July 14, 1979 Silverstone Circuit | Lap distance 4.719 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (13) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 68 | 1:26'11.17 | 4 | 1'13.11 | 1 | 1'14.40 | (39) | |
| 2 | 6 | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 68 | 1:26'35.45 | +24.28 | 5 | 1'13.29 | 4 | 1'15.11 | (31) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | 1:26'25.34 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'15.63 | 7 | 1'15.42 | (61) |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M29 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | 1:26'36.16 | +1 lap | 7 | 1'13.57 | 5 | 1'15.12 | (66) |
| 5 | 2 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 67 | 1:26'37.50 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'14.60 | 11 | 1'16.02 | (38) |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | 1:26'46.25 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'15.63 | 10 | 1'15.73 | (66) |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | +2 laps | 18 | 1'15.67 | 14 | 1'16.42 | (60) | ||
| 8 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | 1:26'25.72 | +2 laps | 8 | 1'13.87 | 15 | 1'16.59 | (21) | |
| 9 | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | 1:26'41.65 | +2 laps | 24 | 1'17.32 | 16 | 1'17.24 | (63) | |
| 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | 1:26'46.86 | +2 laps | 15 | 1'15.28 | 3 | 1'15.05 | (66) | |
| 11 | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 65 | 1:27'10.05 | +3 laps | 21 | 1'16.66 | 20 | 1'18.25 | (55) | |
| 12 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 65 | 1:27'11.81 | +3 laps | 12 | 1'14.87 | 12 | 1'16.08 | (61) | |
| 13 | 22 | Patrick Gaillard (FRA) | Ensign N179 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 65 | 1:27'12.32 | +3 laps | 23 | 1'17.07 | 21 | 1'18.40 | (58) | |
| 14 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 63 | +5 laps | 13 | 1'14.90 | 8 | 1'15.50 | (53) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| gearbox | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 19 | 1'15.77 | 19 | 1'18.13 | (43) | |||
| engine | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 10 | 1'14.37 | 9 | 1'15.53 | (39) | |||
| fuel system | 20 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | 14 | 1'14.96 | 13 | 1'16.39 | (36) | |||
| water pump | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 38 | 1 | 1'11.88 | 2 | 1'14.89 | (8) | |||
| gearbox | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 37 | 20 | 1'16.19 | 17 | 1'17.40 | (35) | |||
| engine | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 22 | 1'16.68 | 22 | 1'18.93 | (7) | |||
| turbo | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 21 | 2 | 1'12.48 | 6 | 1'15.18 | (6) | |||
| brakes | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 12 | 6 | 1'13.44 | 18 | 1'17.62 | (9) | |||
| wheel | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3 | 9 | 1'14.20 | 23 | 1'21.36 | (2) | |||
| spun off | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 1 | 1'26.36 | 3 | 1'12.65 | 24 | 1'26.36 | (1) | ||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'17.44 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A4 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'19.57 | ||||||||
