1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Race details | |||
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Race 1 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season | |||
Date | January 21, 1979 | ||
Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Course | Permanent road course | ||
Course length | 5.81 km (3.61 mi) | ||
Distance | 53 laps, 307.93 km (191.33 mi) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ligier-Ford | ||
Time | 1:44.20 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | |
Time | 1:46.91 on lap 42 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ligier-Ford | ||
Second | Lotus-Ford | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford |
The 1979 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 January 1979 at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 53 | 1:36:03.21 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford | 53 | +14.94 secs | 3 | 6 |
3 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 53 | +1:28.81 | 6 | 4 |
4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | 53 | +1:41.72 | 2 | 3 |
5 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 52 | +1 Lap | 7 | 2 |
6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 52 | +1 Lap | 11 | 1 |
7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | 52 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 51 | +2 Laps | 14 | |
9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 51 | +2 Laps | 15 | |
10 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 51 | +2 Laps | 17 | |
11 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | 51 | +2 Laps | 24 | |
Ret | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 48 | Engine | 10 | |
Ret | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus-Ford | 46 | Suspension | 19 | |
Ret | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow-Ford | 42 | Transmission | 21 | |
Ret | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | 41 | Electrical | 18 | |
Ret | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 15 | Engine | 4 | |
Ret | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | Engine | 12 | |
Ret | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | Fuel System | 23 | |
Ret | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 6 | Engine | 25 | |
Ret | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 5 | |
Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | Collision | 8 | |
Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 0 | Collision | 9 | |
Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | Collision | 20 | |
Ret | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford | 0 | Collision | 22 | |
DNS | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
DNQ | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | ||||
Source:[1] |
Notes
- Lap Leaders: Patrick Depailler 10 laps (1-10); Jacques Laffite 43 laps (11-53).
- The race had to be restarted because there was a huge crash at the second of the very fast esses after the pit straight that took off a number of drivers, including Jody Scheckter, Nelson Piquet, John Watson, Patrick Tambay and Mario Andretti.
- Formula One debut for Elio de Angelis.
- Local hero Carlos Reutemann charged through the field up from 6th to 2nd, although it wasn't enough to catch Jacques Laffite.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "1979 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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