The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 6

Belgian Grand Prix

1979  ·  Zolder  ·  13 May 1979  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Jody Scheckter Ferrari · 01:39:59.53
  2. 2nd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +15.36
  3. 3rd Didier Pironi Tyrrell · +35.17

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Pole position

02 Lap 23

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Engine

03 Lap 27

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Brakes

04 Lap 39

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Electrical

05 Lap 46

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Ligier  —  Accident

06 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P23 → P9

07 Victory

Jody Scheckter

Ferrari  —  Won from P7

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 7 70 01:39:59.53 9
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 70 +15.36 6
3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 70 +35.17 4
4 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 10 70 +46.49 3
5 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 70 +1:04.310 2
6 John Watson McLaren 19 70 +1:05.850 1
7 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 69 +1 Lap
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 20 69 +1 Lap
9 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 68 +2 Laps
10 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 68 +2 Laps
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 67 +3 Laps
12 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 46 Accident
13 James Hunt Wolf 9 40 Accident
14 Alan Jones Williams 4 39 Electrical
15 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 5 27 Brakes
16 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 23 Engine
17 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 23 Engine
18 René Arnoux Renault 18 22 Turbo
19 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 21 Accident
20 Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 21 Accident
21 Jochen Mass Arrows 22 17 Spun off
22 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 15 13 Transmission
23 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 17 13 Turbo
24 Clay Regazzoni Williams 8 1 Accident

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