Round 9 · 14 July 1979
British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 8
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
30
pts
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
26
pts
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
24
pts
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
20
pts
5
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
20
pts
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
12
pts
7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
9
pts
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
9
pts
9
John Watson
McLaren
8
pts
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
8
pts
11
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
7
pts
12
Alan Jones
Williams
7
pts
13
René Arnoux
Renault
4
pts
14
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
2
pts
15
Jochen Mass
Arrows
1
pts
16
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
17
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
-
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
0
pts
After the race
30 drivers
After Round 9
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
—
32
+2
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
26
+0
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
24
+0
4
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
—
20
+0
5
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
—
20
+0
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6
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
↑5
16
+9
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
↑1
13
+4
8
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
↓2
12
+0
9
John Watson
McLaren
—
11
+3
10
René Arnoux
Renault
↑3
10
+6
11
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
↓4
9
+0
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓2
8
+0
13
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
7
+0
14
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
2
+0
15
Jochen Mass
Arrows
—
1
+0
16
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
1
+0
17
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
1
+0
18
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
↑981
1
+1
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
NEW
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 4 | 1:26:11.170 | 9 |
| 2 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 5 | +24.280 | 6 |
| 3 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 16 | 1L | 4 |
| 4 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 17 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 18 | 2L | 0 |
| 8 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 26 | 2L | 0 |
| 10 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 15 | 2L | 0 |
| 11 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 3L | 0 |
| 12 | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 12 | 3L | 0 |
| 13 | GAI Patrick Gaillard | Ensign | 23 | 3L | 0 |
| 14 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 13 | 5L | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 3 | — | 0 |