Season 1979 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1979 Season R2 →
1979-01-21 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 53Lap · 307.930km
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier 1:36:03.210
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
2 Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus +14.940
7 John Watson
McLaren +1:28.810
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Gilles Villeneuve L48 Hector Rebaque L46 Jan Lammers L42 James Hunt L41 Jean-Pierre Jarier L15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L15 Niki Lauda L8 René Arnoux L6 Jody Scheckter L0 Didier Pironi L0 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
53Lap 307.930km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jody Scheckter 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Laffite · P1 → P1 1 Laffite LAF 1 Laffite LAF Reutemann · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Watson · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Watson WAT 3 Watson WAT Depailler · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Depailler DEP 4 Depailler DEP Andretti · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Andretti AND 5 Andretti AND Fittipaldi · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT de Angelis · P16 → P7 · +9 16 de Angelis DE 7 de Angelis DE Mass · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Mass MAS 8 Mass MAS Jones · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Jones JON 9 Jones JON Regazzoni · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Regazzoni REG 10 Regazzoni REG Daly · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Daly DAL 11 Daly DAL Villeneuve · P10 → retired L48 Villeneuve · retired L48 10 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Rebaque · P19 → retired L46 Rebaque · retired L46 19 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Lammers · P21 → retired L42 Lammers · retired L42 21 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Hunt · P18 → retired L41 Hunt · retired L41 18 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jarier · P4 → retired L15 Jarier · retired L15 4 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Jabouille · P12 → retired L15 Jabouille · retired L15 12 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Lauda · P23 → retired L8 Lauda · retired L8 23 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Arnoux · P25 → retired L6 Arnoux · retired L6 25 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Scheckter · P5 → retired L0 Scheckter · retired L0 5 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Pironi · P8 → retired L0 Pironi · retired L0 8 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Tambay · P9 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 9 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Piquet · P20 → retired L0 Piquet · retired L0 20 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Merzario · P22 → retired L0 Merzario · retired L0 22 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Patrese · P13 → P25 · -12 13 Patrese PAT 25 Patrese PAT Stuck · pit lane → P26 · +1 — Stuck STU 26 Stuck STU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 53 1:36:03.210 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 53 +14.940 6
3 7 John Watson McLaren 6 53 +1:28.810 4
4 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 53 +1:41.720 3
5 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 52 +1 Lap 2
6 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 52 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 16 52 +1 Lap
8 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 14 51 +2 Laps
9 27 Alan Jones Williams 15 51 +2 Laps
10 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 51 +2 Laps
11 33 Derek Daly Ensign 24 51 +2 Laps
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 48 Engine
R 31 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 19 46 Suspension
R 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 42 Transmission
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 18 41 Electrical
R 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 4 15 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 15 Engine
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 8 Fuel system
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 25 6 Engine
R 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 0 Collision
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 0 Collision
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 0 Collision
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 20 0 Collision
R 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 0 Collision
W 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 0 Accident
W 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
26 Jacques Laffite
2
25 Patrick Depailler
3
2 Carlos Reutemann
4
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
5
11 Jody Scheckter
6
7 John Watson
7
1 Mario Andretti
8
3 Didier Pironi
9
8 Patrick Tambay
10
12 Gilles Villeneuve
11
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
12
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
13
29 Riccardo Patrese
14
30 Jochen Mass
15
27 Alan Jones
16
18 Elio de Angelis
17
28 Clay Regazzoni
18
20 James Hunt
19
31 Hector Rebaque
20
6 Nelson Piquet
21
17 Jan Lammers
22
24 Arturo Merzario
23
5 Niki Lauda
24
33 Derek Daly
25
16 René Arnoux
PIT
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15