Season
1979
Race
9. British Grand Prix

1979 · Race 9 of 15

1979 British Grand Prix

Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK · 14/07/1979

Coordinates
52.0786, -1.01694
Altitude
153 m
Race number
322
Silverstone Circuit circuit layout

Driver standings after the race

Position Driver Team Championship change Points Wins
1 Jody Scheckter Ferrari = 32 2
2 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari = 26 2
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier = 24 2
4 Patrick Depailler — = 20 1
5 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus = 20 0
6 Clay Regazzoni Williams +5 16 1
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell +1 13 0
8 Mario Andretti Team Lotus -2 12 0
9 John Watson McLaren = 11 0
10 René Arnoux Renault +3 10 0
11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault -4 9 1
12 Didier Pironi Tyrrell -2 8 0
13 Alan Jones Williams -1 7 0
14 Riccardo Patrese Arrows = 2 0
15 Jochen Mass Arrows = 1 0
16 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi = 1 0
17 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo = 1 0
18 Jacky Ickx Ligier = 1 0
19 Arturo Merzario — = 0 0
20 James Hunt — = 0 0
21 Hans-Joachim Stuck — = 0 0
22 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus = 0 0
23 Patrick Tambay McLaren = 0 0
24 Bruno Giacomelli — = 0 0
25 Keke Rosberg Wolf = 0 0
26 Derek Daly — = 0 0
27 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo = 0 0
28 Elio de Angelis Shadow = 0 0
29 Jan Lammers Shadow = 0 0
30 Patrick Gaillard Ensign = 0 0

Constructor standings after the race

Position Team Championship change Points Wins
1 Ferrari = 62 4
2 Ligier = 47 3
3 Team Lotus = 37 0
4 Williams +1 23 1
5 Tyrrell -1 21 0
6 Renault = 19 1
7 McLaren = 11 0
8 Arrows = 3 0
9 Brabham-Alfa Romeo = 1 0
10 Fittipaldi = 1 0
11 Alfa Romeo = 0 0
12 ATS = 0 0
13 Shadow = 0 0
14 Ensign = 0 0
15 Wolf = 0 0
16 Merzario = 0 0