1979 Canadian Grand Prix
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14th of 15 races of the 1979 Automobile World Championship | ||
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Surname: | XVIII Grand Prix du Canada | |
Date: | September 30, 1979 | |
Place: | Montreal | |
Course: | Circuit Île Notre-Dame | |
Length: | 317.52 km in 72 laps of 4.41 km
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Weather: | sunny and warm | |
Pole position | ||
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Time: | 1: 29.892 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
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Time: | 1: 31.272 min | |
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The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix took place in Montreal on September 30th and was the 14th race of the 1979 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
Between the Italian Grand Prix and the penultimate World Championship round of the year in Canada, the Dino Ferrari Grand Prix , which is not part of the World Championship, took place in Imola . Niki Lauda , who had a frustrating season with a yield of only four championship points, won the race. During training for the Canadian Grand Prix, he finally announced his retirement from Formula 1 with immediate effect after having only driven a few laps with the new Brabham BT49 . Team boss Bernie Ecclestone then selected the Argentinian debutant Ricardo Zunino as a substitute driver. The collaboration between Alfa Romeo and Brabham , which had existed since 1976 , had also come to an end. The Ford Cosworth engine was chosen for the new car , which was still used by most of the teams.
At Tyrrell , the decision was made to the two overseas races that made up the end of the season, each a third factory car for Derek Daly to register. Emerson Fittipaldi also added a vehicle to his team , which was occupied by Alex Ribeiro .
After only one copy of the new Alfa Romeo 179 was used in Monza , the Autodelta team originally planned to equip both factory drivers in Canada with the new vehicle. However, since the team refused to participate in a pre-qualification, the report was rejected. After protests, one of the two drivers, Vittorio Brambilla, was allowed to take part in the race weekend.
training
Alan Jones drove the fastest training lap and qualified for the pole position alongside local hero Gilles Villeneuve . This was followed by Clay Regazzoni in the second Williams alongside Nelson Piquet in the new Brabham. Jacques Laffite and Didier Pironi shared the third row in front of their two compatriots Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux . Jody Scheckter , who is already the new world champion, and last year's world champion, Mario Andretti , completed the top ten.
run
Villeneuve took the lead ahead of Jones and Regazzoni. The Swiss was overtaken by Piquet on the eighth lap.
Villeneuve failed to break away from Jones. He overtook him on lap 51 in the tight hairpin and then defended the top position until the finish line, albeit without clearly setting himself apart from his opponent. By the 57th lap, Piquet drove in third place. Then he retired due to a gearbox failure and had to give Regazzoni the podium.
Registration list
1 Ricardo Zunino took over the number 5 Brabham BT49 during practice from Niki Lauda.
Classifications
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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1 |
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1: 29.892 | 176.612 km / h | 1 |
2 |
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1: 30.554 | 175.321 km / h | 2 |
3 |
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1: 30.768 | 174.907 km / h | 3 |
4th |
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1: 30.775 | 174.894 km / h | 4th |
5 |
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1: 30.820 | 174.807 km / h | 5 |
6th |
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1: 31.941 | 172.676 km / h | 6th |
7th |
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1: 32.103 | 172.372 km / h | 7th |
8th |
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1: 32.116 | 172.348 km / h | 8th |
9 |
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1: 32.280 | 172.042 km / h | 9 |
10 |
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1: 32.651 | 171.353 km / h | 10 |
11 |
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1: 32.682 | 171.295 km / h | 11 |
12 |
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1: 32.858 | 170.971 km / h | 12 |
13 |
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1: 33.065 | 170.590 km / h | 13 |
14th |
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1: 33.090 | 170.545 km / h | 14th |
15th |
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1: 33.297 | 170.166 km / h | 15th |
16 |
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1: 33.355 | 170.061 km / h | 16 |
17th |
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1: 33.362 | 170.048 km / h | 17th |
18th |
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1: 33.378 | 170.019 km / h | 18th |
19th |
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1: 33.511 | 169.777 km / h | 19th |
20th |
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1: 33.603 | 169.610 km / h | 20th |
21st |
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1: 34.102 | 168.711 km / h | 21st |
22nd |
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1: 34.129 | 168.662 km / h | 22nd |
23 |
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1: 34.256 | 168.435 km / h | 23 |
24 |
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1: 34.301 | 168.355 km / h | 24 |
DNQ |
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1: 34.365 | 168.240 km / h | - |
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1: 34.747 | 167.562 km / h | - |
DNQ |
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1: 35.061 | 167.009 km / h | - |
DNQ |
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1: 36.901 | 163.837 km / h | - |
DNQ |
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1: 37.590 | 162.681 km / h | - |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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72 | 0 | 1: 52: 06.892 | 1 | 1: 31.272 | |
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72 | 0 | + 1.080 | 2 | 1: 31.467 | |
3 |
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72 | 0 | +1: 13.692 | 3 | 1: 32.397 | |
4th |
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71 | 1 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 31.617 | |
5 |
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 6th | 1: 33.876 | |
6th |
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70 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 17th | 1: 33.781 | |
7th |
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68 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 19th | 1: 33.212 | |
8th |
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68 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 15th | 1: 36.502 | |
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67 | 0 | + 5 rounds | 21st | 1: 36.700 | |
10 |
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66 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 34.178 | Lack of fuel |
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61 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 32.858 | Gearbox damage |
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52 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 34.318 | defective electrical box |
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47 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 34.350 | Gearbox damage |
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33 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 35.124 | defective electrical box |
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28 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 35.641 | Engine failure |
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26th | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 36.062 | Suspension problems |
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24 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 35.431 | Engine failure |
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24 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 35.210 | Engine failure |
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23 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 33.786 | Engine failure |
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20th | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 36.072 | Suspension problems |
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19th | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 35.969 | Driving error |
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14th | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 35.132 | collision |
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14th | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 35.656 | collision |
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10 | 0 | DNF | 5 | 1: 34.381 | Engine failure |
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
- ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from December 26, 2008 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 September 9, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on September 9, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 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 September 9, 2012)