1979 Grand Prix of Britain
14 July - Silverstone: 68 laps x 4.719 km = 320.865 km
Pole Position: A Jones Williams 1 min:l 1 .880s
Fastest Lap: 228.319 km/h C Regazzoni Williams 1 min:14.400s
Results:
1 C Regazzoni Williams 1 h 26m 11.170s
2 R Arnoux Renault 1 h 26m 35.450s
3 J-P Jarier Tyrrell 67
4 J Watson McLaren 67
5 J Scheckter Ferrari 67
6 J Ickx Ligier 67
7r P Tambay McLaren 66 out of fuel
8 C Reutemann Lotus 66
9 H Rebaque Lotus 66
10 D Pironi Tyrrell 66
11 J Lammers Shadow 65
12 E de Angelis Shadow 65
13 P Gaillard Ensign 65
14r G Villeneuve Ferrari 63 fuel vaporisation
Did Not Finish:
R Patrese Arrows 45 gearbox
K Rosberg Wolf 44 fuel system
J Laffite Ligier 44 spark plug
A Jones Williams 38 water pump
J Mass Arrows 37 gearbox
E Fittipaldi Copersucar 25 engine
J-P Jabouille Renault 21 engine
N Lauda Brabham 12 brakes
M Andretti Lotus 3 wheel bearing
N Piquet Brabham 1 spin
Did Not Qualify:
H-J Stuck ATS
A Merzario Merzario
Qualifying Times:
1 27 Alan Jones Williams/Ford 1'11.88
2 15 J.P.Jabouille Renault 1'12.48
3 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'12.65
4 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams/Ford 1'13.11
5 16 Rene Arnoux Renault 1'13.29
6 5 Niki Lauda Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'13.44
7 7 John Watson McLaren/Ford 1'13.57
8 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus/Ford 1'13.87
9 1 Mario Andretti Lotus/Ford 1'14.20
10 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier/Ford 1'14.37
11 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1'14.60
12 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow/Ford 1'14.87
13 12 G.Villeneuve Ferrari 1'14.90
14 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf/Ford 1'14.96
15 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell/Ford 1'15.28
16 4 J.P.Jarier Tyrrell/Ford 1'15.63
17 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier/Ford 1'15.63
18 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren/Ford 1'15.67
19 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows/Ford 1'15.77
20 30 Jochen Mass Arrows/Ford 1'16.19
21 17 Jan Lammers Shadow/Ford 1'16.66
22 14 E.Fittipaldi Fittipaldi/Ford 1'16.68
23 22 Patrick Gaillard Ensign/Ford 1'17.07
24 31 Hector Rebaque Lotus/Ford 1'17.25
Not qualified
25 9 H.J.Stuck ATS/Ford 1'17.44
26 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario/Ford 1'19.57