Round 14 · 30 September 1979
Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Montreal, Canada
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
32 drivers
After Round 13
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
51
pts
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
38
pts
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
36
pts
4
Alan Jones
Williams
34
pts
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
27
pts
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6
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
20
pts
7
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
20
pts
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
14
pts
9
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
14
pts
10
John Watson
McLaren
13
pts
11
René Arnoux
Renault
11
pts
12
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
9
pts
13
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
8
pts
14
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
4
pts
15
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
3
pts
16
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
3
pts
17
Jochen Mass
Arrows
3
pts
18
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
2
pts
19
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Geoff Lees
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
33 drivers
After Round 14
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
—
51
+0
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
44
+6
3
Alan Jones
Williams
↑1
40
+6
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
36
+0
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
—
29
+2
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6
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
—
20
+0
7
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
—
20
+0
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
—
14
+0
9
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
14
+0
10
John Watson
McLaren
—
14
+1
11
René Arnoux
Renault
—
11
+0
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↑1
10
+2
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
↓1
9
+0
14
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Ford
—
4
+0
15
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Ford
—
3
+0
16
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
—
3
+0
17
Jochen Mass
Arrows
—
3
+0
18
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
2
+0
19
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
1
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Rebaque
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Geoff Lees
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Ricardo Zunino
Brabham-Ford
NEW
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
25 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 1:52:06.892 | 9 |
| 2 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | +1.080 | 6 |
| 3 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 3 | +1:13.656 | 4 |
| 4 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 9 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 6 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 17 | 2L | 1 |
| 7 | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 17 | 4L | 0 |
| 8 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 5L | 0 |
| 9 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 5L | 0 |
| 10 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 10 | 6L | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Rebaque | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | — | 0 |
| W | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Ford | Pit | — | 0 |