Season 1979 · Round 11

Austrian Grand Prix

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1979-08-12 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 320.814km
27 Alan Jones
Williams 1:27:38.010
Team win 11pt P1 · P5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari +36.050
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +46.770
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Niki Lauda L45 Patrick Gaillard L42 Riccardo Patrese L34 Elio de Angelis L34 Nelson Piquet L32 Hans-Joachim Stuck L28 Jacky Ickx L26 Carlos Reutemann L22 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L16 Keke Rosberg L15 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 320.814km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Jones · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Villeneuve · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Villeneuve VIL 2 Villeneuve VIL Laffite · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Scheckter · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Regazzoni · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Arnoux · P1 → P6 · -5 1 Arnoux ARN 6 Arnoux ARN Pironi · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Pironi PIR 7 Pironi PIR Daly · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Daly DAL 8 Daly DAL Watson · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Watson WAT 9 Watson WAT Tambay · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Tambay TAM 10 Tambay TAM Lauda · P4 → retired L45 Lauda · retired L45 4 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Gaillard · P24 → retired L42 Gaillard · retired L42 24 Gaillard GAI R Gaillard GAI Patrese · P13 → retired L34 Patrese · retired L34 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT de Angelis · P22 → retired L34 de Angelis · retired L34 22 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Piquet · P7 → retired L32 Piquet · retired L32 7 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Stuck · P18 → retired L28 Stuck · retired L28 18 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Ickx · P21 → retired L26 Ickx · retired L26 21 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Reutemann · P17 → retired L22 Reutemann · retired L22 17 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Jabouille · P3 → retired L16 Jabouille · retired L16 3 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Rosberg · P19 → retired L15 Rosberg · retired L15 19 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Fittipaldi · P12 → retired L15 Fittipaldi · retired L15 12 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Lammers · P23 → retired L3 Lammers · retired L3 23 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Mass · P20 → retired L1 Mass · retired L1 20 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Andretti · P15 → retired L0 Andretti · retired L0 15 Andretti AND R Andretti AND
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Alan Jones Williams 2 54 1:27:38.010 9
2 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 54 +36.050 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 54 +46.770 4
4 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 9 54 +47.210 3
5 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 54 +48.920 2
6 16 René Arnoux Renault 1 53 +1 Lap 1
7 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 53 +1 Lap
8 33 Derek Daly Tyrrell 11 53 +1 Lap
9 7 John Watson McLaren 16 53 +1 Lap
10 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 53 +1 Lap
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 45 Engine
R 22 Patrick Gaillard Ensign 24 42 Suspension
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 34 Suspension
R 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 34 Engine
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 32 Engine
R 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 18 28 Engine
R 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier 21 26 Engine
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 17 22 Handling
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 16 Gearbox
R 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 15 Electrical
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 12 15 Brakes
R 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 23 3 Accident
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 20 1 Engine
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 0 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
16 René Arnoux
2
27 Alan Jones
3
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4
5 Niki Lauda
5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
6
28 Clay Regazzoni
7
6 Nelson Piquet
8
26 Jacques Laffite
9
11 Jody Scheckter
10
3 Didier Pironi
11
33 Derek Daly
12
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
13
29 Riccardo Patrese
14
8 Patrick Tambay
15
1 Mario Andretti
16
7 John Watson
17
2 Carlos Reutemann
18
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
20 Keke Rosberg
20
30 Jochen Mass
21
25 Jacky Ickx
22
18 Elio de Angelis
23
17 Jan Lammers
24
22 Patrick Gaillard
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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