1979 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1979 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 January 1979 at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 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.

1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 1 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
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
Lap leaders

Classification

Qualifying classification
Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Grid
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 1:44.20 1
2 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 1:45.24 2
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 1:45.34 3
4 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:45.36 4
5 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1:45.58 5
6 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:45.76 6
7 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:45.96 7
8 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:46,43 8
9 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:46.56 9
10 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:46.88 10
11 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:47.15 11
12 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:47.46 12
13 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:48.33 DNS
14 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 1:48.34 13
15 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:48.44 14
16 17 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 1:48.51 15
17 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 1:48.64 16
18 20 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 1:48.77 17
19 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:49.36 18
20 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:49.49 19
21 18 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 1:49.51 20
22 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:50.26 21
23 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:50.29 22
24 22 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 1:51.05 23
25 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 1:51.28 DNS
26 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:51.52 24

Race classification
PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 53 1:36:03.21 1 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford G 53 +14.94 secs 3 6
3 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford G 53 +1:28.81 6 4
4 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford G 53 +1:41.72 2 3
5 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 7 2
6 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 11 1
7 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford G 52 +1 Lap 16
8 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 14
9 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 15
10 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 17
11 22 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford G 51 +2 Laps 24
Ret 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 48 Engine 10
Ret 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G 46 Suspension 19
Ret 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford G 42 Transmission 21
Ret 20 James Hunt Wolf-Ford G 41 Electrical 18
Ret 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford G 15 Engine 4
Ret 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 15 Engine 12
Ret 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 8 Fuel System 23
Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault M 6 Engine 26
Ret 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari M 0 Collision 5
Ret 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 0 Collision 8
Ret 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G 0 Collision 9
Ret 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 0 Collision 20
Ret 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G 0 Collision 22
DNS 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 0 Accident 13
DNS 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford G 0 25
Source:[1][2]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "1979 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "1979 Argentine Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. "Argentina 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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