Round 8

French Grand Prix

Dijon-Prenois

Dijon, France

Sunday, 1 July 1979

1st

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

2nd

Gilles Villeneuve

3rd

Fastest Lap

1:09.160Lap 71 · 197.854 km/h

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time	Pts
P1	JJ Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	80	1:35:20.420	9
P2	GV Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	31	80	1:35:35.010	6
P3	RA René Arnoux	Renault	21	80	1:35:35.250 1:09.160	4
P4	AJ Alan Jones	Williams	73	80	1:35:57.030	3
P5	JJ Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	105	80	1:36:24.930	2
P6	CR Clay Regazzoni	Williams	93	80	1:36:25.930	1
P7	JS Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	52	79	Finished	0
P8	JL Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	79	Finished	0
P9	KR Keke Rosberg	Wolf	167	79	Finished	0
P10	PT Patrick Tambay	McLaren	2010	78	Finished	0
P11	JW John Watson	McLaren	154	78	Finished	0
P12	HR Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	2311	78	Finished	0
P13	CR Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	13	77	Finished	0
P14	RP Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	195	77	Finished	0
P15	JM Jochen Mass	Arrows	227	75	Finished	0
P16	ED Elio De Angelis	Shadow	248	75	Finished	0
P17	BG Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	17	75	Finished	0
P18	JL Jan Lammers	Shadow	213	73	Finished	0
DNF	DP Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	11	71	Suspension	0
DNF	EF Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	53	Engine	0
DNF	NP Nelson Piquet	Brabham	4	52	Accident	0
DNF	MA Mario Andretti	Lotus	12	51	Brakes	0
DNF	JI Jacky Ickx	Ligier	14	45	Engine	0
DNF	NL Niki Lauda	Brabham	6	23	Spun off	0
DNS	HS Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS			Tyre dispute	0
DNQ	PG Patrick Gaillard	Ensign			Finished	0
DNQ	AM Arturo Merzario	Merzario			Finished	0