«1979-08»France Grand Prix - LXV Grand Prix de France
1979-07-01 Dijon-Prenois - 80 laps × 3.8 km : 304.0 km
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Jody Scheckter • Ferrari-(1)66(3)99-30(34)
2 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-299---626
3 Jacques Laffite • Ligier99---6--24
4 Patrick Depailler • Ligier36-29-(2)20(22)
5 Carlos Reutemann • Lotus64(2)-6(3)4-20(25)
6 Mario Andretti • Lotus2-334---12
7 Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault-------99
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier • Tyrrell--412--29
9 John Watson • McLaren4----13-8
10 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-3--14--8
11 Clay Regazzoni • Williams------6(1)6(7)
12 Alan Jones • Williams---4---(3)4(7)
13 René Arnoux • Renault-------44
14 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows-----2--2
15 Niki Lauda • Brabham--1-----1
16 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar1-------1
17 Jochen Mass • Arrows------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 • Ensign--------
- James Hunt • Wolf--------
- Gianfranco Brancatelli • Merzario----
- Bruno Giacomelli • Alfa Romeo---
- Patrick Gaillard • Ensign--
- Jacky Ickx • Ligier--
- Keke Rosberg • Wolf--

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.