1979 French Grand Prix
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8th of 15 races of the 1979 Automobile World Championship | ||
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Surname: | LXV Grand Prix de France | |
Date: | July 1, 1979 | |
Place: | Dijon Prenois | |
Course: | Stade Automobile de Dijon-Prenois | |
Length: | 304 km in 80 laps of 3.8 km
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Weather: | cloudy but dry | |
Spectator: | ~ 120,000 | |
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Time: | 1: 07.19 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
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Time: | 1: 09.16 min | |
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The 1979 French Grand Prix took place on July 1st at the Stade Automobile de Dijon-Prenois near Dijon and was the eighth race of the 1979 World Automobile Championship .
The winner Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the home race with a chassis, engine, tires and fuel from domestic production. At this GP, a 1500 cc turbo engine won for the first time against the three-liter naturally aspirated engine that had been established in 1966, which was also evident on the track through multiple mutual overtaking in the fight for second place. While the winner drove relatively safe in front, but was hardly remembered, Villeneuve in the Ferrari and Arnoux in the second Renault Turbo fought a gripping duel. In a readers' poll of the motorsport magazine Motorsport aktuell in December 2010, this Grand Prix was voted the best Formula 1 race of all time .
Reports
background
As in previous years, the Swedish Grand Prix was actually planned for mid-June. However, since the two Swedish Formula 1 racing drivers Ronnie Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson had died after an accident and illness, the interest of the spectators and sponsors there decreased so much that the race was canceled. As a result, there was a break of more than a month between the Monaco Grand Prix and the subsequent World Championship round in France.
This interruption was often used for test drives in order to collect further experience with the wing car technology, which is still relatively new for most teams , and to modify the racing cars accordingly. Some personnel changes also occurred during this time, after the field of participants had remained surprisingly constant for the conditions at the time during the first half of the season, although the Concorde Agreement did not yet exist at that time.
James Hunt had surprisingly announced his withdrawal from Formula 1 after the Monaco GP. His successor at Walter Wolf Racing was Keke Rosberg , who up to this point had not yet competed in the 1979 season. Patrick Depailler , who found himself in a promising position at Ligier , had broken both legs in an accident while paragliding and was therefore out for the rest of the season. His place was taken by Jacky Ickx , who was last on the list of participants at the Swedish Grand Prix in 1978 and who thus made another Formula 1 comeback after almost a year of interruption, after having already played between the Monaco Grand Prix in 1977 and 1978 had not contested any Grand Prix appearances for almost a year. Derek Daly decided due to persistent failure to successfully Ensign Racing in the Formula 2 return. Patrick Gaillard was signed as a substitute on the occasion of his home Grand Prix.
Arturo Merzario , Héctor Rebaque and Bruno Giacomelli , who had not taken part in the Monaco GP, returned to the field.
training
After several setbacks in recent events, Renault caused a sensation at the home race of all places, with Jean-Pierre Jabouille setting the fastest training time, followed by his team-mate René Arnoux . Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari 312T4 and Brabham driver Nelson Piquet formed the second row in front of their respective teammates Jody Scheckter and Niki Lauda .
run
Since the ATS Racing Team canceled its participation in the race at short notice despite successful qualification by Hans-Joachim Stuck , the actually unqualified Elio de Angelis was allowed to move up into the starting field.
Villeneuve initially took the lead from Jabouille and Scheckter, while Arnoux fell back to ninth after a bad start. By the 10th lap, however, he fought his way back to fourth place and by the 15th lap back to third place. Once again , he demonstrated the competitiveness of the new Renault RS10 .
Due to handling problems, Villeneuve dropped to second place behind Jabouille on lap 47. On the 78th lap he was overtaken by Arnoux and it seemed as if Renault would be able to celebrate the first victory in team history as a one-two. On the penultimate lap, however, Arnoux had engine problems. Villeneuve was able to catch up again and so there was one of the most remarkable wheel-to-wheel duels in Formula 1 history between the two opponents during the last lap, which Villeneuve narrowly won and crossed the finish line around two tenths of a second before Arnoux .
Jean-Pierre Jabouille secured the first victory of a turbo-powered vehicle in Formula 1. Alan Jones , Jean-Pierre Jarier and Clay Regazzoni finished fourth to sixth behind Villeneuve and Arnoux .
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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1 |
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1: 07.19 | 203.602 km / h | 1 |
2 |
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1: 07.45 | 202.817 km / h | 2 |
3 |
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1: 07.65 | 202.217 km / h | 3 |
4th |
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1: 08.13 | 200.793 km / h | 4th |
5 |
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1: 08.15 | 200.734 km / h | 5 |
6th |
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1: 08.20 | 200.587 km / h | 6th |
7th |
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1: 08.23 | 200.498 km / h | 7th |
8th |
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1: 08.55 | 199.562 km / h | 8th |
9 |
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1: 08.65 | 199.272 km / h | 9 |
10 |
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1: 08.80 | 198.837 km / h | 10 |
11 |
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1: 08.95 | 198.405 km / h | 11 |
12 |
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1: 09.35 | 197.260 km / h | 12 |
13 |
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1: 09.36 | 197.232 km / h | 13 |
14th |
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1: 09.68 | 196.326 km / h | 14th |
15th |
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1: 09.97 | 195.512 km / h | 15th |
16 |
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1: 10.15 | 195.011 km / h | 16 |
17th |
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1: 10.59 | 193.795 km / h | 17th |
18th |
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1: 10.61 | 193.740 km / h | 18th |
19th |
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1: 10.70 | 193.494 km / h | 19th |
20th |
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1: 10.92 | 192.893 km / h | 20th |
21st |
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1: 11.14 | 192.297 km / h | 21st |
22nd |
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1: 11.40 | 191.597 km / h | 22nd |
23 |
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1: 11.75 | 190.662 km / h | DNS |
24 |
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1: 11.97 | 190.079 km / h | 23 |
25th |
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1: 12.23 | 189.395 km / h | 24 |
DNQ |
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1: 13.00 | 187.397 km / h | - |
DNQ |
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1: 14.95 | 182.522 km / h | - |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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80 | 0 | 1: 35: 20.42 | 1 | 1: 10.23 | |
2 |
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80 | 0 | + 14.59 | 3 | 1: 10.46 | |
3 |
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80 | 0 | + 14.83 | 2 | 1: 09.16 | |
4th |
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80 | 0 | + 36.61 | 7th | 1: 10.44 | |
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80 | 0 | +1: 04.51 | 10 | 1: 10.88 | |
6th |
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80 | 0 | +1: 05.51 | 9 | 1: 10.83 | |
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 5 | 1: 10.84 | |
8th |
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 11.71 | |
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 12.12 | |
10 |
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 12.33 | |
11 |
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 15th | 1: 11.52 | |
12 |
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 23 | 1: 12.65 | |
13 |
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77 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 11.38 | accident |
14th |
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77 | 0 | + 3 rounds | 19th | 1: 13.22 | |
15th |
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75 | 0 | + 5 rounds | 22nd | 1: 14.55 | |
16 |
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75 | 0 | + 5 rounds | 24 | 1: 13.01 | |
17th |
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75 | 0 | + 5 rounds | 17th | 1: 12.94 | |
18th |
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73 | 0 | + 7 rounds | 21st | 1: 13.30 | |
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71 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 12.77 | Suspension damage |
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54 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 12.39 | Engine failure |
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52 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 11.13 | accident |
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52 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 12.68 | Brake defect |
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45 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 13.33 | Engine failure |
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23 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 12.58 | Lathe operator |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Readers' choice: Best F1 race of all time: GP France 1979. Motorsport-aktuell.com, December 23, 2010, accessed on November 27, 2012 .
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)