German Grand Prix

Date
Sun 29th July 1979 (UTC)
Sun 29th July 1979 (Local)

Timestamp
1979-07-29T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1979

Round
10

Status

Location
Hockenheimring

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Description

The 1979 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 July 1979 at the Hockenheimring. The race, contested over 45 laps, was the tenth race of the 1979 Formula One season and was won by Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, with team-mate Clay Regazzoni second and Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Ford. This was the second consecutive win for the Williams team, following Regazzoni's triumph at Silverstone two weeks previously.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille had taken pole position in his Renault, but out-braked himself and spun off chasing Jones into the Sachskurve on the seventh lap. Jones had a leaky rear tire for the last twenty laps of the race, but Regazzoni received orders to stay behind. The one-two finish moved Williams into third place in the Constructors' Championship.

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Result List

01	Alan Jones	1:24:48.83
02	Clay Regazzoni	+0:02.91
03	Jacques Laffite	+0:18.39
04	Jody Scheckter	+0:31.20
05	John Watson	+1:37.80
06	Jochen Mass	+1 Lap
07	Geoff Lees	+1 Lap
08	Gilles Villeneuve	+1 Lap
09	Didier Pironi	+1 Lap
10	Jan Lammers	+1 Lap
11	Elio de Angelis	+2 Laps
12	Nelson Piquet	DNF
13	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
14	Patrick Tambay	DNF
16	Niki Lauda	DNF
17	Jacky Ickx	DNF
18	Hector Rebaque	DNF
19	Mario Andretti	DNF
20	René Arnoux	DNF
21	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
22	Emerson Fittipaldi	DNF
23	Carlos Reutemann	DNF
24	Hans Stuck	DNF
25	Patrick Gaillard	Did not qualify
26	Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify