1979 Osterreichring Formula 1 Grand Prix
12 August 1979
Osterreichring Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲ 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:27:38.010 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | ▲ 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | -00:36.050 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | ▲ 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | -00:46.770 | 8 | 4 | |
| 4 | ▲ 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | -00:47.210 | 9 | 3 | |
| 5 | ▲ 1 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | -00:48.920 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | ▼ 5 | Rene Arnoux | FL | Renault | -1 lap | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | ▲ 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | -1 lap | 10 | ||
| 8 | ▲ 3 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | -1 lap | 11 | ||
| 9 | ▲ 7 | John Watson | McLaren | -1 lap | 16 | ||
| 10 | ▲ 4 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | -1 lap | 14 | ||
| 11 | ▼ 7 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 45 laps | 4 | ||
| 12 | ▲ 12 | Patrick Gaillard | Ensign | 42 laps | 24 | ||
| 13 | ▲ 9 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 34 laps | 22 | ||
| 14 | ▼ 1 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 34 laps | 13 | ||
| 15 | ▼ 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 32 laps | 7 | ||
| 16 | ▲ 2 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 28 laps | 18 | ||
| 17 | ▲ 4 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 26 laps | 21 | ||
| 18 | ▼ 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 22 laps | 17 | ||
| 19 | ▼ 16 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 16 laps | 3 | ||
| 20 | ▼ 8 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 15 laps | 12 | ||
| 21 | ▼ 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 laps | 19 | ||
| 22 | ▲ 1 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 3 laps | 23 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 3 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1 lap | 20 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 9 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 0 laps | 15 | ||
| 25 | ▼ 25 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 26 | ▼ 26 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap Rene Arnoux : 1:35.770
First
| Type | Driver | #Future |
|---|---|---|
| pole | Rene Arnoux | 17 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Gilles Villeneuve | 30 | 38 |
| race | John Watson | 90 | 64 |
| race | Rene Arnoux | 20 | 144 |