Pit Lane F1
1979 Season - Round 6 - 1979-05-13
Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Belgian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Jacques Laffite (Ligier) second and Didier Pironi (Tyrrell) third. The win came from P7 on the grid.
Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P23 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 13 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1979 Belgian Grand Prix, completing round 6 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 7 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Carlos Reutemann |
| Team Lotus |
| 10 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 19 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 6 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | Accident | 0 |
| 13 | James Hunt | Wolf | 9 | Accident | 0 |
| 14 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | Electrical | 0 |
| 15 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | Brakes | 0 |
| 16 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 3 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Renault | 18 | Turbo | 0 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 14 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 22 | Spun off | 0 |
| 22 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 15 | Transmission | 0 |
| 23 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 17 | Turbo | 0 |
| 24 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 8 | Accident | 0 |
