1979 Australian Grand Prix

1979 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Round 1 of 3 of the 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

Date	11 March 1979
Location	Wanneroo Park, Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.42 km (1.51 mi)
Distance	63 laps, 152.46 km (95.13 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	0'52.11
Fastest lap
Driver	John Wright Johnnie Walker	Lola-Chevrolet Lola-Chevrolet
Time	0'54.92
Podium
First	Johnnie Walker	Lola-Chevrolet
Second	John Bowe	Elfin-Chevrolet
Third	Rob Butcher	Lola-Chevrolet

The 1979 Australian Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Wanneroo Park on 11 March 1979.

It was the forty fourth Australian Grand Prix and was open to Australian Formula 1 cars (incorporating Formula 5000 and Formula Pacific). The event was also the first round of the 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

Classification

Results as follows^[1]:

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	25	Johnnie Walker	Lola T332 Chevrolet	63	59m 09.72s
2	11	John Bowe	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	63	59m 22.13s
3	10	Rob Butcher	Lola T332 Chevrolet	61
4	71	John Smith	Ralt RT1 Ford	61
5	15	Terry Hook	Lola T332 Chevrolet	59
6	19	Barry Singleton	Gardos GL1 Chevrolet	59
7	38	Ivan Tighe	Chevron B37 Chevrolet	49
8	40	Geoff Nicol	Elfin 622 Ford	45
Ret	76	John Wright	Lola T400 Chevrolet	62	Engine
Ret	17	Bob Kingsbury	El Toro Alfa Romeo	39
Ret	7	John McCormack	McLaren M23 Leyland	36
Ret	8	Rod Housego	Elfin 622 Ford	33
Ret	3	Bill Downey	Minos Ford	30
Ret	24	Jon Davison	Lola T332 Chevrolet	20
Ret	30	Peter Larner	Chevron B39 Chevrolet	8
Ret	12	Larry Perkins	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	0
Ret	84	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T430 Chevrolet	0
DNS		Bob Creasy	Birrana 273 Ford	0

^ Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1979". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 426–434. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.

Preceded by 1978 Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix 1979	Succeeded by 1980 Australian Grand Prix