The 1979 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 August 1979 at Österreichring.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1René ArnouxRenault1:34.0712Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:34.2823Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:34.4534Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:35.5145Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:35.7056Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:35.8267Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:35.8578Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:35.9289Jody ScheckterFerrari1:36.10910Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:36.261011Derek DalyTyrrell-Ford1:36.421112Keke RosbergWolf-Ford1:36.671213Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:36.711314Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:36.721415Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:37.111516John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:37.161617Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:37.321718Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:37.931819Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:38.381920Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:38.852021Jacky IckxLigier-Ford1:39.312122Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:39.442223Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:39.452324Patrick GaillardEnsign-Ford1:41.1024Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford1:41.16—Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:45.75—
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 54 1:27:38.01 2 9 2 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 54 +36.05 secs 5 6 3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 54 +46.77 secs 8 4 4 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 54 +47.21 secs 9 3 5 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 54 +48.92 secs 6 2 6 16 René Arnoux Renault 53 +1 Lap 1 1 7 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 53 +1 Lap 10 8 4 Derek Daly Tyrrell-Ford 53 +1 Lap 11 9 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 53 +1 Lap 16 10 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 53 +1 Lap 14 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 45 Engine 4 22 Patrick Gaillard Ensign-Ford 42 Suspension 24 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 34 Suspension 13 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 34 Engine 22 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 32 Engine 7 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 28 Engine 18 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier-Ford 26 Engine 21 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 22 Handling 17 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 16 Gearbox 3 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 15 Electrical 19 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 15 Brakes 12 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 3 Accident 23 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1 Engine 20 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 0 Clutch 15 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
Notes
This was the 50th Grand Prix start for a Canadian driver.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jody Scheckter* 38 (42) 2 Gilles Villeneuve* 32 3 Jacques Laffite* 32 3 4 Alan Jones* 25 1 5 Clay Regazzoni* 24Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari* 74 2 Ligier-Ford* 55 3 Williams-Ford* 49 4 Lotus-Ford 37 5 Tyrrell-Ford 21Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 4 results from the first 7 races and the best 4 results from the last 8 races counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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