- Winner
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- Team
- Renault
- Top listed
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gilles Villeneuve, and René Arnoux
- Race date
- July 1, 1979
- Pole
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- Fastest lap
- René Arnoux
- Classified drivers
- 27
- Circuit
- Dijon-Prenois
The decisive result
Jean-Pierre Jabouille finished first for Renault. Gilles Villeneuve is listed 2 for Ferrari, with René Arnoux 3 for Renault.
Grid to finish
Héctor Rebaque from P23 to P12 (+11), Patrick Tambay from P20 to P10 (+10), and Elio de Angelis from P24 to P16 (+8) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Jean-Pierre Jabouille started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 6 Finished, 3 +1 lap, 3 +2 laps, 3 +5 laps, and 2 +3 laps. René Arnoux holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:09.160 on lap 71. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.