Race · Round 11 of 15 · 12 August 1979

1979 Austrian Grand Prix

Alan Jones won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Alan JonesWilliams
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Rene Arnoux
Entries: 2610 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alan Jones	Williams	—	2	54	Finished	9
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	5	54	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11	8	54	Finished	4
4	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	—	9	54	Finished	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	—	6	54	Finished	2
6	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	1	53	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	009	10	53	Finished	0
8	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	009	11	53	Finished	0
9	John Watson	McLaren	—	16	53	Finished	0
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	—	14	53	Finished	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	4	45	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	—	24	42	Suspension	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	DN9	22	34	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	13	34	Suspension	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	7	32	Engine	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	—	18	28	Engine	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	JS11	21	26	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	—	17	22	Handling	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	—	3	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	19	15	Brakes	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	—	12	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Shadow	DN9	23	3	Accident	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	Arrows	—	20	1	Engine	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	15	0	Clutch	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	79	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alan Jones	2	1	54
Gilles Villeneuve	5	2	54
Jacques Laffite	8	3	54
Jody Scheckter	9	4	54
Clay Regazzoni	6	5	54
Rene Arnoux	1	6	53
Didier Pironi	10	7	53
Derek Daly	11	8	53
John Watson	16	9	53
Patrick Tambay	14	10	53
Niki Lauda	4	DNF	45
Patrick Gaillard	24	DNF	42
Elio de Angelis	22	DNF	34
Riccardo Patrese	13	DNF	34
Nelson Piquet	7	DNF	32
Hans-Joachim Stuck	18	DNF	28
Jacky Ickx	21	DNF	26
Carlos Reutemann	17	DNF	22
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	3	DNF	16
Emerson Fittipaldi	19	DNF	15
Keke Rosberg	12	DNF	15
Jan Lammers	23	DNF	3
Jochen Mass	20	DNF	1
Mario Andretti	15	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:34.070	—	—
2	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:34.280	+0.210	+0.210
3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:34.450	+0.380	+0.170
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	5	1:35.510	+1.440	+1.060
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:35.700	+1.630	+0.190
6	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	28	1:35.820	+1.750	+0.120
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	6	1:35.850	+1.780	+0.030
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:35.920	+1.850	+0.070
9	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	11	1:36.100	+2.030	+0.180
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:36.260	+2.190	+0.160
11	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	4	1:36.420	+2.350	+0.160
12	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:36.670	+2.600	+0.250
13	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:36.710	+2.640	+0.040
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:36.720	+2.650	+0.010
15	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	1:37.110	+3.040	+0.390
16	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:37.160	+3.090	+0.050
17	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	2	1:37.320	+3.250	+0.160
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	9	1:37.930	+3.860	+0.610
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:38.380	+4.310	+0.450
20	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	1:38.850	+4.780	+0.470
21	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	25	1:39.310	+5.240	+0.460
22	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	18	1:39.440	+5.370	+0.130
23	Jan Lammers	Shadow	17	1:39.450	+5.380	+0.010
24	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	22	1:41.100	+7.030	+1.650
25	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	31	1:41.160	+7.090	+0.060
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	24	1:45.740	+11.670	+4.580

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 1979
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Aug 1979
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.