Season 1979 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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1979-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 68Lap · 320.871km
28 Clay Regazzoni
Williams 1:26:11.170
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
16 René Arnoux
Renault +24.280
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Riccardo Patrese L45 Jacques Laffite L44 Keke Rosberg L44 Alan Jones L38 Jochen Mass L37 Emerson Fittipaldi L25 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L21 Niki Lauda L12 Mario Andretti L3 Nelson Piquet L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
68Lap 320.871km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P4 Nelson Piquet 3 · → Stirling Moss -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P10 René Arnoux 2 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L68 Regazzoni · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Regazzoni REG 1 Regazzoni REG Arnoux · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Arnoux ARN 2 Arnoux ARN Jarier · P16 → P3 · +13 16 Jarier JAR 3 Jarier JAR Watson · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Scheckter · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Scheckter SCH 5 Scheckter SCH Ickx · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Ickx ICK 6 Ickx ICK Tambay · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Tambay TAM 7 Tambay TAM Reutemann · P8 → P8 8 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Rebaque · P26 → P9 · +17 26 Rebaque REB 9 Rebaque REB Pironi · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Pironi PIR 10 Pironi PIR Lammers · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Lammers LAM 11 Lammers LAM de Angelis · P12 → P12 12 de Angelis DE 12 de Angelis DE Gaillard · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Gaillard GAI 13 Gaillard GAI Villeneuve · P13 → P14 · -1 13 Villeneuve VIL 14 Villeneuve VIL Patrese · P19 → retired L45 Patrese · retired L45 19 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Laffite · P10 → retired L44 Laffite · retired L44 10 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Rosberg · P14 → retired L44 Rosberg · retired L44 14 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Jones · P1 → retired L38 Jones · retired L38 1 Jones JON R Jones JON Mass · P20 → retired L37 Mass · retired L37 20 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Fittipaldi · P22 → retired L25 Fittipaldi · retired L25 22 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Jabouille · P2 → retired L21 Jabouille · retired L21 2 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Lauda · P6 → retired L12 Lauda · retired L12 6 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Andretti · P9 → retired L3 Andretti · retired L3 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Piquet · P3 → retired L1 Piquet · retired L1 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 4 68 1:26:11.170 9
2 16 René Arnoux Renault 5 68 +24.280 6
3 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 67 +1 Lap 4
4 7 John Watson McLaren 7 67 +1 Lap 3
5 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 11 67 +1 Lap 2
6 25 Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 67 +1 Lap 1
7 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 66 Out of fuel
8 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 66 +2 Laps
9 31 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 26 66 +2 Laps
10 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 15 66 +2 Laps
11 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 65 +3 Laps
12 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 12 65 +3 Laps
13 22 Patrick Gaillard Ensign 23 65 +3 Laps
14 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 63 Fuel system
R 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 45 Gearbox
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 44 Engine
R 20 Keke Rosberg Wolf 14 44 Fuel system
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 1 38 Water pump
R 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 20 37 Gearbox
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 25 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 2 21 Turbo
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 12 Brakes
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 3 Wheel
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 1 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Alan Jones
2
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
28 Clay Regazzoni
5
16 René Arnoux
6
5 Niki Lauda
7
7 John Watson
8
2 Carlos Reutemann
9
1 Mario Andretti
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
11 Jody Scheckter
12
18 Elio de Angelis
13
12 Gilles Villeneuve
14
20 Keke Rosberg
15
3 Didier Pironi
16
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
25 Jacky Ickx
18
8 Patrick Tambay
19
29 Riccardo Patrese
20
30 Jochen Mass
21
17 Jan Lammers
22
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
23
22 Patrick Gaillard
26
31 Hector Rebaque
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