1979 British Grand Prix

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The 1979 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 14 July 1979 at Silverstone. It marked the Williams team's first GP win.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	68	1:26:11.17	4	9
2	16	René Arnoux	Renault	68	+24.28 secs	5	6
3	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	67	+1 Lap	16	4
4	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	67	+1 Lap	7	3
5	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	67	+1 Lap	11	2
6	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier-Ford	67	+1 Lap	17	1
7	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	66	Out of Fuel	18
8	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	66	+2 Laps	8
9	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	66	+2 Laps	26
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	66	+2 laps	15
11	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	65	+3 Laps	21
12	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	65	+3 Laps	12
13	22	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign-Ford	65	+3 Laps	23
14	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	63	Fuel system	13
Ret	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	45	Gearbox	19
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	44	Engine	10
Ret	20	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	44	Fuel System	14
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	38	Water Pump	1
Ret	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	37	Gearbox	20
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	25	Engine	22
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	21	Turbo	2
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	Brakes	6
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	3	Wheel	9
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	Spun Off	3
DNQ	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Alan Jones - 1:11.88
• Fastest Lap: Clay Regazzoni - 1:14.40
• Lap Leaders: Alan Jones 38 laps (1-38); Clay Regazzoni 30 laps (39-68).

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