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1979 Argentine Grand Prix
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 1 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date	January 21, 1979
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	5.81 km (3.61 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 307.93 km (191.33 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jacques Laffite;
Time	1:44.20
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Laffite
Time	1:46.91 on lap 42
Podium
First	Jacques Laffite;
Second	Carlos Reutemann;
Third	John Watson;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1979 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 January 1979 at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires. The race had to be restarted because there was a huge crash at the second of the very fast esses after the pit straight that took off a number of drivers, including Jody Scheckter, Nelson Piquet, John Watson, Patrick Tambay and Mario Andretti.

After qualifying, James Hunt's WR7 was declared illegal, as the clutch-driven impeller blades which drew air through the air coiler were ruled an 'aerodynamic device'. Wolf mechanics modified the fan, and the car was allowed to start.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1:44.20	1
2	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	1:45.24	2
3	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	1:45.34	3
4	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	1:45.36	4
5	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:45.58	5
6	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:45.76	6
7	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:45.96	7
8	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:46,43	8
9	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	1:46.56	9
10	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:46.88	10
11	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:47.15	11
12	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:47.46	12
13	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	1:48.33	DNS
14	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	1:48.34	13
15	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1:48.44	14
16	17	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	1:48.51	15
17	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	1:48.64	16
18	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	1:48.77	17
19	31	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	1:49.36	18
20	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:49.49	19
21	18	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	1:49.51	20
22	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	1:50.26	21
23	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:50.29	22
24	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	1:51.05	23
25	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	1:51.28	DNS
26	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:51.52	24

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	G	53	1:36:03.21	1	9
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	G	53	+14.94 secs	3	6
3	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	G	53	+1:28.81	6	4
4	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	G	53	+1:41.72	2	3
5	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	G	52	+1 Lap	7	2
6	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	52	+1 Lap	11	1
7	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	G	52	+1 Lap	16
8	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	G	51	+2 Laps	14
9	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	G	51	+2 Laps	15
10	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	G	51	+2 Laps	17
11	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	G	51	+2 Laps	24
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	M	48	Engine	10
Ret	31	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	G	46	Suspension	19
Ret	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	G	42	Transmission	21
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	G	41	Electrical	18
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	G	15	Engine	4
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	M	15	Engine	12
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	8	Fuel System	23
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	M	6	Engine	26
Ret	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	M	0	Collision	5
Ret	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	G	0	Collision	8
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	G	0	Collision	9
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	0	Collision	20
Ret	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	G	0	Collision	22
DNS	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	G	0	Accident	13
DNS	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	G	0		25
Source:^[2]^[3]

Notes

This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Dutch driver and future Le Mans winner Jan Lammers and Italian driver and future Grand Prix winner Elio de Angelis.
This was the 1st Grand Slam for Ligier and for a French driver.
This was the 50th Grand Prix start for Ligier.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jacques Laffite	9
2	Carlos Reutemann	6
3	John Watson	4
4	Patrick Depailler	3
5	Mario Andretti	2
Source:^[4]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ligier-Ford	12
2	Lotus-Ford	8
3	McLaren-Ford	4
4	Fittipaldi-Ford	1
Source:^[4]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ Taylor, Simon. "Lunch with... Walter Wolf". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
^ "1979 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "1979 Argentine Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 21 January 1979. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Argentina 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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[1] Taylor, Simon. "Lunch with... Walter Wolf". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[2] "1979 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[3] "1979 Argentine Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 21 January 1979. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[Champ-4] "Argentina 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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