Type: | NC |
Country: | Italy |
Grand Prix: | Dino Ferrari |
Date: | 16 September |
Year: | 1979 |
Official Name: | Dino Ferrari Grand Prix |
Location: | Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 3.144[1] |
Course Km: | 5.060 |
Distance Laps: | 40 |
Distance Mi: | 125.76 |
Distance Km: | 202.40 |
Pole Driver: | Gilles Villeneuve |
Pole Country: | Canada |
Pole Team: | Ferrari |
Pole Time: | 1:32.91 |
Fast Driver: | Gilles Villeneuve |
Fast Team: | Ferrari |
Fast Time: | 1:33.61 |
Fast Country: | Canada |
First Driver: | Niki Lauda |
First Country: | Austria |
Second Driver: | Carlos Reutemann |
Second Country: | Argentina |
Third Driver: | Jody Scheckter |
Third Country: | South Africa |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1928 |
Third Team: | Ferrari |
The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979.
The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the season onwards,[2] as part of plans to share the Italian Grand Prix with Monza in alternate years. The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was indeed held at Imola, but the race returned permanently to Monza in, with Imola instead given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix, which was held until 2006.
Sixteen cars entered the race; the eventual winner was Niki Lauda, driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo. Carlos Reutemann was second in a Lotus-Ford, while Jody Scheckter, who had won the Drivers' Championship at Monza the previous week, was third in his Ferrari. This was the last F1 race in which Brabham used Alfa Romeo engines, and Lauda's last race with the team before he quit the sport during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks later.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:32.910 | — | ||
2 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:33.240 | +0.330 | ||
3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | 1:33.937 | +1.027 | |||
4 | 5 | Niki Lauda | 1:34.808 | +1.898 | |||
5 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Cosworth | 1:35.265 | +2.355 | ||
6 | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.375 | +2.465 | ||
7 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore-Ford | 1:35.649 | +2.739 | ||
8 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 1:35.926 | +3.016 | ||
9 | 14 | Alex Ribeiro | Fittipaldi-Cosworth | 1:37.285 | +4.375 | ||
10 | 39 | Giacomo Agostini | Williams-Cosworth | 1:38.554 | +5.644 | ||
11 | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:39.082 | +6.172 | ||
12 | 40 | Gimax | Williams-Cosworth | 1:40.066 | +7.156 | ||
13 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Cosworth | 1:41.863 | +8.953 | ||
14 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Cosworth | 1:58.623 | +25.713 | ||
15 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Cosworth | - | - | ||
16 | 19 | Beppe Gabbiani | Shadow-Cosworth | - | - | ||
Source:[3] |
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Niki Lauda | 40 | 1:03:55.89 | 4 | ||
2 | Carlos Reutemann | 40 | + 8.09 | 3 | ||
3 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 40 | + 26.22 | 2 | |
4 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Cosworth | 40 | + 39.76 | 5 | |
5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 40 | + 47.40 | 8 | |
6 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf-Cosworth | 40 | + 1:08.33 | 7 | |
7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | + 1:14.38 | 1 | |
8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Cosworth | 39 | + 1 Lap | 15 | |
9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 39 | + 1 Lap | 6 | |
10 | Giacomo Agostini | Williams-Cosworth | 39 | + 1 Lap | 10 | |
11 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Cosworth | 38 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
Ret | Gimax | Williams-Cosworth | 32 | Clutch | 12 | |
Ret | Alex Ribeiro | Fittipaldi-Cosworth | 26 | Gearbox | 9 | |
Ret | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Cosworth | 17 | Spun off | 14 | |
Ret | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 4 | Engine | 11 | |
DNS | Beppe Gabbiani | Shadow-Cosworth | 0 | Engine | 16 |