French Grand Prix 1979
1 July 1979
Dijon-Prenois, France
- Location
- Dijon, France
- Laps
- 80
- Previous winners
- 1984Niki LaudaMcLaren
- 1982Keke RosbergWilliams
- 1981Alain ProstRenault
- 1977Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus
- 1974Ronnie PetersonTeam Lotus
Starting Grid
- 1
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 2
René Arnoux
Renault
No time set
- 3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
No time set
- 6
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 7
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 9
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
No time set
- 10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
No time set
- 11
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 12
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 13
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
No time set
- 14
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
No time set
- 15
John Watson
McLaren
No time set
- 16
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
No time set
- 17
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 18
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 19
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 20
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 21
Jan Lammers
Shadow
No time set
- 22
Jochen Mass
Arrows
No time set
- 23
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- 24
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
No time set
- PIT
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
No time set
- PIT
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
No time set
- PIT
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 80 laps | 1:35:20.42 | 9pts |
| 2 | +1 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 80 laps | +14.59 | 6pts |
| 3 | -1 | René Arnoux Renault | 80 laps | +14.83 | 4pts |
| 4 | +3 | Alan Jones Williams | 80 laps | +36.61 | 3pts |
| 5 | +5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | 80 laps | +1:04.51 | 2pts |
| 6 | +3 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | 80 laps | +1:05.51 | 1pts |
| 7 | -2 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | 79 laps | ||
| 8 | 0 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 79 laps | ||
| 9 | +7 | Keke Rosberg Wolf | 79 laps | ||
| 10 | +10 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 78 laps | ||
| 11 | +4 | John Watson McLaren | 78 laps | ||
| 12 | +11 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 78 laps | ||
| 13 | 0 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | 77 laps | ||
| 14 | +5 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 77 laps | ||
| 15 | +7 | Jochen Mass Arrows | 75 laps | ||
| 16 | +8 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | 75 laps | ||
| 17 | 0 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | 75 laps | ||
| 18 | +3 | Jan Lammers Shadow | 73 laps | ||
| R | - | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 71 laps | ||
| R | - | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 53 laps | ||
| R | - | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 52 laps | ||
| R | - | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 51 laps | ||
| R | - | Jacky Ickx Ligier | 45 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 laps | ||
| W | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Patrick Gaillard Ensign | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 0 laps |