«1979-14»Canada Grand Prix - XVIII Grand Prix du Canada
1979-09-30 Montréal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 72 laps × 4.41 km : 317.52 km
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Jody Scheckter • Ferrari-(1)66(3)99-(2)3369(3)51(60)
2 Alan Jones • Williams---4---(3)-999-940(43)
3 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-299---6--6-6(6)38(44)
4 Jacques Laffite • Ligier99---6---444--36
5 Clay Regazzoni • Williams------6(1)96(2)-4429(32)
6 Patrick Depailler • Ligier36-29-(2)20(22)
7 Carlos Reutemann • Lotus64(2)-6(3)4-------20(25)
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier • Tyrrell--412--24-1-14
9 Mario Andretti • Lotus2-334-------2-14
10 John Watson • McLaren4----13-32---114
11 René Arnoux • Renault-------46-1---11
12 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-3--14-------210
13 Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault-------9------9
14 Niki Lauda • Brabham--1---------3-4
15 Nelson Piquet • Brabham-----------3--3
16 Jacky Ickx • Ligier-1--2--3
17 Jochen Mass • Arrows------1--1-1--3
18 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows-----2--------2
19 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar1-------------1
- Patrick Tambay • McLaren---------------
- Hans Joachim Stuck • ATS---------------
- Elio de Angelis • Shadow---------------
- Jan Lammers • Shadow---------------
- Hector Rebaque • Rebaque---------------
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario--------------
- Derek Daly • Tyrrell----------
- James Hunt • Wolf--------
- Gianfranco Brancatelli • Merzario----
- Bruno Giacomelli • Alfa Romeo-----
- Keke Rosberg • Wolf--------
- Patrick Gaillard • Ensign------
- Geoff Lees • Tyrrell--
- Vittorio Brambilla • Alfa Romeo---
- Marc Surer • Ensign---
- Alex Ribeiro • Copersucar--
- Ricardo Zunino • Brabham--

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.