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1979 Canadian Grand Prix
Held on September 30, 1979 at Ile Notre-Dame Circuit in Montreal, QC, Canada (First configuration)
72 L, 197.28 M, 317.491 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor ▾SponsorTeamOwnerCrew chiefPaint Scheme	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	27	Alan Jones	Albilad Saudia Racing Team	Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV	72	22	running	9
2	2	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015	72	50	running	6
3	3	28	Clay Regazzoni	Albilad Saudia Racing Team	Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV	72	0	running	4
4	9	11	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015	71	0	running	3
5	6	3	Didier Pironi	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV	71	0	running	2
6	17	7	John Watson	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M29 / Ford Cosworth DFV	70	0	running	1
7	19	5	Ricardo Zunino	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV	68	0	running	0
8	15	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	Copersucar F6A / Ford Cosworth DFV	67	0	running	0
9	21	17	Jan Lammers	Samson Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV	67	0	running	0
DNF	10	1	Mario Andretti	Martini Racing Team Lotus	Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV	66	0	out of fuel	0
DNF	4	6	Nelson Piquet	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV	61	0	gearbox	0
DNF	18	36	Vittorio Brambilla	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260	52	0	ignition	0
DNF	16	25	Jacky Ickx	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV	47	0	gearbox	0
DNF	13	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV	33	0	engine	0
DNF	24	33	Derek Daly	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV	28	0	engine	0
DNF	22	31	Hector Rebaque	Team Rebaque	Rebaque HR100 / Ford Cosworth DFV	26	0	engine mount	0
DNF	23	18	Elio de Angelis	Interscope Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV	24	0	ignition	0
DNF	7	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1	24	0	brakes	0
DNF	11	2	Carlos Reutemann	Martini Racing Team Lotus	Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV	23	0	oil tank mount	0
DNF	14	29	Riccardo Patrese	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV	20	0	spun off	0
DNF	20	8	Patrick Tambay	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M29 / Ford Cosworth DFV	19	0	engine	0
DNF	8	16	Rene Arnoux	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1	14	0	accident	0
DNF	12	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS Wheels	ATS D3 / Ford Cosworth DFV	14	0	accident	0
DNF	5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV	10	0	engine	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		30	Jochen Mass	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A2 / Ford Cosworth DFV			DNQ
		22	Marc Surer	Team Ensign	Ensign N179 / Ford Cosworth DFV			DNQ
		20	Keke Rosberg	Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing	Wolf WR9/ Ford Cosworth DFV			DNQ
		19	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi Automotive	Copersucar F6A / Ford Cosworth DFV			DNQ
		24	Arturo Merzario	Team Merzario	Merzario A4 / Ford Cosworth DFV			DNQ
		35	Bruno Giacomelli	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260			DNQ
PRACTICED CAR
		5	Niki Lauda	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV			practiced car

RACE DATA Click for Insights
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:52:06.89
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Alan Jones - 89.892 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 1.080 seconds
Average Speed: 105.344 mph
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps - none
Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers - Gilles Villeneuve (1-50); Alan Jones (AU) (51-72)
Fastest Lap: Alan Jones - 91.272 seconds (lap 65)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Niki Lauda signed a two million dollar contract with Brabham for the 1980 season, but he is not happy. On Friday morning Niki makes few practice laps when the obvious appears to him: driving no longer interests him. After pulling into the pits, he talks with Bernie Ecclestone to whom he expressed his desire to withdraw immediately. Ecclestone cancels his contract and agrees to release him immediately. Ricardo Zunino replaced him Autodelta voluntarily withdrew Bruno Giacomelli who did not participate in the qualifications following a compromise with the organizers to avoid a pre-qualification session that could have ended with the withdrawal of the 2 drivers from the team.