1979 season/Round 6
Belgian Grand Prix 1979
- Zolder
- Heusden-Zolder
- 13 May 1979
- 70 laps
- 298.3 km
- 4.262 km a lap
- P1Jody ScheckterFerrari1:39:59.530
- P2Jacques LaffiteLigier+15.360
- P3Didier PironiTyrrell+35.170
- Pole positionJacques LaffiteLigier · 1:21.130
- Fastest lapGilles Villeneuve1:23.090 · lap 63
- Winner started fromP7on 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
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | 63 | 1:23.090 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | 24 | ▲2 |
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | 24 | ▲4 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | 20 | ▼2 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | 20 | ▼2 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | 19 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | 12 | |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | 8 | ▲3 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 7 | ▼1 |
| 9 | John Watson | 5 | ▼1 |
| 10 | Alan Jones | 4 | ▼2 |