36.160
1 Lap
+ 10.820
219.030
1:15.120
66
5
11
Jody Scheckter
South Africa
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
67
1:26:37.500
1 Lap
+ 1.340
218.980
1:16.020
38
6
25
Jacky Ickx
Belgium
Ligier Gitanes
67
1:26:46.250
1 Lap
+ 8.750
218.610
1:15.730
66
7
8
Patrick Tambay
France
Marlboro Team McLaren
66
2 Laps
1 Lap
1:16.420
60
8
2
Carlos Reutemann
Argentina
Martini Racing Team Lotus
66
1:26:25.720
2 Laps
+ 1:26:25.720
216.200
1:16.590
21
9
31
Hector Rebaque
Mexico
Team Rebaque
66
1:26:41.650
2 Laps
+ 15.930
215.540
1:17.240
63
10
3
Didier Pironi
France
Candy Tyrrell Team
66
1:26:46.860
2 Laps
+ 5.210
215.320
1:15.050
66
11
17
Jan Lammers
Netherlands
Interscope Shadow Racing Team
65
1:27:10.050
3 Laps
1 Lap
211.120
1:18.250
55
12
18
Elio de Angelis
Italy
Interscope Shadow Racing Team
65
1:27:11.810
3 Laps
+ 1.760
211.050
1:16.080
61
13
22
Patrick Gaillard
France
Team Ensign
65
1:27:12.320
3 Laps
+ 0.510
211.030
1:18.400
58
14
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Canada
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
63
5 Laps
2 Laps
1:15.500
53
DNF
29
Riccardo Patrese
Italy
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
45
1:18.130
43
DNF
26
Jacques Laffite
France
Ligier Gitanes
44
1:15.530
39
DNF
20
Keke Rosberg
Finland
Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing
44
1:16.390
36
DNF
27
Alan Jones
Australia
Albilad-Williams Racing Team
38
1:14.890
8
DNF
30
Jochen Mass
Germany
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
37
1:17.400
35
DNF
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil
Fittipaldi Automotive
25
1:18.930
7
DNF
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France
Equipe Renault Elf
21
1:15.180
6
DNF
5
Niki Lauda
Austria
Parmalat Racing Team
12
1:17.620
9
DNF
1
Mario Andretti
USA
Martini Racing Team Lotus
3
1:21.360
2
DNF
6
Nelson Piquet
Brazil
Parmalat Racing Team
1
1:26.360
196.700
1:26.360
1