Canadian Grand Prix 1979 Montréal 30 September
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 27 Alan Jones AUS Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 Ford 72 1h52m06.892s 9 1 2 12 Gilles Villeneuve CAN Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T4 Ferrari 72 1h52m07.972s 6 2 3 28 Clay Regazzoni CH Albilad-Saudia Racing Team Williams FW07 Ford 72 1h53m20.548s 4 3 4 11 Jody Scheckter ZA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T4 Ferrari 71 - 3 9 5 03 Didier Pironi FRA Candy Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 009 Ford 71 - 2 6 6 07 John Watson GBR Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29 Ford 70 - 1 17 7 05 Ricardo Zunino ARG Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49 Ford 68 - - 19 8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi BRA Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F6A Ford 67 - - 15 9 17 Jan Lammers NED Samson Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford 67 - - 21 10 01 Mario Andretti USA Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford 66 Out Of Fuel - 10 R 06 Nelson Piquet BRA Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49 Alfa Roméo 61 Gearbox - 4 R 36 Vittorio Brambilla ITA Autodelta Alfa Roméo 179 Alfa Roméo 52 Fuel Metering Unit - 18 R 25 Jacky Ickx BEL Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 Ford 47 Gearbox - 16 R 04 Jean Pierre Jarier FRA Candy Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 009 Ford 33 Engine - 13 R 33 Derek Daly IRL Candy Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 009 Ford 28 Engine - 24 R 31 Hector Rebaque MEX Team Rebaque Rebaque HR100 Ford 26 Engine Mounting - 22 R 18 Elio De Angelis ITA Interscope Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford 24 Distributor - 23 R 15 Jean Pierre Jabouille FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 Renault 24 Brakes - 7 R 02 Carlos Reutemann ARG Martini Racing Team Lotus Lotus 79 Ford 23 Suspension - 11 R 29 Riccardo Patrese ITA Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1B Ford 20 Spun Off - 14 R 08 Patrick Tambay FRA Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M2 Ford 19 Engine - 20 R 16 René Arnoux FRA Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS10 Renault 14 Accident - 8 R 09 Hans Joachim Stuck GER ATS Wheels ATS D3 Ford 14 Accident - 12 R 26 Jacques Laffite FRA Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 Ford 10 Engine - 5 DNQ 30 Jochen Mass GER Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A2 Ford - - - - DNQ 22 Marc Surer CH Team Ensign Ensign N179 Ford - - - - DNQ 20 Keke Rosberg FIN Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing Wolf WR9 Ford - - - - DNQ 19 Alex Ribeiro BRA Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F6A Ford - - - - DNQ 24 Arturo Merzario ITA Team Merzario Merzario A2 Ford - - - - W 05 Niki Lauda AUT Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT49 Ford - - - - W 35 Bruno Giacomelli ITA Autodelta Alfa Roméo 179 Alfa Roméo - - - - Lap Leaders Total Gilles Villeneuve 1-50 50 Alan Jones 51-72 22 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m29.892s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m31.272s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Jody Scheckter ZA 51 (60) 2 Gilles Villeneuve CAN 44 3 Alan Jones AUS 40 (43) 4 Jacques Laffite FRA 36 5 Clay Regazzoni CH 29 (32) 6= Carlos Reutemann ARG 20 (25) 6= Patrick Depailler FRA 20 (22)