France Grand Prix 1979: results

Round 8 of the 1979 season, 1 July 1979, at Dijon-Prenois. Jean-Pierre Jabouille won for Renault from pole position. Fastest lap: René Arnoux, 1:09.160 (lap 71).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:35:20.420	9
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	+14.590	6
3	René Arnoux	Renault	+14.830	4
4	Alan Jones	Williams	+36.610	3
5	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	+1:04.510	2
6	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	+1:05.510	1
7	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	+1 lap	0
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 lap	0
9	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	+1 lap	0
10	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	+2 laps	0
11	John Watson	McLaren	+2 laps	0
12	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	+2 laps	0
13	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	+3 laps	0
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+3 laps	0
15	Jochen Mass	Arrows	+5 laps	0
16	Elio De Angelis	Shadow	+5 laps	0
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	+5 laps	0
18	Jan Lammers	Shadow	+7 laps	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Suspension	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	Brakes	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	Spun off	0
DNS	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	Tyre dispute	0
DNQ	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	—	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
2	René Arnoux	Renault
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham
7	Alan Jones	Williams
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
9	Clay Regazzoni	Williams
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell
11	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
12	Mario Andretti	Lotus
13	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus
14	Jacky Ickx	Ligier
15	John Watson	McLaren
16	Keke Rosberg	Wolf
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
19	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
20	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
21	Jan Lammers	Shadow
22	Jochen Mass	Arrows
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS
24	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
25	Elio De Angelis	Shadow
26	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign
27	Arturo Merzario	Merzario