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1979 Belgian Grand Prix
Round
6/15
Date
May 13, 1979 at 00:00 CEST
Location
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Circuit
Circuit length
4.262 m
Race distance
298.34 km (70 laps)
Scheckter
Winner
1:39:59.530
Winning time
Laffite
Pole position
Villeneuve
Fastest lap
1:23.090
Fastest lap time
Results
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #11 Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:39:59.530 | 7th | 70 | 9 |
| 2 | #26 Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +15.360 | 1st | 70 | 6 |
| 3 | #3 Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +35.170 | 12th | 70 | 4 |
| 4 | #2 Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | +46.490 | 10th | 70 | 3 |
| 5 | #29 Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1:04.310 | 16th | 70 | 2 |
| 6 | #7 John Watson | McLaren | +1:05.850 | 19th | 70 | 1 |
| 7 | #12 Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1 lap | 6th | 69 | |
| 8 | #9 Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | +1 lap | 20th | 69 | |
| 9 | #14 Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +2 laps | 23rd | 68 | |
| 10 | #17 Jan Lammers | Shadow | +2 laps | 21st | 68 | |
| 11 | #4 Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | +3 laps | 11th | 67 | |
| DNF | #25 Patrick Depailler | Ligier | Accident | 2nd | 46 | |
| DNF | #20 James Hunt | Wolf | Accident | 9th | 40 | |
| DNF | #27 Alan Jones | Williams | Electrical | 4th | 39 | |
| DNF | #1 Mario Andretti | Lotus | Brakes | 5th | 27 | |
| DNF | #6 Nelson Piquet | Brabham | Engine | 3rd | 23 | |
| DNF | #5 Niki Lauda | Brabham | Engine | 13th | 23 | |
| DNF | #16 René Arnoux | Renault | Turbo | 18th | 22 | |
| DNF | #35 Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | Collision | 14th | 21 | |
| DNF | #18 Elio de Angelis | Shadow | Collision | 24th | 21 | |
| DNF | #30 Jochen Mass | Arrows | Spun off | 22nd | 17 | |
| DNF | #31 Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | Transmission | 15th | 13 | |
| DNF | #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Turbo | 17th | 13 | |
| DNF | #28 Clay Regazzoni | Williams | Collision | 8th | 1 | |
| DNQ | #8 Patrick Tambay | McLaren | ||||
| DNQ | #24 Arturo Merzario | Merzario | ||||
| DNQ | #22 Derek Daly | Ensign | ||||
| DNQ | #36 Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen |
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #26 Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:21.130 | |
| 2 | #25 Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:21.200 | +0.070 |
| 3 | #6 Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:21.350 | +0.220 |
| 4 | #27 Alan Jones | Williams | 1:21.590 | +0.460 |
| 5 | #1 Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:21.830 | +0.700 |
| 6 | #12 Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:22.080 | +0.950 |
| 7 | #11 Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:22.080 | +0.950 |
| 8 | #28 Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:22.400 | +1.270 |
| 9 | #20 James Hunt | Wolf | 1:22.550 | +1.420 |
| 10 | #2 Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:22.560 | +1.430 |
| 11 | #4 Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:22.680 | +1.550 |
| 12 | #3 Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:22.850 | +1.720 |
| 13 | #5 Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:22.870 | +1.740 |
| 14 | #35 Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.150 | +2.020 |
| 15 | #31 Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 1:23.630 | +2.500 |
| 16 | #29 Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:23.920 | +2.790 |
| 17 | #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:24.020 | +2.890 |
| 18 | #16 René Arnoux | Renault | 1:24.330 | +3.200 |
| 19 | #7 John Watson | McLaren | 1:24.370 | +3.240 |
| 20 | #9 Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:24.620 | +3.490 |
| 21 | #17 Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:24.760 | +3.630 |
| 22 | #30 Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:25.080 | +3.950 |
| 23 | #14 Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:25.180 | +4.050 |
| 24 | #18 Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:25.480 | +4.350 |
| 25 | #8 Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:25.690 | +4.560 |
| 26 | #24 Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:25.920 | +4.790 |
| 27 | #22 Derek Daly | Ensign | 1:27.830 | +6.700 |
| 28 | #36 Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen | 1:34.480 | +13.350 |
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #12 Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:23.090 | 63 |
Standings
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Points | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | 2 | 20 | -4 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1 | 2 | 20 | -4 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 0 | 3 | 19 | -5 |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 0 | 1 | 12 | -12 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 0 | 1 | 8 | -16 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 0 | 1 | 7 | -17 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 0 | 1 | 5 | -19 |
| 10 | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | 1 | 4 | -20 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 0 | 0 | 2 | -22 |
| 12 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 | 1 | -23 |
| 13 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 0 | 0 | 1 | -23 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Oscar Piastri | Charles Leclerc | 1:44.701 - Sergio Pérez | Charles Leclerc |
| 2023 | #1 Max Verstappen | Sergio Pérez | Charles Leclerc | 1:47.305 - Lewis Hamilton | Charles Leclerc |
| 2022 | #1 Max Verstappen | Sergio Pérez | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1:49.354 - Max Verstappen | Carlos Sainz Jr. |
| 2021 | #33 Max Verstappen | George Russell | Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen | |
| 2020 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | Max Verstappen | 1:47.483 - Daniel Ricciardo | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2019 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | 1:46.409 - Sebastian Vettel | Charles Leclerc |
| 2018 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen | 1:46.286 - Valtteri Bottas | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2017 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Sebastian Vettel | Daniel Ricciardo | 1:46.577 - Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2016 | #6 Nico Rosberg | Daniel Ricciardo | Lewis Hamilton | 1:51.583 - Lewis Hamilton | Nico Rosberg |
| 2015 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Nico Rosberg | Romain Grosjean | 1:52.416 - Nico Rosberg | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2014 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | Nico Rosberg | Valtteri Bottas | 1:50.511 - Nico Rosberg | Nico Rosberg |
| 2013 | #1 Sebastian Vettel | Fernando Alonso | Lewis Hamilton | 1:50.756 - Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2012 | #3 Jenson Button | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:52.822 - Bruno Senna | Jenson Button |
| 2011 | #1 Sebastian Vettel | Mark Webber | Jenson Button | 1:49.883 - Mark Webber | Sebastian Vettel |
| 2010 | #2 Lewis Hamilton | Mark Webber | Robert Kubica | 1:49.069 - Lewis Hamilton | Mark Webber |
| 2009 | #4 Kimi Räikkönen | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sebastian Vettel | 1:47.263 - Sebastian Vettel | Giancarlo Fisichella |
| 2008 | #2 Felipe Massa | Nick Heidfeld | Lewis Hamilton | 1:47.930 - Kimi Räikkönen | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2007 | #6 Kimi Räikkönen | Felipe Massa | Fernando Alonso | 1:48.036 - Felipe Massa | Kimi Räikkönen |
| 2005 | #9 Kimi Räikkönen | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button | 1:51.453 - Ralf Schumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2004 | #6 Kimi Räikkönen | Michael Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | 1:45.108 - Kimi Räikkönen | Jarno Trulli |
| 2002 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1:47.176 - Michael Schumacher | Michael Schumacher |
| 2001 | #1 Michael Schumacher | David Coulthard | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1:49.758 - Michael Schumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2000 | #1 Mika Häkkinen | Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | 1:53.803 - Rubens Barrichello | Mika Häkkinen |
| 1999 | #2 David Coulthard | Mika Häkkinen | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1:53.955 - Mika Häkkinen | Mika Häkkinen |
| 1998 | #9 Damon Hill | Ralf Schumacher | Jean Alesi | 2:03.766 - Michael Schumacher | Mika Häkkinen |
| 1997 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Giancarlo Fisichella | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1:52.692 - Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1996 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Jacques Villeneuve | Mika Häkkinen | 1:53.067 - Gerhard Berger | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1995 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | Martin Brundle | 1:53.412 - David Coulthard | Gerhard Berger |
| 1994 | #0 Damon Hill | Mika Häkkinen | Jos Verstappen | 1:57.117 - Damon Hill | Rubens Barrichello |
| 1993 | #0 Damon Hill | Michael Schumacher | Alain Prost | 1:51.095 - Alain Prost | Alain Prost |
| 1992 | #19 Michael Schumacher | Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | 1:53.791 - Michael Schumacher | Nigel Mansell |
| 1991 | #1 Ayrton Senna | Gerhard Berger | Nelson Piquet | 1:55.161 - Roberto Moreno | Ayrton Senna |
| 1990 | #27 Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Gerhard Berger | 1:55.087 - Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna |
| 1989 | #1 Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Nigel Mansell | 2:11.571 - Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna |
| 1988 | #12 Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Ivan Capelli | 2:00.772 - Gerhard Berger | Ayrton Senna |
| 1987 | #1 Alain Prost | Stefan Johansson | Andrea de Cesaris | 1:57.153 - Alain Prost | Nigel Mansell |
| 1986 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Ayrton Senna | Stefan Johansson | 1:59.282 - Alain Prost | Nelson Piquet |
| 1985 | #12 Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | 2:01.730 - Alain Prost | Alain Prost |
| 1984 | #27 Michele Alboreto | Derek Warwick | René Arnoux | 1:19.294 - René Arnoux | Michele Alboreto |
| 1983 | #15 Alain Prost | Patrick Tambay | Eddie Cheever | 2:07.493 - Andrea de Cesaris | Alain Prost |
| 1982 | #7 John Watson | Keke Rosberg | Eddie Cheever | 1:20.214 - John Watson | Alain Prost |
| 1981 | #2 Carlos Reutemann | Jacques Laffite | Nigel Mansell | 1:23.300 - Carlos Reutemann | Carlos Reutemann |
| 1980 | #25 Didier Pironi | Alan Jones | Carlos Reutemann | 1:20.880 - Jacques Laffite | Alan Jones |
| 1978 | #5 Mario Andretti | Ronnie Peterson | Carlos Reutemann | 1:23.130 - Ronnie Peterson | Mario Andretti |
| 1977 | #6 Gunnar Nilsson | Niki Lauda | Ronnie Peterson | 1:27.540 - Gunnar Nilsson | Mario Andretti |
| 1976 | #1 Niki Lauda | Clay Regazzoni | Jacques Laffite | 1:25.980 - Niki Lauda | Niki Lauda |
| 1975 | #12 Niki Lauda | Jody Scheckter | Carlos Reutemann | 1:26.760 - Clay Regazzoni | Niki Lauda |
| 1974 | #5 Emerson Fittipaldi | Niki Lauda | Jody Scheckter | 1:11.310 - Denny Hulme | Clay Regazzoni |
| 1973 | #5 Jackie Stewart | François Cevert | Emerson Fittipaldi | 1:25.420 - François Cevert | Ronnie Peterson |
| 1972 | #32 Emerson Fittipaldi | François Cevert | Denny Hulme | 1:12.120 - Chris Amon | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 1970 | #1 Pedro Rodríguez | Chris Amon | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 3:27.400 - Chris Amon | Jackie Stewart |
| 1968 | #5 Bruce McLaren | Pedro Rodríguez | Jacky Ickx | 3:30.500 - John Surtees | Chris Amon |
| 1967 | #36 Dan Gurney | Jackie Stewart | Chris Amon | 3:31.900 - Dan Gurney | Jim Clark |
| 1966 | #6 John Surtees | Jochen Rindt | Lorenzo Bandini | 4:18.700 - John Surtees | John Surtees |
| 1965 | #17 Jim Clark | Jackie Stewart | Bruce McLaren | 4:12.900 - Jim Clark | Graham Hill |
| 1964 | #23 Jim Clark | Bruce McLaren | Jack Brabham | 3:49.200 - Dan Gurney | Dan Gurney |
| 1963 | #1 Jim Clark | Bruce McLaren | Dan Gurney | 3:58.100 - Jim Clark | Graham Hill |
| 1962 | #16 Jim Clark | Graham Hill | Phil Hill | 3:55.600 - Jim Clark | Graham Hill |
| 1961 | #4 Phil Hill | Wolfgang von Trips | Richie Ginther | 3:59.800 - Richie Ginther | Phil Hill |
| 1960 | #2 Jack Brabham | Bruce McLaren | Olivier Gendebien | 3:51.900 - Phil Hill | Jack Brabham |
| 1958 | #4 Tony Brooks | Mike Hawthorn | Stuart Lewis-Evans | 3:58.300 - Mike Hawthorn | Mike Hawthorn |
| 1956 | #8 Peter Collins | Paul Frère | Cesare Perdisa | 4:14.700 - Stirling Moss | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1955 | #10 Juan Manuel Fangio | Stirling Moss | Nino Farina | 4:20.600 - Juan Manuel Fangio | Eugenio Castellotti |
| 1954 | #26 Juan Manuel Fangio | Maurice Trintignant | Stirling Moss | 4:25.500 - Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1953 | #10 Alberto Ascari | Luigi Villoresi | Onofre Marimón | 4:34.000 - José Froilán González | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1952 | #4 Alberto Ascari | Nino Farina | Robert Manzon | 4:55.000 - Alberto Ascari | Alberto Ascari |
| 1951 | #4 Nino Farina | Alberto Ascari | Luigi Villoresi | 4:22.100 - Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1950 | #10 Juan Manuel Fangio | Luigi Fagioli | Louis Rosier | 4:34.100 - Nino Farina | Nino Farina |
The 1979 Belgian Grand Prix started May 13, 1979 on Circuit Zolder in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. Jacques Laffite started from pole position with Patrick Depailler next to him. Nelson Piquet started from third place.
In 1 hour, 39 minutes and 59 seconds Jody Scheckter finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Jacques Laffite in second and Didier Pironi in third place.
After the 1979 Belgian Grand Prix, Jacques Laffite is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 24 points. Laffite is 0 points ahead of Jody Scheckter.