1979 Formula One season
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The 1979 Formula One season was the second season of the Formula One World Championship. Drazen Horvatic won his first title for Renault from his new teammate, Simon Gardner. Artur Pfeifer was third for Ligier. The season was notable for seeing the rise of Renault, Williams and Ligier as regular front runners for the first time while the top four teams from 1978, Brabham, Lotus, Wolf and Ferrari all dropped behind. The season also saw Artur Pfeifer take the first ever double victory from the opening round at Barcelona.
Drivers and Constructors[edit | edit source]
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1979 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Constructor | Chassis | Engine | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12 | 1 | Andre Kauffman | All |
2 | Torben Siebrand | All | |||
Lotus-Cosworth | Lotus 80 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 3 | Ed Hocknull | All |
4 | Sam Hempsall | All | |||
Wolf-Cosworth | WR7-9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5 | Chris Bass | 1-3 |
Phillip Jeffery | 4-10 | ||||
6 | Matthew Bass | All | |||
Ferrari | 312T4 | Ferrari 015 3.0 F12 | 7 | Ryan Ridley | All |
8 | Giuseppe Cipriani | All | |||
Renault | RS10 | Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6t | 9 | Drazen Horvatic | All |
10 | Simon Gardner | All | |||
McLaren-Cosworth | M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 11 | Szabolcs Nagy | All |
12 | Juha Nieminen | All | |||
Williams-Cosworth | FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 14 | Jack Stone | All |
15 | Matthew Schippke | All | |||
ATS-Cosworth | D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 16 | Alexander Matveev | All |
17 | Colin Nixon | All | |||
Ligier-Cosworth | JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 18 | Artur Pfeifer | All |
19 | Garry Hellas | All | |||
Arrows-Cosworth | A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 20 | Istvan Bics | All |
21 | Peter Sulak | All | |||
Shadow-Cosworth | DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 22 | Alex White | All |
23 | James Buckley | All | |||
Tyrrell-Cosworth | 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 24 | Jupi Taipale | All |
25 | James Hare | All | |||
Fittipaldi-Cosworth | F6 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 26 | Robert Strauss | All |
27 | Torsten Novotny | All |
Schedule and Results[edit | edit source]
Round | Location | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Barcelona, Spain | Circuit de Catalunya | Simon Gardner | Giuseppe Cipriani | Artur Pfeifer | Ligier-Cosworth |
R2 | Matthew Bass | Artur Pfeifer | Ligier-Cosworth | ||||
2 | R1 | Istanbul, Turkey | Istanbul Park | Ryan Ridley | Garry Hellas | Drazen Horvatic | Renault |
R2 | Garry Hellas | Andre Kauffman | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | ||||
3 | R1 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Circuit de Monaco | Torben Siebrand | Garry Hellas | Garry Hellas | Ligier-Cosworth |
R2 | Ryan Ridley | Ryan Ridley | Ferrari | ||||
4 | R1 | Magny-Cours, France | Circuit de Magny-Cours | Andre Kauffman | James Hare | Andre Kauffman | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Jupi Taipale | Tyrrell-Cosworth | ||||
5 | R1 | Silverstone, Great Britain | Silverstone Circuit | Jack Stone | Jack Stone | Simon Gardner | Renault |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Juha Nieminen | McLaren-Cosworth | ||||
6 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | Matthew Schippke | Jack Stone | Jack Stone | Williams-Cosworth |
R2 | Jack Stone | Simon Gardner | Renault | ||||
7 | R1 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungaroring | Drazen Horvatic | Simon Gardner | Simon Gardner | Renault |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Artur Pfeifer | Ligier-Cosworth | ||||
8 | R1 | Valencia, Spain | Valencia, Spain | Ryan Ridley | Ed Hocknull | Ed Hocknull | Lotus-Cosworth |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Matthew Schippke | Williams-Cosworth | ||||
9 | R1 | Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Drazen Horvatic | Drazen Horvatic | Drazen Horvatic | Renault |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Artur Pfeifer | Ligier-Cosworth | ||||
10 | R1 | Monza, Italy | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Matthew Schippke | Matthew Schippke | Jack Stone | Williams-Cosworth |
R2 | Matthew Schippke | Matthew Schippke | Williams-Cosworth |
Championship Standings[edit | edit source]
Drivers[edit | edit source]
Pos | Driver | Car No. |
ESP |
TUR |
MON |
FRA |
UK |
GER |
HUN |
ESP |
BEL |
ITA |
Points | ||||||||||
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1 | Drazen Horvatic | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 14 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 74 |
2 | Simon Gardner | 10 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 58 |
3 | Artur Pfeifer | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 55 |
4 | Matthew Schippke | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 1 | 55 |
5 | Andre Kauffman | 1 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23† | 6 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 50 |
6 | Jack Stone | 14 | 5 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 5 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 46 |
7 | Garry Hellas | 19 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 41 |
8 | Torben Siebrand | 2 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13† | 4 | 2 | 40 |
9 | Jupi Taipale | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 21† | Ret | 15 | 23 | Ret | 35 |
10 | Ed Hocknull | 3 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 27 |
11 | Sam Hempsall | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 15† | 5 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 20† | 11 | Ret | 17 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 12 | 20 |
12 | Ryan Ridley | 7 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | Ret | NC | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 18 | 19 |
13 | Juha Nieminen | 12 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 17 | 22 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 13 | 19 |
14 | Matthew Bass | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 18 |
15 | Peter Sulak | 21 | 10 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 20 | Ret | 19 | 7 | 19 | 19† | 11 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 17† | 17 |
16 | Giuseppe Cipriani | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 24† | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 8 | 15† | 16 |
17 | Phillip Jeffery | 5 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | ||||||
18 | Torsten Novotny | 27 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 8 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 17 | 24 | Ret | 10 |
19 | Robert Strauss | 26 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 18 | 7 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 8 |
20 | James Hare | 25 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 25 | 21 | 7 |
21 | Istvan Bics | 20 | 15 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 18† | 10 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 18 | 20† | 6 |
22 | Alex White | 22 | 20 | 15 | 18 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 14† | Ret | 16 | 4 |
23 | Szabolcs Nagy | 11 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
24 | Alexander Matveev | 16 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 13 | 11 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 22 | 22 | 16 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 1 |
25 | Colin Nixon | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24† | 17 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 0 |
26 | James Buckley | 23 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 21 | Ret | 19† | 14 | 20 | 22 | Ret | 12 | 22 | Ret | 0 |
27 | Chris Bass | 5 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | Car No. |
ESP |
TUR |
MON |
FRA |
UK |
GER |
HUN |
ESP |
BEL |
ITA |
Points |