Season 1979 · Round 14

Canadian Grand Prix

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1979-09-30 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 72Lap · 324.000km
27 Alan Jones
Williams 1:52:06.892
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari +1.080
28 Clay Regazzoni
Williams +1:13.656
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Nelson Piquet L61 Vittorio Brambilla L52 Jacky Ickx L47 Jean-Pierre Jarier L33 Derek Daly L28 Hector Rebaque L26 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L24 Elio de Angelis L24 Carlos Reutemann L23 Riccardo Patrese L20 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
72Lap 324.000km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P5 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P15 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Jones · P1 → P1 1 Jones JON 1 Jones JON Villeneuve · P2 → P2 2 Villeneuve VIL 2 Villeneuve VIL Regazzoni · P3 → P3 3 Regazzoni REG 3 Regazzoni REG Scheckter · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Pironi · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Pironi PIR 5 Pironi PIR Watson · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Zunino · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Zunino ZUN 7 Zunino ZUN Fittipaldi · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Lammers · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Lammers LAM 9 Lammers LAM Andretti · P10 → P10 10 Andretti AND 10 Andretti AND Piquet · P4 → retired L61 Piquet · retired L61 4 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Brambilla · P18 → retired L52 Brambilla · retired L52 18 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Ickx · P16 → retired L47 Ickx · retired L47 16 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Jarier · P13 → retired L33 Jarier · retired L33 13 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Daly · P24 → retired L28 Daly · retired L28 24 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Rebaque · P22 → retired L26 Rebaque · retired L26 22 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Jabouille · P7 → retired L24 Jabouille · retired L24 7 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB de Angelis · P23 → retired L24 de Angelis · retired L24 23 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Reutemann · P11 → retired L23 Reutemann · retired L23 11 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Patrese · P14 → retired L20 Patrese · retired L20 14 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Tambay · P20 → retired L19 Tambay · retired L19 20 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Arnoux · P8 → retired L14 Arnoux · retired L14 8 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Stuck · P12 → retired L14 Stuck · retired L14 12 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Laffite · P5 → retired L10 Laffite · retired L10 5 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Lauda · pit lane → P30 · +1 — Lauda LAU 30 Lauda LAU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 72 1:52:06.892 9
2 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 72 +1.080 6
3 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 3 72 +1:13.656 4
4 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 9 71 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 71 +1 Lap 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 17 70 +2 Laps 1
7 5 Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 17 68 +4 Laps
8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 67 +5 Laps
9 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 67 +5 Laps
10 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 66 Out of fuel
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 4 61 Gearbox
R 36 Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 18 52 Fuel system
R 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier 16 47 Gearbox
R 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 13 33 Engine
R 33 Derek Daly Tyrrell 24 28 Engine
R 31 Hector Rebaque Rebaque 22 26 Chassis
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 7 24 Brakes
R 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 23 24 Ignition
R 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 23 Suspension
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 20 Spun off
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 19 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 8 14 Accident
R 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 12 14 Accident
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 10 Engine
W 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Ford 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
12 Gilles Villeneuve
3
28 Clay Regazzoni
4
6 Nelson Piquet
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
3 Didier Pironi
7
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
8
16 René Arnoux
9
11 Jody Scheckter
10
1 Mario Andretti
11
2 Carlos Reutemann
12
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
13
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
14
29 Riccardo Patrese
15
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
25 Jacky Ickx
17
7 John Watson
17
5 Ricardo Zunino
18
36 Vittorio Brambilla
20
8 Patrick Tambay
21
17 Jan Lammers
22
31 Hector Rebaque
23
18 Elio de Angelis
24
33 Derek Daly
PIT
5 Niki Lauda 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