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1979 / Formula 1 / Statistics

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Wins Pole Positions Fastest Laps Starts Podiums Total Laps Points/Finished Race

Drivers

1 Alan Jones 4
2 Gilles Villeneuve 3
3 Jody Scheckter 3
4 Jacques Laffite 2
5 Clay Regazzoni 1
6 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1
7 Patrick Depailler 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Scuderia Ferrari 6
2 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 5
3 Automobiles Ligier 3
4 Equipe Renault 1

Cars

1 Ferrari 312 T4 6
2 Williams FW07 - Ford 5
3 Ligier JS11 - Ford 3
4 Renault RS-10 1

Drivers

1 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 4
2 Jacques Laffite 4
3 Alan Jones 3
4 René Arnoux 2
5 Gilles Villeneuve 1
6 Jody Scheckter 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Equipe Renault 6
2 Automobiles Ligier 4
3 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 3
4 Scuderia Ferrari 2

Cars

1 Renault RS-10 5
2 Ligier JS11 - Ford 4
3 Williams FW07 - Ford 3
4 Ferrari 312 T4 2
5 Renault RS-01 1

Drivers

1 Gilles Villeneuve 6
2 Clay Regazzoni 2
3 René Arnoux 2
4 Jacques Laffite 2
5 Alan Jones 1
6 Nelson Piquet 1
7 Patrick Depailler 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Scuderia Ferrari 6
2 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 3
3 Automobiles Ligier 3
4 Equipe Renault 2
5 Motor Racing Developments 1

Cars

1 Ferrari 312 T4 6
2 Williams FW07 - Ford 3
3 Ligier JS11 - Ford 3
4 Renault RS-10 2
5 Brabham BT49 - Ford 1

Drivers

1 Alan Jones 15
2 Nelson Piquet 15
3 Mario Andretti 15
4 Patrick Tambay 15
5 John Watson 15
6 Jody Scheckter 15
7 Jochen Mass 15
8 René Arnoux 15
9 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 15
10 Jan Lammers 15
11 Jacques Laffite 15
12 Héctor Rebaque 15
13 Gilles Villeneuve 15
14 Carlos Reutemann 15
15 Clay Regazzoni 15
16 Didier Pironi 15
17 Elio de Angelis 15
18 Emerson Fittipaldi 15
19 Riccardo Patrese 15
20 Hans-Joachim Stuck 15
21 Arturo Merzario 14
22 Niki Lauda 14
23 Jean-Pierre Jarier 13
24 Derek Daly 10
25 Keke Rosberg 8
26 Patrick Depailler 8
27 James Hunt 7
28 Jacky Ickx 7
29 Bruno Giacomelli 5
30 Patrick Gaillard 5
31 Vittorio Brambilla 3
32 Marc Surer 3
33 Gianfranco Brancatelli 3
34 Ricardo Zunino 2
35 Alex Ribeiro 2
36 Geoff Lees 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 32
2 Motor Racing Developments 31
3 Team Lotus 31
4 Scuderia Ferrari 30
5 Arrows Racing Team 30
6 Equipe Renault 30
7 Automobiles Ligier 30
8 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 30
9 Shadow Racing Team 30
10 McLaren International 28
11 Fittipaldi Automotive 17
12 ATS Racing Team 15
13 Team Ensign 15
14 Walter Wolf Racing 15
15 Merzario Team Srl 15
16 Team Rebaque 14
17 Autodelta SpA 8
18 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team 2
19 Lowenbrau Team McLaren 2

Cars

1 Lotus 79 - Ford 39
2 Tyrrell 009 - Ford 32
3 Ligier JS11 - Ford 30
4 Shadow DN9 - Ford 30
5 Ferrari 312 T4 26
6 Brabham BT48 - Alfa Romeo 25
7 Williams FW07 - Ford 22
8 Renault RS-10 20
9 McLaren M28 - Ford 15
10 Arrows A1B - Ford 15
11 Arrows A2 - Ford 15
12 McLaren M29 - Ford 13
13 Ensign N179 - Ford 11
14 ATS D2 - Ford 10
15 Renault RS-01 10
16 Fittipaldi F5A - Ford 8
17 Williams FW06 - Ford 8
18 Fittipaldi F6A - Ford 8
19 Merzario A4 - Ford 7
20 Wolf WR7 - Ford 6
21 Brabham BT49 - Ford 5
22 ATS D3 - Ford 5
23 Wolf WR8 - Ford 5
24 Alfa Romeo 179 5
25 Merzario A1B - Ford 5
26 Ferrari 312 T3 4
27 Ensign N177 - Ford 4
28 Wolf WR9 - Ford 4
29 Rebaque HR100 3
30 Alfa Romeo 177 3
31 Lotus 80 - Ford 3
32 Merzario A2 - Ford 3
33 Kauhsen WK1 - Ford 2
34 McLaren M26 - Ford 2
35 Fittipaldi F6 - Ford 1
36 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 1

Drivers

1 Gilles Villeneuve 7
2 Jacques Laffite 6
3 Jody Scheckter 6
4 Alan Jones 5
5 Clay Regazzoni 5
6 Carlos Reutemann 4
7 René Arnoux 3
8 Didier Pironi 2
9 Jean-Pierre Jarier 2
10 Patrick Depailler 2
11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1
12 John Watson 1
13 Mario Andretti 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Scuderia Ferrari 13
2 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 10
3 Automobiles Ligier 8
4 Team Lotus 5
5 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 4
6 Equipe Renault 4
7 McLaren International 1

Cars

1 Ferrari 312 T4 13
2 Williams FW07 - Ford 9
3 Ligier JS11 - Ford 8
4 Lotus 79 - Ford 4
5 Tyrrell 009 - Ford 4
6 Renault RS-10 4
7 Williams FW06 - Ford 1
8 McLaren M28 - Ford 1
9 Lotus 80 - Ford 1

Drivers

1 Gilles Villeneuve 914
2 Jody Scheckter 907
3 Alan Jones 812
4 John Watson 788
5 Didier Pironi 767
6 Clay Regazzoni 720
7 Carlos Reutemann 659
8 Jacques Laffite 637
9 Jochen Mass 636
10 Elio de Angelis 631
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier 616
12 Emerson Fittipaldi 612
13 Riccardo Patrese 610
14 Nelson Piquet 582
15 Mario Andretti 546
16 Jan Lammers 535
17 Héctor Rebaque 524
18 René Arnoux 502
19 Hans-Joachim Stuck 474
20 Patrick Depailler 446
21 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 446
22 Patrick Tambay 429
23 Niki Lauda 358
24 Derek Daly 292
25 Keke Rosberg 261
26 Jacky Ickx 251
27 James Hunt 195
28 Bruno Giacomelli 124
29 Patrick Gaillard 107
30 Vittorio Brambilla 101
31 Ricardo Zunino 93
32 Geoff Lees 44
33 Marc Surer 32
34 Arturo Merzario 13
35 Gianfranco Brancatelli 0
36 Alex Ribeiro 0

Entrants / Teams

1 Scuderia Ferrari 1821
2 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 1560
3 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 1532
4 Automobiles Ligier 1334
5 Arrows Racing Team 1246
6 Team Lotus 1218
7 Shadow Racing Team 1166
8 McLaren International 1155
9 Motor Racing Developments 1033
10 Equipe Renault 948
11 Fittipaldi Automotive 612
12 Team Rebaque 511
13 ATS Racing Team 474
14 Walter Wolf Racing 456
15 Team Ensign 298
16 Autodelta SpA 225
17 Lowenbrau Team McLaren 62
18 Merzario Team Srl 13
19 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team 0

Cars

1 Ferrari 312 T4 1695
2 Tyrrell 009 - Ford 1560
3 Lotus 79 - Ford 1556
4 Ligier JS11 - Ford 1334
5 Shadow DN9 - Ford 1166
6 Williams FW07 - Ford 1092
7 Brabham BT48 - Alfa Romeo 826
8 McLaren M28 - Ford 751
9 Arrows A1B - Ford 725
10 Renault RS-10 650
11 Arrows A2 - Ford 521
12 McLaren M29 - Ford 459
13 Williams FW06 - Ford 440
14 Fittipaldi F5A - Ford 347
15 ATS D2 - Ford 305
16 Renault RS-01 298
17 Ensign N179 - Ford 208
18 Brabham BT49 - Ford 207
19 Wolf WR7 - Ford 199
20 Fittipaldi F6A - Ford 191
21 Wolf WR8 - Ford 189
22 ATS D3 - Ford 169
23 Lotus 80 - Ford 147
24 Alfa Romeo 177 145
25 Ferrari 312 T3 126
26 Ensign N177 - Ford 90
27 Alfa Romeo 179 80
28 Fittipaldi F6 - Ford 74
29 Wolf WR9 - Ford 68
30 Rebaque HR100 26
31 Merzario A1B - Ford 13
32 McLaren M26 - Ford 7
33 Kauhsen WK1 - Ford 0
34 Merzario A2 - Ford 0
35 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 0
36 Merzario A4 - Ford 0

Drivers (minimum of 5 races per driver)

1 Jacques Laffite Automobiles Ligier 16.71
2 Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering 16.38
3 Jody Scheckter Scuderia Ferrari 15.46
4 Patrick Depailler Automobiles Ligier 14.17
5 Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari 13.31
6 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 12.25
7 René Arnoux Equipe Renault 12.20
8 Clay Regazzoni Williams Grand Prix Engineering 11.20
9 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10.00
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell Racing Organisation 9.43
11 John Watson McLaren International 7.90
12 Didier Pironi Tyrrell Racing Organisation 7.78
13 Nelson Piquet Motor Racing Developments 5.33
14 Jochen Mass Arrows Racing Team 3.64
15 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive 3.00
16 Elio de Angelis Shadow Racing Team 3.00
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS Racing Team 2.33
18 Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team 2.17
19 Patrick Tambay McLaren International 1.29
20 Héctor Rebaque Team Rebaque 1.00
21 Jan Lammers Shadow Racing Team 0.40
22 Derek Daly Team Ensign 0.00
23 Arturo Merzario Merzario Team Srl 0.00