1979 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1979 Formula One season crowned as champion Jody Scheckter.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 21	Oscar Gálvez	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	February 4	Interlagos	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 8	Long Beach	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Jarama	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 13	Zolder	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
7	Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 1	Dijon-Prenois	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	Report
10	German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	August 12	Österreichring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
12	Dutch Grand Prix	August 26	Zandvoort	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 30	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report

1979 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	Pts
1	Jody Scheckter	Ret	6	2	2	4	1	1	7	5	4	4	2	1	4	Ret	51 (60)
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	5	1	1	7	7	Ret	2	14	8	2	Ret	2	2	1	47 (53)
3	Alan Jones	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	1	1	1	9	1	Ret	40 (43)
4	Jacques Laffite	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	36
5	Clay Regazzoni	10	15	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	6	1	2	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	29 (32)
6	Carlos Reutemann	2	3	5	Ret	2	4	3	13	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	20 (25)
7	Patrick Depailler	4	2	Ret	5	1	Ret	5									20 (22)
8	René Arnoux	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	17
9	John Watson	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	4	11	4	5	9	Ret	Ret	6	6	15
10	Didier Pironi	Ret	4	Ret	DSQ	6	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	7	Ret	10	5	3	14
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	3	6	5	11	Ret	5	3			Ret	6	Ret	Ret	14
12	Mario Andretti	5	Ret	4	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10	Ret	14
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	NC	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9
14	Niki Lauda	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	4	WD		4
15	Elio de Angelis	7	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	16	12	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3
16	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
17	Jacky Ickx								Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	Jochen Mass	8	7	12	9	8	Ret	6	15	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	3
19	Riccardo Patrese	DNS	9	11	Ret	10	5	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	2
20	Hans Joachim Stuck	DNS	Ret	Ret	DSQ	14	8	Ret	DNS	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	2
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	6	11	13	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7	1
22	Hector Rebaque	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		12	9	Ret	DNQ	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
23	Patrick Tambay	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	DNQ	DNQ	10	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Ricardo Zunino														7	Ret	0
25	Geoff Lees										7						0
26	Derek Daly	11	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				8			Ret	Ret	0
27	James Hunt	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
28	Jan Lammers	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	12	10	DNQ	18	11	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9	DNQ	0
29	Keke Rosberg								9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	0
30	Vittorio Brambilla													12	Ret	DNQ	0
31	Patrick Gaillard								DNQ	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
32	Bruno Giacomelli						Ret		17					Ret		Ret	0
—	Arturo Merzario	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Marc Surer													DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	Gianfranco Brancatelli					DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ									0
—	Alex Ribeiro														DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USE	Pts

Images for kids

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  South African Jody Scheckter won the Drivers' Championship, driving for Ferrari.

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  Australian Alan Jones (pictured in 1980) finished third in the Drivers' Championship, driving for Williams.

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  Ferrari won the International Cup for F1 Constructors with its 312T3 and 312T4 (pictured) models.

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  Ligier placed third with its JS11 model.