Canadian Grand Prix 1979
30 September 1979
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada
- Location
- Montreal, Canada
- Laps
- 72
- Fastest time
1:13.078
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes (2019)- Previous winners
- 2019Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 2018Sebastian VettelFerrari
- 2017Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 2016Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Starting Grid
- 1
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 3
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
No time set
- 4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford
No time set
- 5
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 6
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 8
René Arnoux
Renault
No time set
- 9
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
No time set
- 10
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 11
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
No time set
- 12
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
No time set
- 13
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
No time set
- 14
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 15
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 16
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
No time set
- 17
John Watson
McLaren
No time set
- 17
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford
No time set
- 18
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 20
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 21
Jan Lammers
Shadow
No time set
- 22
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
No time set
- 23
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
No time set
- 24
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
No time set
- PIT
Jochen Mass
Arrows
No time set
- PIT
Marc Surer
Ensign
No time set
- PIT
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
No time set
- PIT
Alex Ribeiro
Fittipaldi
No time set
- PIT
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- PIT
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Alan Jones Williams | 72 laps | 1:52:06.892 | 9pts |
| 2 | 0 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 72 laps | +1.080 | 6pts |
| 3 | 0 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | 72 laps | +1:13.656 | 4pts |
| 4 | +5 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | 71 laps | 3pts | |
| 5 | +1 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 71 laps | 2pts | |
| 6 | +11 | John Watson McLaren | 70 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | +10 | Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford | 68 laps | ||
| 8 | +7 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 67 laps | ||
| 9 | +12 | Jan Lammers Shadow | 67 laps | ||
| 10 | 0 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 66 laps | ||
| R | - | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford | 61 laps | ||
| R | - | Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo | 52 laps | ||
| R | - | Jacky Ickx Ligier | 47 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | 33 laps | ||
| R | - | Derek Daly Tyrrell | 28 laps | ||
| R | - | Hector Rebaque Rebaque | 26 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 24 laps | ||
| R | - | Elio de Angelis Shadow | 24 laps | ||
| R | - | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | 23 laps | ||
| R | - | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 20 laps | ||
| R | - | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 19 laps | ||
| R | - | René Arnoux Renault | 14 laps | ||
| R | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | 14 laps | ||
| R | - | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 10 laps | ||
| F | - | Jochen Mass Arrows | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Marc Surer Ensign | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Keke Rosberg Wolf | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Alex Ribeiro Fittipaldi | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | Niki Lauda Brabham-Ford | 0 laps |