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1979 French Grand Prix: Full Race Analysis and Statistics - F1 BoxBox

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The French Grand Prix 1979 was the 8th round of the 1979 F1 season, and took place at the Dijon-Prenois in Dijon, France, on July 1st.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the race from the pole, followed by Gilles Villeneuve, and René Arnoux completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:35:20.42
Finished
2
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+14.59
Finished
3
1
René Arnoux
Renault
+14.83
Finished
4
3
Alan Jones
Williams
+36.61
Finished
5
5
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
+1:04.51
Finished
6
3
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
+1:05.51
Finished
7
2
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
+1 Lap
8
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+1 Lap
9
7
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
+1 Lap
10
10
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
+2 Laps
11
4
John Watson
McLaren
+2 Laps
12
11
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
+2 Laps
13
-
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
+3 Laps
14
5
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
+3 Laps
15
7
Jochen Mass
Arrows
+5 Laps
16
8
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
+5 Laps
17
-
Bruno Giacomelli
Alfa Romeo
+5 Laps
18
3
Jan Lammers
Shadow
+7 Laps
19
8
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
Suspension
20
2
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
Engine
21
17
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Accident
22
10
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
Brakes
23
9
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
Engine
24
18
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Spun off
25
25
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
Withdrew
26
26
Patrick Gaillard
Ensign
Did not qualify
27
27
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

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

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 11 drivers out of the original 27 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Didier Pironi, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 71, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Jacky Ickx, both suffered an engine malfunction, Nelson Piquet, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 52, Mario Andretti, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 51, Niki Lauda, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 23, and Hans-Joachim Stuck, who withdrew on lap 0.

Suspension

  • Didier Pironi
    Lap 71

Engine

  • Emerson Fittipaldi
    Lap 53
  • Jacky Ickx
    Lap 45

Accident

  • Nelson Piquet
    Lap 52

Brakes

  • Mario Andretti
    Lap 51

Spun off

  • Niki Lauda
    Lap 23

Withdrew

  • Hans-Joachim Stuck
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.