F1 Points Calculator - 1979 Season
Explore the 1979 Formula 1 World Championship results and simulate alternative
standings. Use our drag-and-drop calculator to replay Jody Scheckter's title for Ferrari. Drivers kept their best four results from each half of the season (first seven races, last eight), while constructors counted every race and every car.
1979 F1 Season Highlights
- 15 rounds, opening in Argentina and closing at Watkins Glen
- Jody Scheckter wins the World Championship (51 pts), clinched with a Ferrari one-two at Monza. It was Ferrari's last drivers' title until 2000
- Gilles Villeneuve P2 (47 pts) followed team orders to the flag at Monza
- Alan Jones P3 (40 pts) won four of the last six races for Williams
- Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship (113 pts to Williams's 75)
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille won at Dijon, the first win for a turbo, while Villeneuve and René Arnoux fought wheel to wheel for second. Clay Regazzoni gave Williams its first win at Silverstone
- Niki Lauda walked away from F1 in the middle of practice in Canada
- 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system. Drivers counted their best 4 of the first 7 + best 4 of the last 8. Constructors counted every race and every car
- No Sprint races, no fastest lap bonus point
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