1979 Argentine Grand Prix
| 1979 Argentine Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | January 21, 1979 | ||
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Course | Permanent road course | ||
| Course length | 5.81 km (3.61 miles) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 307.93 km (191.33 miles) | ||
| 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 | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
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
Qualifying classification
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 1:44,20 | 1 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | 1:45,24 | 2 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford | 1:45,34 | 3 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:45,36 | 4 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:45,58 | 5 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:45,76 | 6 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 1:45,96 | 7 |
| 8 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:46,43 | 8 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 1:46,56 | 9 |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:46,88 | 10 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:47,15 | 11 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:47,46 | 12 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:48,33 | DNS |
| 14 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 1:48,34 | 13 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1:48,44 | 14 |
| 16 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | 1:48,51 | 15 |
| 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 1:48,64 | 16 |
| 18 | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | 1:48,77 | 17 |
| 19 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus-Ford | 1:49,36 | 18 |
| 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:49,49 | 19 |
| 21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow-Ford | 1:49,51 | 20 |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford | 1:50,26 | 21 |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1:50,29 | 22 |
| 24 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | 1:51,05 | 23 |
| 25 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | 1:51,28 | DNS |
| 26 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:51,52 | 24 |
Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Merzario-Ford | 0 | Collision | 22 | |
| DNS | 29 | Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows-Ford | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck
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ATS-Ford | ||||
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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.
- ^ a b "Argentina 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.