FIA Formula One World Championship

1979 Standings

Race-by-race sums differ from the official table (dropped scores or source corrections); official standings are authoritative.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Pts
1	Jody Scheckter SCK	Ferrari	3	51
2	Gilles Villeneuve VIN	Ferrari	3	47
3	Alan Jones JOE	Williams	4	40
4	Jacques Laffite LAF	Ligier	2	36
5	Clay Regazzoni REA	Williams	1	29
6	Patrick Depaille ANU	Ligier	1	20
7	Carlos Reutemann REU	Team Lotus	0	20
8	Rene Alexandre Arnoux ALX	Alpine	0	17
9	John Watson WAT	McLaren	0	15
10	Didier Pironi PIR	Tyrrell	0	14
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier JAI	Tyrrell	0	14
12	Mario Andretti ANI	Team Lotus	0	14
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille JAB	Alpine	1	9
14	Niki Lauda LAU	Brabham	0	4
15	Elio de Angelis DEA	Shadow	0	3
16	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior PIQ	Brabham	0	3
17	Jacky Ickx ICK	Ligier	0	3
18	Jochen Mass MAJ	Arrows	0	3
19	Hans-Joachim Stuck STC	ATS	0	2
20	Riccardo Patrese PAC	Arrows	0	2
21	Emerson Fittipaldi FIA	Fittipaldi	0	1
22	Hector Rebaque REB	Team Lotus	0	0
23	Patrick Tambay TAM	McLaren	0	0
24	Geoff Lees LEE	Tyrrell	0	0
25	Ricardo Hector Zunino HEC	Brabham	0	0
26	Derek Daly DAD	Ensign	0	0
27	James Hunt HUN	Wolf	0	0
28	Jan Lammers LAM	Shadow	0	0
29	Keke Rosberg ROG	Wolf	0	0
30	Vittorio Brambilla BMB	Alfa Romeo (1979–85)	0	0
31	Patrick Gaillard GAI	Ensign	0	0
32	Bruno Giacomelli GIA	Alfa Romeo (1979–85)	0	0
33	Alex Ribeiro RIB	Fittipaldi	0	0
33	Gianfranco Brancatelli BRF	Kauhsen	0	0
34	Arturo Merzario MEZ	Merzario	0	0
36	Marc Surer SUR	Ensign	0	0

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Pts
1	Ferrari	6	113
2	Williams	5	75
3	Ligier	3	61
4	Team Lotus	0	39
5	Tyrrell	0	28
6	Alpine	1	26
7	McLaren	0	15
8	Brabham	0	0
9	Arrows	0	5
10	Shadow	0	3
11	ATS	0	2
12	Fittipaldi	0	1
13	Wolf	0	0
14	Ensign	0	0
15	Alfa Romeo (1979–85)	0	0
16	Merzario	0	0
16	Rebaque	0	0

Team	Driver A	Pts	Pts	Driver B	Quali H2H
Team Lotus	Carlos Reutemann REU	21	0	Hector Rebaque REB	9–0
McLaren	John Watson WAT	15	0	Patrick Tambay TAM	11–2
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti ANI	12	0	Hector Rebaque REB	9–0
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti ANI	14	25	Carlos Reutemann REU	8–7
Williams	Clay Regazzoni REA	32	43	Alan Jones JOE	0–15
Ligier	Jacky Ickx ICK	3	12	Jacques Laffite LAF	0–8
Alpine	Jean-Pierre Jabouille JAB	9	17	Rene Alexandre Arnoux ALX	10–4
Ferrari	Jody Scheckter SCK	60	53	Gilles Villeneuve VIN	7–8
Tyrrell	Didier Pironi PIR	6	0	Derek Daly DAD	3–0
Shadow	Elio de Angelis DEA	3	0	Jan Lammers LAM	7–5
Ligier	Patrick Depaille ANU	22	24	Jacques Laffite LAF	3–4
Tyrrell	Niki Lauda LAU	4	3	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior PIQ	7–6

Championship probabilities are intentionally not shown: no validated model exists yet.