1979 season/Round 11
Austrian Grand Prix 1979
- Red Bull Ring
- Spielberg
- 12 August 1979
- 54 laps
- 320.9 km
- 5.942 km a lap
- P1Alan JonesWilliams1:27:38.010
- P2Gilles VilleneuveFerrari+36.050
- P3Jacques LaffiteLigier+46.770
- Pole positionRené ArnouxRenault · 1:34.070
- Fastest lapRené Arnoux1:35.770 · lap 40
- Winner started fromP2on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:34.070 | |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:34.280 | +0.210 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:34.450 | +0.380 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:35.510 | +1.440 |
| 5 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:35.700 | +1.630 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:35.820 | +1.750 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:35.850 | +1.780 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:35.920 | +1.850 |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:36.100 | +2.030 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:36.260 | +2.190 |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:36.420 | +2.350 |
| 12 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 1:36.670 | +2.600 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:36.710 | +2.640 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:36.720 | +2.650 |
| 15 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:37.110 | +3.040 |
| 16 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:37.160 | +3.090 |
| 17 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:37.320 | +3.250 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:37.930 | +3.860 |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:38.380 | +4.310 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:38.850 | +4.780 |
| 21 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:39.310 | +5.240 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:39.440 | +5.370 |
| 23 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:39.450 | +5.380 |
| 24 | Patrick Gaillard | Ensign | 1:41.100 | +7.030 |
| 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 1:41.160 | +7.090 |
| 26 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:45.740 | +11.670 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Arnoux | 40 | 1:35.770 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 11. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | 38 | |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | 32 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | 32 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | 25 | ▲3 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | 24 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler | 20 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | 20 | ▼1 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 13 | |
| 9 | John Watson | 13 | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | 12 |