The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979.
The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the season onwards, as part of plans to share the Italian Grand Prix with Monza in alternate years. The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was indeed held at Imola, but the race returned permanently to Monza in , with Imola instead given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix, which was held until 2006.
Sixteen cars entered the race; the eventual winner was Niki Lauda, driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo. Carlos Reutemann was second in a Lotus-Ford, while Jody Scheckter, who had won the Drivers' Championship at Monza the previous week, was third in his Ferrari. This was the last F1 race in which Brabham used Alfa Romeo engines, and Lauda's last race with the team before he temporarily quit the sport during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks later.
Classification
Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:32.910 — 2 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:33.240 +0.330 3 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Cosworth 1:33.937 +1.027 4 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:34.808 +1.898 5 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Cosworth 1:35.265 +2.355 6 36 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 1:35.375 +2.465 7 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 1:35.649 +2.739 8 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Cosworth 1:35.926 +3.016 9 14 Alex Ribeiro Fittipaldi-Cosworth 1:37.285 +4.375 10 39 Giacomo Agostini Williams-Cosworth 1:38.554 +5.644 11 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:39.082 +6.172 12 40 Gimax Williams-Cosworth 1:40.066 +7.156 13 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Cosworth 1:41.863 +8.953 14 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Cosworth 1:58.623 +25.713 15 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Cosworth - - 16 19 Beppe Gabbiani Shadow-Cosworth - -Source:
Race
Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 40 1:03:55.89 4 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Cosworth 40 + 8.09 3 3 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 40 + 26.22 2 4 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Cosworth 40 + 39.76 5 5 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Cosworth 40 + 47.40 8 6 Keke Rosberg Wolf-Cosworth 40 + 1:08.33 7 7 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 40 + 1:14.38 1 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 15 9 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 39 + 1 Lap 6 10 Giacomo Agostini Williams-Cosworth 39 + 1 Lap 10 11 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Cosworth 38 + 2 Laps 13 Ret Gimax Williams-Cosworth 32 Clutch 12 Ret Alex Ribeiro Fittipaldi-Cosworth 26 Gearbox 9 Ret Elio de Angelis Shadow-Cosworth 17 Spun off 14 Ret Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 4 Engine 11 DNS Beppe Gabbiani Shadow-Cosworth 0 Engine 16
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