Results · 1979
British Grand Prix
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Gap | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Clay Regazzoni  |
Williams | 68 | 1:26:11.170 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 René Arnoux  |
Renault | 68 | +24.280s | 6 |
| 3 | 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell | 67 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | 7 John Watson |
McLaren | 67 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | 11 Jody Scheckter  |
Ferrari | 67 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | 25 Jacky Ickx  |
Ligier | 67 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | 8 Patrick Tambay |
McLaren | 66 | Out of fuel | |
| 8 | 2 Carlos Reutemann  |
Team Lotus | 66 | +2 laps | |
| 9 | 31 Hector Rebaque  |
Team Lotus | 66 | +2 laps | |
| 10 | 3 Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell | 66 | +2 laps | |
| 11 | 17 Jan Lammers  |
Shadow | 65 | +3 laps | |
| 12 | 18 Elio de Angelis  |
Shadow | 65 | +3 laps | |
| 13 | 22 Patrick Gaillard |
Ensign | 65 | +3 laps | |
| 14 | 12 Gilles Villeneuve  |
Ferrari | 63 | Fuel system | |
| — | 29 Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows | 45 | DNF | |
| — | 26 Jacques Laffite |
Ligier | 44 | DNF | |
| — | 20 Keke Rosberg  |
Wolf | 44 | DNF | |
| — | 27 Alan Jones  |
Williams | 38 | DNF | |
| — | 30 Jochen Mass  |
Arrows | 37 | DNF | |
| — | 14 Emerson Fittipaldi  |
Fittipaldi | 25 | DNF | |
| — | 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 21 | DNF | |
| — | 5 Niki Lauda  |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | DNF | |
| — | 1 Mario Andretti  |
Team Lotus | 3 | DNF | |
| — | 6 Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1 | DNF |