1979 German Grand Prix

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The 1979 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 29 July 1979 at Hockenheimring.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	45	1:24:48.83	2	9
2	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	45	+2.91 secs	6	6
3	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	45	+18.39 secs	3	4
4	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	45	+31.20 secs	5	3
5	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	45	+1:37.80	12	2
6	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	44	+1 Lap	18	1
7	4	Geoff Lees	Tyrrell-Ford	44	+1 Lap	16
8	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	44	+1 Lap	9
9	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	44	+1 Lap	8
10	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	44	+1 Lap	20
11	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	43	+2 Laps	21
12	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	42	Engine	4
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	34	Tyre	19
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	30	Suspension	15
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	29	Engine	17
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	27	Engine	7
Ret	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	24	Tyre	14
Ret	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	22	Handling	24
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	16	Transmission	11
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	9	Tyre	10
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	7	Spun Off	1
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	4	Electrical	22
Ret	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	1	Accident	13
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	0	Suspension	23
DNQ	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 1:48.48
• Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve - 1:51.89
• Lap Leaders: Alan Jones 45 laps (1-45).

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