The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 9

British Grand Prix

1979  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  14 July 1979  ·  68 laps

  1. 1st Clay Regazzoni Williams · 01:26:11.17
  2. 2nd René Arnoux Renault · +24.28
  3. 3rd Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alan Jones

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Spun off

03 Lap 12

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Brakes

04 Lap 21

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  Turbo

05 Lap 38

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Water pump

06 On the Charge

Hector Rebaque

Team Lotus  —  P26 → P9

07 Victory

Clay Regazzoni

Williams  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Clay Regazzoni Williams 4 68 01:26:11.17 9
2 René Arnoux Renault 5 68 +24.28 6
3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 67 +1 Lap 4
4 John Watson McLaren 7 67 +1 Lap 3
5 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 11 67 +1 Lap 2
6 Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 67 +1 Lap 1
7 Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 66 Out of fuel
8 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 66 +2 Laps
9 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 26 66 +2 Laps
10 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 15 66 +2 Laps
11 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 65 +3 Laps
12 Elio de Angelis Shadow 12 65 +3 Laps
13 Patrick Gaillard Ensign 23 65 +3 Laps
14 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 63 Fuel system
15 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 45 Gearbox
16 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 44 Engine
17 Keke Rosberg Wolf 14 44 Fuel system
18 Alan Jones Williams 1 38 Water pump
19 Jochen Mass Arrows 20 37 Gearbox
20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 25 Engine
21 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 2 21 Turbo
22 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 12 Brakes
23 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 3 Wheel
24 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 1 Spun off

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