Race · Round 12 of 15 · 26 August 1979

1979 Dutch Grand Prix

Alan Jones won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Circuit Zandvoort. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit ZandvoortZandvoort, Netherlands
Winner: Alan JonesWilliams
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Gilles Villeneuve
Entries: 267 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alan Jones	Williams	—	2	75	Finished	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	—	5	75	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11	7	75	Finished	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	11	74	Finished	3
5	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	JS11	20	74	Finished	2
6	Jochen Mass	Arrows	—	18	73	Finished	1
7	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	79	24	73	Finished	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	009	10	51	Suspension	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	6	49	Tyre	0	fastest lap
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	DN9	22	40	Transmission	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	—	8	33	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	—	4	26	Clutch	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	—	12	22	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	009	16	20	Spun off	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	—	15	19	Transmission	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	Shadow	DN9	23	12	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	17	9	Suspension	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	19	7	Brakes	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	—	14	6	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	9	4	Withdrew	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	21	2	Electrical	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	1	1	Suspension	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	—	13	1	Suspension	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	—	3	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	—	—	—	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 zandvoort-3 · 4.226 km · 19 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	75
Jody Scheckter	5	2	75
Jacques Laffite	7	3	75
Nelson Piquet	11	4	74
Jacky Ickx	20	5	74
Jochen Mass	18	6	73
Héctor Rebaque	24	7	73
Didier Pironi	10	DNF	51
Gilles Villeneuve	6	DNF	49
Elio de Angelis	22	DNF	40
Keke Rosberg	8	DNF	33
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	4	DNF	26
John Watson	12	DNF	22
Jean-Pierre Jarier	16	DNF	20
Hans-Joachim Stuck	15	DNF	19
Jan Lammers	23	DNF	12
Mario Andretti	17	DNF	9
Riccardo Patrese	19	DNF	7
Patrick Tambay	14	DNF	6
Niki Lauda	9	DNF	4
Emerson Fittipaldi	21	DNF	2
Rene Arnoux	1	DNF	1
Carlos Reutemann	13	DNF	1
Clay Regazzoni	3	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:15.461	—	—
2	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:15.646	+0.185	+0.185
3	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	28	1:16.288	+0.827	+0.642
4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:16.304	+0.843	+0.016
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	11	1:16.392	+0.931	+0.088
6	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:16.939	+1.478	+0.547
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:17.129	+1.668	+0.190
8	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:17.280	+1.819	+0.151
9	Niki Lauda	Brabham	5	1:17.495	+2.034	+0.215
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:17.625	+2.164	+0.130
11	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	6	1:17.667	+2.206	+0.042
12	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:17.750	+2.289	+0.083
13	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	2	1:18.001	+2.540	+0.251
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:18.147	+2.686	+0.146
15	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	9	1:18.256	+2.795	+0.109
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	4	1:18.430	+2.969	+0.174
17	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	1:18.452	+2.991	+0.022
18	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	1:18.606	+3.145	+0.154
19	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:18.629	+3.168	+0.023
20	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	25	1:18.706	+3.245	+0.077
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:19.433	+3.972	+0.727
22	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	18	1:20.709	+5.248	+1.276
23	Jan Lammers	Shadow	17	1:21.084	+5.623	+0.375
24	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	31	1:21.344	+5.883	+0.260
25	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	22	1:22.922	+7.461	+1.578
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	24	1:23.613	+8.152	+0.691

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.

Photographs from this race

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Everything filed under 1979 Dutch Grand Prix on Wikimedia Commons

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: 12 of 1979
Grand Prix: Dutch Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Aug 1979
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.