Canadian Grand Prix
Round 14 · 30 September 1979 ·Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
Villeneuve
Ferrari
2
Jones
Williams
1
Regazzoni
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 72 | 1:52:06.892 | 9 | |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 72 | +1.080 | 6 | |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 72 | +1:13.656 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 71 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 71 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 70 | +2 Laps | 1 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 68 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 67 | +5 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 67 | +5 Laps | 0 | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 66 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 61 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 52 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| R | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 47 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 33 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 28 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | Hector Rebaque | Rebaque | 26 | Chassis | 0 | |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 24 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | Ignition | 0 | |
| R | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 23 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 20 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | René Arnoux | Renault | 14 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 14 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | Engine | 0 | |
| F | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Marc Surer | Ensign | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Alex Ribeiro | Fittipaldi | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| W | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Ford | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- W
- Withdrew