«1979-11»Austria Grand Prix - XVII Grosser Preis von Osterreich
1979-08-12 Österreichring - 54 laps × 5.942 km : 320.868 km
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Jody Scheckter • Ferrari-(1)66(3)99-(2)3336(42)
2 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-299---6--632
3 Jacques Laffite • Ligier99---6---4432
4 Alan Jones • Williams---4---(3)-9922(25)
5 Clay Regazzoni • Williams------6(1)96(2)21(24)
6 Patrick Depailler • Ligier36-29-(2)20(22)
7 Carlos Reutemann • Lotus64(2)-6(3)4----20(25)
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier • Tyrrell--412--2413
9 John Watson • McLaren4----13-32-13
10 Mario Andretti • Lotus2-334------12
11 René Arnoux • Renault-------46-111
12 Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault-------9---9
13 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-3--14-----8
14 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows-----2-----2
15 Jochen Mass • Arrows------1--1-2
16 Niki Lauda • Brabham--1--------1
17 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar1----------1
18 Jacky Ickx • Ligier-1--1
- Patrick Tambay • McLaren------------
- Nelson Piquet • Brabham------------
- Hans Joachim Stuck • ATS------------
- Elio de Angelis • Shadow------------
- Jan Lammers • Shadow------------
- Hector Rebaque • Lotus------------
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario-----------
- Derek Daly • Tyrrell---------
- James Hunt • Wolf--------
- Gianfranco Brancatelli • Merzario----
- Bruno Giacomelli • Alfa Romeo---
- Patrick Gaillard • Ensign-----
- Keke Rosberg • Wolf-----
- Geoff Lees • Tyrrell--

Points System

9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 8 results (4 from first 7 and 4 from last 8) count toward Drivers' championship.
All results counted towards Constructors' championship.
Half points are awarded for races stopped before three-quarter-distance was completed.