1979 French Grand Prix

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	80	1:35:20.42	9
2	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	80	+14.59	6
3	16	René Arnoux	Renault	2	80	+14.83	4
4	27	Alan Jones	Williams	7	80	+36.61	3
5	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	10	80	+1:04.51	2
6	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	9	80	+1:05.51	1
7	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	5	79	+1 Lap	0
8	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	79	+1 Lap	0
9	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	16	79	+1 Lap	0
10	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	20	78	+2 Laps	0
11	7	John Watson	McLaren	15	78	+2 Laps	0
12	31	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	23	78	+2 Laps	0
13	2	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	13	77	+3 Laps	0
14	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	19	77	+3 Laps	0
15	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows	22	75	+5 Laps	0
16	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	24	75	+5 Laps	0
17	35	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	17	75	+5 Laps	0
18	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	73	+7 Laps	0
R	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	11	71	Suspension	0
R	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	18	53	Engine	0
R	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	4	52	Accident	0
R	1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	12	51	Brakes	0
R	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	14	45	Engine	0
R	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	6	23	Spun off	0
W	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	PL	0	Withdrew	0
F	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	PL	0	Did not qualify	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	2	30
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	26
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	24
4	Patrick Depailler		1	20
5	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	0	20
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	0	12
7	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	9
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	0	9
9	John Watson	McLaren	0	8
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	8

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Ferrari	4	60
2	Ligier	3	46
3	Team Lotus	0	37
4	Tyrrell	0	17
5	Williams	0	14
6	Renault	1	13
7	McLaren	0	8
8	Arrows	0	3
9	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	1
10	Fittipaldi	0	1