1979 British Grand Prix
- Round
- 9 of 1979
- Circuit
- Silverstone Circuit
- Location
- Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Clay Regazzoni
- Constructor
- Williams
- Entrant
- Williams-Ford
- Pole position
- Alan Jones
- Fastest lap
- Clay Regazzoni
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 4 | 68 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 5 | 68 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 16 | 67 | 4 | — |
| 4 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 67 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 67 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 17 | 67 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 18 | 66 | — | Out of fuel |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | 66 | — | — |
| 9 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | 24 | 66 | — | — |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 15 | 66 | — | — |
| 11 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 65 | — | — |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 12 | 65 | — | — |
| 13 | Patrick Gaillard | Ensign | 23 | 65 | — | — |
| 14 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 13 | 63 | — | Fuel system |
| DNQ | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 38 | — | Water pump |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 2 | 21 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | 1 | — | Spun off |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | 12 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 3 | — | Wheel bearing |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 44 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg | Walter Wolf Racing | 14 | 44 | — | Fuel system |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 19 | 45 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 20 | 37 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 22 | 25 | — | Engine |