Season 1979 · Round 6

Belgian Grand Prix

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1979-05-13 · Zolder · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 298.340km
11 Jody Scheckter
Ferrari 1:39:59.530
Team win 9pt P1 · P7
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +15.360
3 Didier Pironi
Tyrrell +35.170
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Patrick Depailler L46 James Hunt L40 Alan Jones L39 Mario Andretti L27 Nelson Piquet L23 Niki Lauda L23 René Arnoux L22 Bruno Giacomelli L21 Elio de Angelis L21 Jochen Mass L17 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/10 50%
Circuit Info
Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
70Lap 298.340km 10 races held (1973–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P21 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Nelson Piquet 12 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Scheckter · P7 → P1 · +6 7 Scheckter SCH 1 Scheckter SCH Laffite · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Laffite LAF 2 Laffite LAF Pironi · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR Reutemann · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Reutemann REU 4 Reutemann REU Patrese · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Patrese PAT 5 Patrese PAT Watson · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Villeneuve · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Villeneuve VIL 7 Villeneuve VIL Stuck · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Stuck STU 8 Stuck STU Fittipaldi · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Fittipaldi FIT 9 Fittipaldi FIT Lammers · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Lammers LAM 10 Lammers LAM Jarier · P11 → P11 11 Jarier JAR 11 Jarier JAR Depailler · P2 → retired L46 Depailler · retired L46 2 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Hunt · P9 → retired L40 Hunt · retired L40 9 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jones · P4 → retired L39 Jones · retired L39 4 Jones JON R Jones JON Andretti · P5 → retired L27 Andretti · retired L27 5 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Piquet · P3 → retired L23 Piquet · retired L23 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Lauda · P13 → retired L23 Lauda · retired L23 13 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Arnoux · P18 → retired L22 Arnoux · retired L22 18 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Giacomelli · P14 → retired L21 Giacomelli · retired L21 14 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA de Angelis · P24 → retired L21 de Angelis · retired L21 24 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Mass · P22 → retired L17 Mass · retired L17 22 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Rebaque · P15 → retired L13 Rebaque · retired L13 15 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Jabouille · P17 → retired L13 Jabouille · retired L13 17 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Regazzoni · P8 → retired L1 Regazzoni · retired L1 8 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 7 70 1:39:59.530 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 70 +15.360 6
3 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 70 +35.170 4
4 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 10 70 +46.490 3
5 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 70 +1:04.310 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 19 70 +1:05.850 1
7 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 69 +1 Lap
8 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 20 69 +1 Lap
9 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 68 +2 Laps
10 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 68 +2 Laps
11 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 67 +3 Laps
R 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 46 Accident
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 9 40 Accident
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 4 39 Electrical
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 5 27 Brakes
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 23 Engine
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 23 Engine
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 18 22 Turbo
R 35 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 21 Accident
R 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 21 Accident
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 22 17 Spun off
R 31 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 15 13 Transmission
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 17 13 Turbo
R 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 8 1 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
26 Jacques Laffite
2
25 Patrick Depailler
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
27 Alan Jones
5
1 Mario Andretti
6
12 Gilles Villeneuve
7
11 Jody Scheckter
8
28 Clay Regazzoni
9
20 James Hunt
10
2 Carlos Reutemann
11
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
12
3 Didier Pironi
13
5 Niki Lauda
14
35 Bruno Giacomelli
15
31 Hector Rebaque
16
29 Riccardo Patrese
17
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
18
16 René Arnoux
19
7 John Watson
20
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
21
17 Jan Lammers
22
30 Jochen Mass
23
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
24
18 Elio de Angelis
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