1979 standings

Final standings, United States Grand Prix, 7 Oct 1979. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1978 · 1980

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	51	leader
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	47	-4
3	Alan Jones	Williams	4	40	-11
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	36	-15
5	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1	29	-22
6	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	1	20	-31
7	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	0	20	-31
8	René Arnoux	Renault	0	17	-34
9	John Watson	McLaren	0	15	-36
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	14	-37
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	0	14	-37
12	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	0	14	-37
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	9	-42
14	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Ford	0	4	-47
15	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	0	3	-48
16	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	0	3	-48
17	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	0	3	-48
18	Jochen Mass	Arrows	0	3	-48
19	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	0	2	-49
20	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	2	-49
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	1	-50
22	Hector Rebaque	Rebaque	0	0	-51
23	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	0	0	-51
24	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-51
25	Geoff Lees	Tyrrell	0	0	-51
26	Derek Daly	Tyrrell	0	0	-51
27	James Hunt	Wolf	0	0	-51
28	Jan Lammers	Shadow	0	0	-51
29	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	0	0	-51
30	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	0	0	-51
31	Patrick Gaillard	Ensign	0	0	-51
32	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	0	0	-51
33	Marc Surer	Ensign	0	0	-51
34	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	0	0	-51
35	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Merzario	0	0	-51
36	Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi	0	0	-51

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	6	113	leader
2	Williams	5	75	-38
3	Ligier	3	61	-52
4	Team Lotus	0	39	-74
5	Tyrrell	0	28	-85
6	Renault	1	26	-87
7	McLaren	0	15	-98
8	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	7	-106
9	Arrows	0	5	-108
10	Shadow	0	3	-110
11	ATS	0	2	-111
12	Fittipaldi	0	1	-112
13	Brabham-Ford	0	0	-113
14	Wolf	0	0	-113
15	Ensign	0	0	-113
16	Alfa Romeo	0	0	-113
17	Rebaque	0	0	-113
18	Merzario	0	0	-113
19	Kauhsen	0	0	-113

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	Jacques Laffite	9
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	Jacques Laffite	18
3	South African Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Jacques Laffite	18
4	United States Grand Prix West	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	20
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Patrick Depailler	Gilles Villeneuve	20
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Jody Scheckter	Jacques Laffite	24
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Jody Scheckter	Jody Scheckter	30
8	French Grand Prix	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Jody Scheckter	30
9	British Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	Jody Scheckter	32
10	German Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Jody Scheckter	35
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Jody Scheckter	38
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Jody Scheckter	44
13	Italian Grand Prix	Jody Scheckter	Jody Scheckter	51
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Jody Scheckter	51
15	United States Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Jody Scheckter	51