French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 1st July 1979 (UTC)
Sun 1st July 1979 (Local)

Timestamp
1979-07-01T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
8

Status

Location
Dijon-Prenois

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Description

The 1979 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 1979 at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France.
It marked not just the first victory of a forced-induction car in Formula One since the Alfa Romeo 159's victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in 1951, but also the first victory of a turbocharged car in Formula One, with Renault overcoming the reliability problems that had initially plagued their car. For Jean-Pierre Jabouille it was a victory on home soil, driving a French car (Renault), on French tyres (Michelin), powered by a French engine (Renault), burning French fuel (Elf). Jabouille was the first Frenchman to win the French Grand Prix since Jean-Pierre Wimille in 1948.

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Result List

01	Jean-Christophe Boullion	1:35:20.42
02	Gilles Villeneuve	+0:14.59
03	René Arnoux	+0:14.83
04	Alan Jones	+0:36.61
05	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+1:04.51
06	Clay Regazzoni	+1:05.51
07	Jody Scheckter	+1 Lap
08	Jacques Laffite	+1 Lap
10	Patrick Tambay	+2 Laps
11	John Watson	+2 Laps
12	Hector Rebaque	+2 Laps
13	Carlos Reutemann	+3 Laps
14	Riccardo Patrese	+3 Laps
15	Jochen Mass	+5 Laps
16	Elio de Angelis	+5 Laps
17	Bruno Giacomelli	+5 Laps
18	Jan Lammers	+7 Laps
19	Didier Pironi	DNF
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	DNF
21	Nelson Piquet	DNF
22	Mario Andretti	DNF
23	Jacky Ickx	DNF
24	Niki Lauda	DNF
25	Hans Stuck	DNF
26	Patrick Gaillard	Did not qualify
27	Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify