Round 6 · 13 May 1979
Belgian Grand Prix
Zolder · Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
26 drivers
After Round 5
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
20
pts
2
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
20
pts
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
18
pts
4
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
18
pts
5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
16
pts
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
12
pts
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
7
pts
8
John Watson
McLaren
4
pts
9
Alan Jones
Williams
4
pts
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
4
pts
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
12
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
0
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Renault
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
27 drivers
After Round 6
1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑2
24
+6
2
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
↑3
24
+8
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
↓2
20
+0
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
↓2
20
+0
5
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
↓1
19
+1
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
12
+0
7
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↑3
8
+4
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
↓1
7
+0
9
John Watson
McLaren
↓1
5
+1
10
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
4
+0
11
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↑988
2
+2
12
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓1
1
+0
13
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
↓1
1
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
NEW
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 7 | 1:39:59.530 | 9 |
| 2 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | +15.360 | 6 |
| 3 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | +35.170 | 4 |
| 4 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 10 | +46.490 | 3 |
| 5 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +1:04.310 | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 19 | +1:05.850 | 1 |
| 7 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 6 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | 2L | 0 |
| 10 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 2L | 0 |
| 11 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | 3L | 0 |
| R | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 8 | — | 0 |