July 29, 1979 Hockenheimring | Lap distance 6.789 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (10) | 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 | 45 | 1:24'48.83 | 2 | 1'48.75 | 2 | 1'51.97 | (15) | |
| 2 | 6 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:24'51.74 | +2.91 | 6 | 1'50.12 | 4 | 1'52.01 | (38) |
| 3 | 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:25'07.22 | +18.39 | 3 | 1'49.43 | 5 | 1'52.34 | (34) |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 45 | 1:25'20.03 | +31.20 | 5 | 1'50.00 | 6 | 1'52.48 | (9) |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:26'26.63 | +1'37.80 | 12 | 1'50.86 | 11 | 1'53.83 | (16) |
| 6 | 1 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 1:25'02.86 | +1 lap | 18 | 1'52.74 | 15 | 1'54.61 | (34) |
| 7 | 4 | Geoff Lees (GBR) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 1:25'10.30 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'51.50 | 17 | 1'54.80 | (41) | |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 44 | 1:25'14.95 | +1 lap | 9 | 1'50.41 | 1 | 1'51.89 | (40) | |
| 9 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 1:26'16.24 | +1 lap | 8 | 1'50.40 | 14 | 1'54.56 | (8) | |
| 10 | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 1:26'28.69 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'53.59 | 19 | 1'56.37 | (38) | |
| 11 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 1:25'19.72 | +2 laps | 21 | 1'53.73 | 20 | 1'56.51 | (13) | |
| 12 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 42 | 1:20'13.58 | +3 laps | 4 | 1'49.50 | 7 | 1'52.72 | (35) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| tyre | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 34 | 1:05'42.25 | 19 | 1'52.93 | 16 | 1'54.66 | (32) | ||
| suspension | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 30 | 58'18.09 | 15 | 1'51.47 | 13 | 1'54.11 | (5) | ||
| engine | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 29 | 56'40.54 | 17 | 1'52.01 | 18 | 1'55.47 | (23) | ||
| engine | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 27 | 51'35.19 | 7 | 1'50.37 | 8 | 1'53.12 | (27) | ||
| tyre | 25 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 45'55.74 | 14 | 1'51.07 | 10 | 1'53.44 | (23) | ||
| handling | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 22 | 47'52.87 | 24 | 1'55.86 | 21 | 1'57.22 | (16) | ||
| transmission | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 30'51.19 | 11 | 1'50.68 | 12 | 1'54.01 | (5) | ||
| tyre | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 9 | 17'22.62 | 10 | 1'50.48 | 9 | 1'53.24 | (7) | ||
| spun off | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 7 | 13'16.29 | 1 | 1'48.48 | 3 | 1'51.98 | (6) | ||
| electrical | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F6A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 8'06.70 | 22 | 1'54.01 | 22 | 1'57.34 | (4) | ||
| accident | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 2'08.35 | 13 | 1'50.94 | 23 | 2'08.35 | (1) | ||
| suspension | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 23 | 1'54.47 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 22 | Patrick Gaillard (FRA) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'55.95 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2'01.84 | ||||||||
