1979 British Grand Prix

The British Grand Prix 1979 was the 9th round of the 1979 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on July 14th.

Clay Regazzoni won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by René Arnoux, and Jean-Pierre Jarier completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 16th position of the grid.

Alan Jones started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a water pump failure, and had to retire on lap 38th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 12 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Patrick Tambay, who run out of fuel on lap 66, Gilles Villeneuve, and Keke Rosberg, both had a fuel system failure, Riccardo Patrese, and Jochen Mass, both experienced issues with the gearbox, Jacques Laffite, and Emerson Fittipaldi, both suffered an engine malfunction, Alan Jones, who had a water pump failure on lap 38, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who had a turbo failure on lap 21, Niki Lauda, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 12, Mario Andretti, who had a wheel problem on lap 3, and Nelson Piquet, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 1.

Qualifying