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1979 (4 dvd's boxset) (extended highlights all races)
 BBC/ MURRAY WALKER

1979 (4 dvd's boxset) (extended highlights all races)
 BBC/ MURRAY WALKER

A fantastic 1979 F1 season 4 dvd boxset featuring extended race highlights

commentator is Murray Walker-BBC

Race times are as follows

USA -Watkins Glen 30 mins

XVo Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina	January 21st 1979	Argentina	Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez
8o Grande Premio do Brasil	February 4th 1979	Brazil	Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
XXVth South African Grand Prix	March 3rd 1979	South Africa	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
IVth United States Grand Prix-West	April 8th 1979	USA	Long Beach / USA West
XXVo Gran Premio de Espana	April 29th 1979	Spain	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
XXXVII Grote Prijs van Belgie	May 13th 1979	Belgium	Circuit Zolder, Omloop Terlamen Zolder
XXXVIIe Grand Prix de Monaco	May 27th 1979	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco
LXVe Grand Prix de France	July 1st 1979	France	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois
XXXIInd British Grand Prix	July 14th 1979	Great-Britain	Silverstone Circuits Ltd.
XLI Grosser Preis von Deutschland	July 29th 1979	Germany	Hockenheimring
XVII Grosser Preis von Osterreich	August 12th 1979	Austria	Osterreichring
XXVII Grote Prijs van Nederland	August 26th 1979	The Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Lo Gran Premio d'Italia	September 9th 1979	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
XVIIIth Canadian Grand Prix	September 30th 1979	Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
XXIInd United States Grand Prix-East	October 7th 1979	USA	Watkins Glen International

1979 Formula One season

The 1979 Formula One season included the 30th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 21, 1979, and ended on October 7 after fifteen races.

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver
Martini Racing Team Lotus	Lotus	79 80	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	1	Mario Andretti
					2	Carlos Reutemann
Team Tyrrell Candy Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	3	Didier Pironi
					4	Jean-Pierre Jarier
						Geoff Lees
						Derek Daly
					33	Derek Daly
Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham	BT46 BT48 BT49	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	5	Niki Lauda
						Ricardo Zuniño
					6	Nelson Piquet
Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M26 M28 M28B M28C M29	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	7	John Watson
					8	Patrick Tambay
ATS Wheels	ATS	D2 D3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312T3 312T4 312T4B	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	M	11	Jody Scheckter
					12	Gilles Villeneuve
Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi	F5A F6 F6A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	14	Emerson Fittipaldi
					19	Alex Ribeiro
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS01 RS10	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6T	M	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
					16	René Arnoux
Samson Shadow Racing Team Interscope Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	17	Jan Lammers
					18	Elio de Angelis
Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	Wolf	WR7-9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	20	James Hunt
						Keke Rosberg
Team Ensign	Ensign	N177 N179	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	22	Derek Daly
						Patrick Gaillard
						Marc Surer
Team Merzario	Merzario	A1B A2 A4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	24	Arturo Merzario
						Gianfranco Brancatelli
Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	Ligier JS11	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	25	Patrick Depailler
						Jacky Ickx
					26	Jacques Laffite
Albilad-Saudia Racing Team	Williams	FW06 FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	27	Alan Jones
					28	Clay Regazzoni
Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	A1B A2	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	29	Riccardo Patrese
					30	Jochen Mass
Team Rebaque	Lotus Rebaque	79 HR100	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	31	Hector Rebaque
Autodelta	Alfa Romeo	177 179	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	G	35	Bruno Giacomelli
					36	Vittorio Brambilla
Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Kauhsen	WK	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	36	Gianfranco Brancatelli

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 21	Oscar Gálvez	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	February 4	Interlagos	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 8	Long Beach	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Jarama	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 13	Zolder	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
7	Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 1	Dijon-Prenois	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	Report
10	German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	August 12	Österreichring	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
12	Dutch Grand Prix	August 26	Zandvoort	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 30	Circuit Île Notre-Dame	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report

 1979 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312T3 312T4 312T4B	Ferrari 015	M	113	6	13	2
2	Williams-Ford	FW06 FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	75	5	10	3
3	Ligier-Ford	JS11	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	61	3	8	4
4	Lotus-Ford	79 80	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	39		5
5	Tyrrell-Ford	009	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	28		4
6	Renault	RS01 RS10	Renault-Gordini EF1	M	26	1	4	6
7	McLaren-Ford	M26 M28 M28B M28C M29	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	15		1
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT46 BT48	Alfa Romeo 1260	G	7
9	Arrows-Ford	A1B A2	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	5
10	Shadow-Ford	DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	3
11	ATS-Ford	D2 D3	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	2
12	Fittipaldi-Ford	F5A F6 F6A	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	1
13	Alfa Romeo	177 179	Alfa Romeo 115-12 Alfa Romeo 1260	G
14	Kauhsen-Ford	WK	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
15	Wolf-Ford	WR7-9	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
16	Brabham-Ford	BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
17	Ensign-Ford	N177 N179	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
18	Rebaque-Ford	HR100	Ford Cosworth DFV	G
19	Merzario-Ford	A1B A2	Ford Cosworth DFV	G

1979 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USE Pts[1] 1 Jody Scheckter Ret 6 2 2 4 1 1 7 5 4 4 2 1 4 Ret 51 (60) 2 Gilles Villeneuve Ret 5 1 1 7 7 Ret 2 14 8 2 Ret 2 2 1 47 (53) 3 Alan Jones 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 1 1 1 9 1 Ret 40 (43) 4 Jacques Laffite 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 8 Ret 3 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 36 5 Clay Regazzoni 10 15 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 6 1 2 5 Ret 3 3 Ret 29 (32) 6 Carlos Reutemann 2 3 5 Ret 2 4 3 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 20 (25) 7 Patrick Depailler 4 2 Ret 5 1 Ret 5 20 (22) 8 René Arnoux Ret Ret Ret DNS 9 Ret Ret 3 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 2 17 9 John Watson 3 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 4 11 4 5 9 Ret Ret 6 6 15 10 Didier Pironi Ret 4 Ret DSQ 6 3 Ret Ret 10 9 7 Ret 10 5 3 14 11 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret Ret 3 6 5 11 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 Ret Ret 14 12 Mario Andretti 5 Ret 4 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 10 Ret 14 13 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Ret 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret NC 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 14 Niki Lauda Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret WD 4 WD 4 15 Elio de Angelis 7 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret DNQ 16 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 3 16 Nelson Piquet Ret Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 17 Jacky Ickx Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 18 Jochen Mass 8 7 12 9 8 Ret 6 15 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret DNQ DNQ 3 19 Riccardo Patrese DNS 9 11 Ret 10 5 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 2 20 Hans Joachim Stuck DNS Ret Ret DSQ 14 8 Ret DNS DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 2 21 Emerson Fittipaldi 6 11 13 Ret 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 7 1 NC Hector Rebaque Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 9 Ret DNQ 7 DNQ Ret DNQ 0 NC Patrick Tambay Ret Ret 10 Ret 13 DNQ DNQ 10 7 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Ricardo Zunino 7 Ret 0 NC Geoff Lees 7 0 NC Derek Daly 11 13 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 Ret Ret 0 NC James Hunt Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Jan Lammers Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 10 DNQ 18 11 10 Ret Ret DNQ 9 DNQ 0 NC Keke Rosberg 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 0 NC Vittorio Brambilla 12 Ret DNQ 0 NC Patrick Gaillard DNQ 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 0 NC Bruno Giacomelli Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 NC Arturo Merzario Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 NC Marc Surer DNQ DNQ Ret 0 NC Gianfranco Brancatelli DNQ DNQ DNPQ 0 NC Alex Ribeiro DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USE Pts Here bold indicates a pole position while italic indicates a fastest lap.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races were also held in 1979, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
Marlboro / Daily Mail Race of Champions	Brands Hatch	April 15	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Trophy	Donington Park	June 3	Alan Jones	Williams-Cosworth	Report
Dino Ferrari Grand Prix	Imola	September 16	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Report

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