Race · Round 6 of 15 · 13 May 1979

1979 Belgian Grand Prix

Jody Scheckter won for Ferrari from 7th on the grid at Circuit Zolder. 13 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Didier Pironi.

Circuit: Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Belgium
Winner: Jody ScheckterFerrari
Pole: Jacques Laffite
Fastest lap: Gilles Villeneuve
Entries: 2811 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	—	7	70	Finished	9
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS11	1	70	Finished	6
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	009	12	70	Finished	4
4	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	—	10	70	Finished	3
5	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	16	70	Finished	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	—	19	70	Finished	1
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	6	69	Finished	0	fastest lap
8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	—	20	69	Finished	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	—	23	68	Finished	0
10	Jan Lammers	Shadow	DN9	21	68	Finished	0
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	009	11	67	Finished	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	JS11	2	46	Accident	0
DNF	James Hunt	Walter Wolf Racing	—	9	40	Accident	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	—	4	39	Electrical	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	5	27	Brakes	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	3	23	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	13	23	Engine	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	—	18	22	Turbo	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	14	21	Collision	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	DN9	24	21	Collision	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	Arrows	—	22	17	Spun off	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	79	15	13	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	—	17	13	Turbo	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	—	8	1	Collision	0
DNQ	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen	WK	—	—	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 zolder-2 · 4.262 km · 15 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
Jody Scheckter	7	1	70
Jacques Laffite	1	2	70
Didier Pironi	12	3	70
Carlos Reutemann	10	4	70
Riccardo Patrese	16	5	70
John Watson	19	6	70
Gilles Villeneuve	6	7	69
Hans-Joachim Stuck	20	8	69
Emerson Fittipaldi	23	9	68
Jan Lammers	21	10	68
Jean-Pierre Jarier	11	11	67
Patrick Depailler	2	DNF	46
James Hunt	9	DNF	40
Alan Jones	4	DNF	39
Mario Andretti	5	DNF	27
Nelson Piquet	3	DNF	23
Niki Lauda	13	DNF	23
Rene Arnoux	18	DNF	22
Bruno Giacomelli	14	DNF	21
Elio de Angelis	24	DNF	21
Jochen Mass	22	DNF	17
Héctor Rebaque	15	DNF	13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	17	DNF	13
Clay Regazzoni	8	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:21.130	—	—
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	25	1:21.200	+0.070	+0.070
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	6	1:21.350	+0.220	+0.150
4	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:21.590	+0.460	+0.240
5	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	1:21.830	+0.700	+0.240
6	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:22.080	+0.950	+0.250
7	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	11	1:22.080	+0.950	+0.000
8	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	28	1:22.400	+1.270	+0.320
9	James Hunt	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:22.550	+1.420	+0.150
10	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	2	1:22.560	+1.430	+0.010
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	4	1:22.680	+1.550	+0.120
12	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:22.850	+1.720	+0.170
13	Niki Lauda	Brabham	5	1:22.870	+1.740	+0.020
14	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	35	1:23.150	+2.020	+0.280
15	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	31	1:23.630	+2.500	+0.480
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	29	1:23.920	+2.790	+0.290
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:24.020	+2.890	+0.100
18	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:24.330	+3.200	+0.310
19	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:24.370	+3.240	+0.040
20	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	9	1:24.620	+3.490	+0.250
21	Jan Lammers	Shadow	17	1:24.760	+3.630	+0.140
22	Jochen Mass	Arrows	30	1:25.080	+3.950	+0.320
23	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:25.180	+4.050	+0.100
24	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	18	1:25.480	+4.350	+0.300
25	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:25.690	+4.560	+0.210
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	24	1:25.920	+4.790	+0.230
27	Derek Daly	Ensign	22	1:27.830	+6.700	+1.910
28	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen	36	1:34.480	+13.350	+6.650

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

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

6 more photographs

Everything filed under 1979 Belgian 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: 6 of 1979
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 13 May 1979
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.