1979_British_Formula_One_season
The 1979 British Formula One Championship (formally the 1979 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the second season of the British Formula One Championship. It commenced on 1 April 1979 and ended on 7 October after fifteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Englishman Rupert Keegan who drove an Arrows A1 entered by Charles Clowes.[1]
More information Entry List, Team ...
| Entry List[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Formula 1 | |||||
 Melchester Racing |
1 |  Desiré Wilson |
Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
| 2 |  Gordon Smiley |
1-4 | |||
| Neil Bettridge |
8-13 | ||||
| Gordon Smiley |
McLaren M23 | 5-7 | |||
| Neil Bettridge |
Arrows A1 | 14-15 | |||
 Madom F1 Team |
3 | Emilio de Villota |
Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
| RAM Racing |
4 | Guy Edwards |
Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
| 5 |  Bernard de Dryver |
All | |||
| Graham Eden Racing |
6 | Tiff Needell |
Chevron B41 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-4, 7, 11, 15 |
| Ray Mallock |
5 | ||||
| David Leslie |
8-9, 11-12 | ||||
| Kim Mather |
13-14 | ||||
| Valentino Musetti |
7 | Valentino Musetti |
March 752/771 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1 |
| March 781 | 2-5 | ||||
| John Cooper |
8 | John Cooper |
Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5-8 |
| Tiff Needell |
10 | ||||
 Team Agostini |
9 | Giacomo Agostini |
Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
| 10 | Gimax |
4, 6, 10-11 | |||
| Marco Micangeli |
12, 14 | ||||
| Guido Pardini |
13 | ||||
| 44 | Lella Lombardi |
4 | |||
| Theodore Racing |
11 |  David Kennedy |
Wolf WR4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-11 |
| Wolf WR6 | 12-15 | ||||
| 7 | Valentino Musetti |
Wolf WR3 | 8-9 | ||
| Wolf WR4 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Geoff Lees |
15 | |||
| Frank Williams Racing |
14 | Giorgio Pianta |
Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 10 |
| C. W. Clowes Racing |
16 | Rupert Keegan |
Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 2-9, 11-15 |
| 17 |  Ricardo Zunino |
8-14 | |||
| BS Fabrications |
17 | Ricardo Zunino |
McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 6 |
| Arrows A1 | 7 | ||||
| Team Surtees |
22 | Philip Bullman |
Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-3 |
| Gordon Smiley |
9-10, 12 | ||||
| Surtees TS20+ | 13-15 | ||||
| 23 | Claude Bourgoignie |
Surtees TS20 | 1 | ||
 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud |
10 | ||||
| Dennis Leech |
24 | Dennis Leech |
McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 13 |
| LEC Refrigeration Racing |
27 | David Purley |
LEC CRP1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 12-13 |
| Shadow DN9 | 14-15 | ||||
| Smith & Jones |
33 | Robin Smith |
Ensign N174 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1, 3 |
| Richard Jones |
2, 5 | ||||
| Robin Smith |
Surtees TS19 | 7, 9, 12, 14 | |||
| Richard Jones |
8, 11, 15 | ||||
 Willi Kauhsen |
39 | Gianfranco Brancatelli |
Kauhsen WK | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1 |
| Walz Toj Racing |
42 |  Gerd Biechteler |
March 781 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-3 |
| Iain McLaren |
88 | Iain McLaren |
McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 2, 4, 8 |
| Formula 2 | |||||
| Cooper Industries |
8 | John Cooper |
March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-2, 4, 13 |
| Divina Galica |
13 | Divina Galica |
March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 2, 8 |
| Pontin Racing |
15 | Kim Mather |
March 772P | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1 |
| BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 2, 4-9 | ||||
| March 772P/782 | Ford BDG Eden 2.0 L4 | 11 | |||
| Mike Wilds |
13 | ||||
| Kim Mather |
Ford BDG Richardson 2.0 L4 | 15 | |||
| A. G. Dean Racing |
18 | Tony Dean |
Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-2, 4-5, 8-10 |
| 19 | Brian Robinson |
1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 11-14 | |||
| Chevron B48 | 15 | ||||
| Adrian Russell |
20 | Adrian Russell |
March 782 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1, 4-8, 10 |
| RAM Racing |
25 | Germain Garon |
Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-2, 10 |
| Hervé Regout |
4-9, 11-15 | ||||
| Onyx Race Engineering |
26 | Patrick Nève |
Pilbeam MP42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 5-6 |
| Neil Bettridge |
7 | ||||
| Kenneth Brill |
28 | Kenneth Brill |
Chevron B35D | Ford BDG 2.0 L4 | 2, 4, 6-8, 11 |
| Warren Booth |
29 | Warren Booth |
Chevron B42 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 2, 4, 6, 8-9 |
| Dicksons of Perth |
30 | Norman Dickson |
March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 1-2, 4-9, 11-13, 15 |
| 31 | Gianfranco Brancatelli |
March 772P | 5 | ||
| 34 | Pascal Witmeur |
1 | |||
| Ecurie Motul Nogaro |
34 | Alain Couderc |
AGS JH15 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 10 |
| Walz Toj Racing |
65 | Klaus Walz |
March 782 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 1-2 |
| Theodore Racing |
77 | Derek Warwick |
March 792 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 4, 13-14 |
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Races
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Drivers' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
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| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | PP | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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- "1979 AURORA AFX BRITISH F1 CHAMPIONSHIP". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "Formula 1 - 3-litre Formula 1 (1966 - 1985)". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.