September 30, 1979 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Lap distance 4.410 km
Report | Articles (3) | Photos (16) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 72 | 1:52'06.892 | 1 | 1'29.892 | 1 | 1'31.272 | (65) | |
| 2 | 6 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 72 | 1:52'07.972 | +1.080 | 2 | 1'30.554 | 2 | 1'31.467 | (66) |
| 3 | 4 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 72 | 1:53'20.548 | +1'13.656 | 3 | 1'30.768 | 4 | 1'32.397 | (57) |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 71 | +1 lap | 9 | 1'32.280 | 3 | 1'31.617 | (60) | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | +1 lap | 6 | 1'31.941 | 9 | 1'33.876 | (56) | |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'33.362 | 7 | 1'33.781 | (52) | |
| 7 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino (ARG) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 68 | +4 laps | 19 | 1'33.511 | 6 | 1'33.212 | (36) | ||
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | +5 laps | 15 | 1'33.297 | 23 | 1'36.502 | (18) | ||
| 9 | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | +5 laps | 21 | 1'34.102 | 24 | 1'36.700 | (9) | ||
| 10 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | +6 laps | 10 | 1'32.651 | 10 | 1'34.178 | (54) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| gearbox | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 61 | 4 | 1'30.775 | 5 | 1'32.858 | (36) | |||
| fuel system | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 52 | 18 | 1'33.378 | 11 | 1'34.318 | (47) | |||
| gearbox | 25 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 47 | 16 | 1'33.355 | 12 | 1'34.350 | (46) | |||
| engine | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 33 | 13 | 1'33.065 | 14 | 1'35.124 | (21) | |||
| engine | 33 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 28 | 24 | 1'34.301 | 18 | 1'35.641 | (28) | |||
| chassis | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Rebaque HR100 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 26 | 22 | 1'34.129 | 21 | 1'36.062 | (18) | |||
| brakes | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 24 | 7 | 1'32.103 | 16 | 1'35.210 | (7) | |||
| ignition | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 23 | 1'34.256 | 17 | 1'35.431 | (23) | |||
| suspension | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 23 | 11 | 1'32.682 | 8 | 1'33.786 | (22) | |||
| spun off | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 14 | 1'33.090 | 22 | 1'36.072 | (18) | |||
| engine | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 19 | 20 | 1'33.603 | 20 | 1'35.969 | (14) | |||
| accident | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 14 | 8 | 1'32.116 | 15 | 1'35.132 | (6) | |||
| accident | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 14 | 12 | 1'32.858 | 19 | 1'35.656 | (11) | |||
| engine | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 10 | 5 | 1'30.820 | 13 | 1'34.381 | (6) | |||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'34.365 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'34.747 | ||||||||
| -- | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'35.061 | ||||||||
| -- | 19 | Alex Ribeiro (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'36.901 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'37.590 | ||||||||
