1979 season/Round 14
Canadian Grand Prix 1979
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Montreal
- 30 September 1979
- 72 laps
- 324 km
- 4.410 km a lap
- P1Alan JonesWilliams1:52:06.892
- P2Gilles VilleneuveFerrari+1.080
- P3Clay RegazzoniWilliams+1:13.656
- Pole positionAlan JonesWilliams · 1:29.892
- Fastest lapAlan Jones1:31.272 · lap 65
- Winner started fromP1on 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 | Alan Jones | 65 | 1:31.272 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | 51 | |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | 44 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones | 40 | ▲1 |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | 36 | ▼1 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | 29 | |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler | 20 | |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | 20 | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 14 | |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | 14 | |
| 10 | John Watson | 14 |