French Grand Prix
Round 8 · 1 July 1979 ·Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
Villeneuve
Ferrari
2
Jabouille
Renault
1
Arnoux
Renault
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille |  French | Renault | 80 | 1:35:20.42 | 9 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve |  Canadian | Ferrari | 80 | +14.59 | 6 |
| 3 | René Arnoux | French | Renault | 80 | +14.83 | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones |  Australian | Williams | 80 | +36.61 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | French | Tyrrell | 80 | +1:04.51 | 2 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni |  Swiss | Williams | 80 | +1:05.51 | 1 |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter |  South African | Ferrari | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | French | Ligier | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | Wolf | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | French | McLaren | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | John Watson |  British | McLaren | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Hector Rebaque |  Mexican | Team Lotus | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann |  Argentine | Team Lotus | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Arrows | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Jochen Mass |  German | Arrows | 75 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Elio de Angelis | Italian | Shadow | 75 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Bruno Giacomelli | Italian | Alfa Romeo | 75 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Jan Lammers |  Dutch | Shadow | 73 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| R | Didier Pironi | French | Tyrrell | 71 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Emerson Fittipaldi |  Brazilian | Fittipaldi | 53 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 52 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Mario Andretti |  American | Team Lotus | 51 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Jacky Ickx |  Belgian | Ligier | 45 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Niki Lauda |  Austrian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | Spun off | 0 |
| W | Hans-Joachim Stuck | German | ATS | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| F | Patrick Gaillard | French | Ensign | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Arturo Merzario | Italian | Merzario | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- W
- Withdrew