1979 season/Round 10
German Grand Prix 1979
- Hockenheimring
- Hockenheim
- 29 July 1979
- 45 laps
- 305.5 km
- 6.790 km a lap
- P1Alan JonesWilliams1:24:48.830
- P2Clay RegazzoniWilliams+2.910
- P3Jacques LaffiteLigier+18.390
- Pole positionJean-Pierre JabouilleRenault · 1:48.480
- Fastest lapGilles Villeneuve1:51.890 · 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 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:48.480 | |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:48.750 | +0.270 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:49.430 | +0.950 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:49.500 | +1.020 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:50.000 | +1.520 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:50.120 | +1.640 |
| 7 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:50.370 | +1.890 |
| 8 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:50.400 | +1.920 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:50.410 | +1.930 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:50.480 | +2.000 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:50.680 | +2.200 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:50.860 | +2.380 |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:50.940 | +2.460 |
| 14 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:51.070 | +2.590 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:51.470 | +2.990 |
| 16 | Geoffrey Lees | Tyrrell | 1:51.500 | +3.020 |
| 17 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 1:52.010 | +3.530 |
| 18 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:52.740 | +4.260 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:52.930 | +4.450 |
| 20 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:53.590 | +5.110 |
| 21 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:53.730 | +5.250 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:54.010 | +5.530 |
| 23 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:54.470 | +5.990 |
| 24 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 1:55.860 | +7.380 |
| 25 | Patrick Gaillard | Ensign | 1:55.950 | +7.470 |
| 26 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 2:01.840 | +13.360 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | 40 | 1:51.890 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 10. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | 35 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite | 28 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | 26 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Clay Regazzoni | 22 | ▲2 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | 20 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | 20 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Alan Jones | 16 | ▲6 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 13 | ▼1 |
| 9 | John Watson | 13 | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | 12 | ▼2 |