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1979 F1 Season - Elo Analysis

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Round 1 – Argentine Grand PrixRound 2 – Brazilian Grand PrixRound 3 – South African Grand PrixRound 4 – United States Grand Prix WestRound 5 – Spanish Grand PrixRound 6 – Belgian Grand PrixRound 7 – Monaco Grand PrixRound 8 – French Grand PrixRound 9 – British Grand PrixRound 10 – German Grand PrixRound 11 – Austrian Grand PrixRound 12 – Dutch Grand PrixRound 13 – Italian Grand PrixRound 14 – Canadian Grand PrixRound 15 – United States Grand Prix

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Final Elo Ratings

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Rank Starting Elo Driver Constructor Qualifying Elo Race Elo Final ELO
1 1560 France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1801 1707 1736 ▲ 176
2 1752 United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1800 1693 1723 ▼ 29
3 1725 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 1804 1684 1721 ▼ 4
4 1615 Australia Alan Jones Williams 1850 1643 1704 ▲ 89
5 1754 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1578 1668 1643 ▼ 111
6 1552 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 1675 1607 1629 ▲ 77
7 1508 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1674 1555 1590 ▲ 82
8 1466 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1632 1560 1581 ▲ 115
9 1538 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1656 1538 1575 ▲ 37
10 1645 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1632 1530 1563 ▼ 82
11 1659 France Patrick Depailler Ligier 1677 1509 1559 ▼ 100
12 1623 France Patrick Tambay McLaren 1456 1587 1547 ▼ 76
13 1616 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 1489 1557 1540 ▼ 76
14 1500 Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 1494 1548 1532 ▲ 32
15 1468 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1516 1531 1527 ▲ 59
16 1475 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 1742 1431 1526 ▲ 51
17 1546 Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 1515 1502 1509 ▼ 37
18 1500 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Tyrrell 1463 1523 1505 ▲ 5
19 1498 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1550 1481 1503 ▲ 5
20 1500 Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 1486 1500 1496 ▼ 4
21 1449 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1614 1423 1480 ▲ 31
22 1538 Derek Daly Tyrrell 1451 1480 1471 ▼ 67
23 1500 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 1506 1452 1468 ▼ 32
24 1533 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 1416 1457 1444 ▼ 89
25 1500 France René Arnoux Renault 1454 1436 1441 ▼ 59
26 1383 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 1450 1401 1415 ▲ 32
27 1434 Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 1329 1448 1412 ▼ 22

Race-by-Race ELO Changes

Round 1 - Argentine Grand Prix

Date: 1979-01-21

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 1625 +40 1665 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 1716 -40 1676 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 1664 +23 1687 United States Mario Andretti (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 4 1465 +32 1497 France Didier Pironi (P8)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 1707 +22 1729 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P10)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 1625 +21 1646 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 1826 -23 1803 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 1462 -32 1430 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P4)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 1506 -21 1485 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 1599 -22 1577 Jody Scheckter (P5)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 1470 +35 1505 France René Arnoux (P25)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 1650 +21 1671 Germany Jochen Mass (P14)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 14 1521 -21 1500 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 15 1706 +19 1725 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P17)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 16 1500 +32 1532 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 1560 -19 1541 Australia Alan Jones (P15)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 19 1381 -5 1376 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 20 1379 +59 1438 Austria Niki Lauda (P23)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1500 -32 1468 Italy Elio de Angelis (P16)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 1817 -59 1758 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P20)
Derek Daly Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 25 1500 -35 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P12)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 Finished 1532 +41 1573 France Patrick Depailler (P4)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 2 Finished 1392 +28 1420 United States Mario Andretti (P5)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 3 Finished 1520 +45 1565 France Patrick Tambay (P22)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 4 Finished 1634 -41 1593 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 5 +1 Lap 1723 -28 1695 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 7 +1 Lap 1500 N/A 1500 Netherlands Jan Lammers (PDNF)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 8 +2 Laps 1552 +26 1578 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P25)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 +2 Laps 1577 +27 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P10)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 10 +2 Laps 1523 -27 1496 Australia Alan Jones (P9)
Derek Daly Ensign 11 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 12 Engine 1469 N/A 1469 Jody Scheckter (P20)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 13 Suspension 1457 N/A 1457 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 14 Transmission 1500 N/A 1500 Italy Elio de Angelis (P7)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 15 Electrical N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 Engine 1350 N/A 1350 France Didier Pironi (P21)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 17 Engine 1467 N/A 1467 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 Fuel system 1723 N/A 1723 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P23)
France René Arnoux Renault 19 Engine 1500 N/A 1500 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 20 Collision 1616 N/A 1616 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 21 Collision 1444 N/A 1444 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 22 Collision 1674 -45 1629 United Kingdom John Watson (P3)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Collision 1505 N/A 1505 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 24 Collision N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 25 Accident 1488 -26 1462 Germany Jochen Mass (P8)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 26 Withdrew N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 2 - Brazilian Grand Prix

Date: 1979-02-04

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 1665 +33 1698 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 1676 -33 1643 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 1692 +42 1734 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 1806 -42 1763 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1577 +45 1622 Jody Scheckter (P6)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 6 1729 -45 1684 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 7 1505 +28 1533 France René Arnoux (P11)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 1430 +38 1468 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P15)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 11 1465 -28 1437 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P7)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 1758 +9 1767 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P22)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 13 1725 +16 1742 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P17)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 14 1646 +18 1665 France Patrick Tambay (P18)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 15 1497 -38 1459 France Didier Pironi (P8)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 1671 +17 1688 Germany Jochen Mass (P19)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 1541 -16 1524 Australia Alan Jones (P13)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 1485 -18 1466 United Kingdom John Watson (P14)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 19 1500 -17 1483 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P16)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 1532 +26 1558 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1468 -26 1442 Italy Elio de Angelis (P20)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22 1438 -9 1429 Austria Niki Lauda (P12)
Derek Daly Ensign 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 Finished 1573 +34 1607 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 Finished 1593 -34 1559 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 Finished 1420 N/A 1420 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 4 Finished 1444 N/A 1444 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 +1 Lap 1469 +45 1514 Jody Scheckter (P6)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 6 +1 Lap 1616 -45 1571 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 7 +1 Lap 1578 +22 1600 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1565 +38 1603 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 +1 Lap 1462 -22 1440 Germany Jochen Mass (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 10 +1 Lap 1467 +35 1502 France René Arnoux (P18)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 12 +1 Lap 1500 +32 1532 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P14)
Derek Daly Ensign 13 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 14 +1 Lap 1500 -32 1468 Italy Elio de Angelis (P12)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 +2 Laps 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 16 Fuel system 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P15)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 17 Steering N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 18 Spun off 1500 -35 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P10)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 19 Steering N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 Collision 1629 -38 1591 United Kingdom John Watson (P8)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 21 Gearbox 1723 N/A 1723 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P22)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22 Accident 1505 N/A 1505 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 23 Fuel leak 1695 N/A 1695 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 24 Electrical 1350 N/A 1350 France Didier Pironi (P4)

Round 3 - South African Grand Prix

Date: 1979-03-03

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 1533 +23 1556 France René Arnoux (P10)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 1684 +26 1710 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1622 -26 1596 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 1767 +8 1775 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P12)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 5 1643 +37 1680 France Jacques Laffite (P6)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 1698 -37 1661 France Patrick Depailler (P5)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 1468 +31 1499 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P9)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 8 1763 +15 1778 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P11)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 9 1459 -31 1428 France Didier Pironi (P7)
France René Arnoux Renault 10 1437 -23 1414 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 1734 -15 1719 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 1429 -8 1421 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 14 1665 +16 1680 France Patrick Tambay (P17)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 15 1558 +22 1580 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 1688 +15 1703 Germany Jochen Mass (P20)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 1466 -16 1451 United Kingdom John Watson (P14)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 19 1742 +14 1756 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P22)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 20 1483 -15 1468 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P16)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1442 -22 1420 Italy Elio de Angelis (P15)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 22 1524 -14 1510 Australia Alan Jones (P19)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 1374 -3 1371 United States Mario Andretti (P8)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1514 +37 1551 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 Finished 1571 -37 1534 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 3 Finished 1350 N/A 1350 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 Finished 1695 +5 1701 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P5)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 5 Finished 1420 -5 1414 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 +1 Lap 1723 +14 1737 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P7)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 +1 Lap 1505 -14 1491 Austria Niki Lauda (P6)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 9 +2 Laps 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 10 +3 Laps 1591 N/A 1591 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 +3 Laps 1440 +46 1486 Germany Jochen Mass (P12)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 12 +4 Laps 1600 -46 1554 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P11)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 14 Engine 1457 N/A 1457 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
France René Arnoux Renault 15 Tyre 1465 N/A 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 16 Suspension 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 17 Ignition 1603 N/A 1603 France Patrick Tambay (P10)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 18 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 19 Engine 1502 N/A 1502 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 Accident 1607 +28 1635 France Patrick Depailler (P23)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 21 Throttle 1444 N/A 1444 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P3)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 Accident 1532 +26 1558 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P24)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 23 Accident 1559 -28 1531 France Jacques Laffite (P20)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 24 Accident 1468 -26 1442 Italy Elio de Angelis (P22)

Round 4 - United States Grand Prix West

Date: 1979-04-08

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 1596 +42 1638 Jody Scheckter (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 2 1723 +19 1742 United States Mario Andretti (P6)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 1710 -42 1668 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 4 1680 +30 1710 France Jacques Laffite (P5)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 1661 -30 1631 France Patrick Depailler (P4)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 1781 +3 1784 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 7 1428 +39 1466 France Didier Pironi (P17)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 1703 +13 1716 Germany Jochen Mass (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 10 1756 +13 1768 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P15)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 1775 +7 1782 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P12)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 1421 -7 1414 Austria Niki Lauda (P11)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 13 1468 -13 1455 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P9)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 14 1420 +46 1466 Italy Elio de Angelis (P20)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 1510 -13 1498 Australia Alan Jones (P10)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 1499 -39 1461 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P7)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 18 1680 +14 1694 France Patrick Tambay (P19)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 1451 -14 1437 United Kingdom John Watson (P18)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 1580 -46 1534 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P14)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 1367 -3 1364 United States Mario Andretti (P6)
Derek Daly Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault N/A 1414 -20 1394 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P999)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault N/A 1556 +20 1576 France René Arnoux (P999)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1551 +30 1581 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 Finished 1534 -30 1504 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 Finished 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 Finished 1701 +6 1707 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P11)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 5 Finished 1531 N/A 1531 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 6 +1 Lap 1350 N/A 1350 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 7 +2 Laps 1558 N/A 1558 Netherlands Jan Lammers (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 8 +2 Laps 1491 +52 1542 Austria Niki Lauda (P23)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 9 +2 Laps 1554 N/A 1554 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 Disqualified 1444 N/A 1444 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P6)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 11 Accident 1457 -6 1451 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
Derek Daly Ensign 12 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 13 Injection 1603 N/A 1603 France Patrick Tambay (P24)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 14 Disqualified N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 15 Engine 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (P3)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 16 Suspension 1442 N/A 1442 Italy Elio de Angelis (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 17 Brakes 1486 N/A 1486 Germany Jochen Mass (P9)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 18 Transmission 1414 N/A 1414 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 20 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 21 Brakes 1635 N/A 1635 France Patrick Depailler (P5)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 22 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 23 Accident 1737 -52 1686 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P8)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 24 Collision 1591 N/A 1591 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 25 Withdrew 1465 N/A 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 26 Withdrew 1502 N/A 1502 France René Arnoux (PDNF)

Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix

Date: 1979-04-29

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 1631 +39 1670 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 1710 -39 1671 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1638 +35 1673 Jody Scheckter (P5)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 1765 +15 1780 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 1668 -35 1633 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 1782 +7 1789 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P7)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 1414 -7 1407 Austria Niki Lauda (P6)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 1745 -15 1730 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 1576 +17 1593 France René Arnoux (P11)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 1461 +32 1493 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P12)
France René Arnoux Renault 11 1394 -17 1377 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P9)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 1466 -32 1434 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 13 1768 +11 1780 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P14)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 14 1498 -11 1486 Australia Alan Jones (P13)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 1716 +12 1728 Germany Jochen Mass (P17)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 17 1455 -12 1443 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P16)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 18 1694 +12 1705 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 1437 -12 1426 United Kingdom John Watson (P18)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 1534 +26 1560 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P24)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 1361 -3 1358 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 24 1466 -26 1440 Italy Elio de Angelis (P22)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 1 Finished 1531 N/A 1531 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 2 Finished 1414 +27 1441 United States Mario Andretti (P3)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 Finished 1707 -27 1680 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 4 Finished 1504 +39 1543 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 5 Finished 1350 +40 1390 France Didier Pironi (P6)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 Finished 1444 -40 1404 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P5)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 Finished 1581 -39 1542 Jody Scheckter (P4)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 8 Finished 1554 +26 1580 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P10)
France René Arnoux Renault 9 +1 Lap 1465 N/A 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 +1 Lap 1486 -26 1460 Germany Jochen Mass (P8)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 12 +2 Laps 1442 N/A 1442 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 13 +3 Laps 1591 N/A 1591 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 14 +6 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 Water leak 1686 N/A 1686 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 16 Engine 1451 N/A 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 17 Gearbox 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 18 Engine 1558 N/A 1558 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P12)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 19 Engine 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 20 Brakes N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 Turbo 1502 N/A 1502 France René Arnoux (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 22 Engine 1603 N/A 1603 France Patrick Tambay (P13)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 23 Engine 1635 N/A 1635 France Patrick Depailler (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 24 Injection 1542 N/A 1542 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)

Round 6 - Belgian Grand Prix

Date: 1979-05-13

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 1670 +32 1702 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 1671 -32 1639 France Jacques Laffite (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 1407 +58 1465 Austria Niki Lauda (P13)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 1780 +10 1790 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P8)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 5 1783 +14 1796 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P10)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 1673 +28 1701 Jody Scheckter (P7)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 7 1633 -28 1605 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P6)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 8 1486 -10 1476 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 10 1733 -14 1720 United States Mario Andretti (P5)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 1434 +37 1471 France Didier Pironi (P12)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 1493 -37 1456 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P11)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 1789 -58 1731 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 15 1355 -3 1352 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P10)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 1728 +10 1738 Germany Jochen Mass (P22)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 17 1593 +14 1607 France René Arnoux (P18)
France René Arnoux Renault 18 1377 -14 1363 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P17)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1440 +43 1483 Italy Elio de Angelis (P24)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 22 1443 -10 1433 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P16)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 1560 -43 1517 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 Finished 1543 +32 1575 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 Finished 1635 +23 1657 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 3 Finished 1404 +31 1434 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P11)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 4 Finished 1441 N/A 1441 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 Finished 1460 +43 1503 Germany Jochen Mass (P21)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 +1 Lap 1542 -32 1510 Jody Scheckter (P1)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 10 +2 Laps 1442 +42 1484 Italy Elio de Angelis (P20)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 +3 Laps 1390 -31 1360 France Didier Pironi (P3)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 12 Accident 1531 -23 1509 France Jacques Laffite (P2)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 13 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 14 Electrical 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P24)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 Brakes 1680 N/A 1680 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 16 Engine 1542 N/A 1542 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 17 Engine 1686 N/A 1686 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 18 Turbo 1465 N/A 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 19 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 Accident 1558 -42 1516 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P10)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 21 Spun off 1580 -43 1537 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P5)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 22 Transmission 1451 N/A 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 23 Turbo 1502 N/A 1502 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 24 Accident 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)

Round 7 - Monaco Grand Prix

Date: 1979-05-27

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 1605 +41 1646 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 1701 -41 1660 Jody Scheckter (P1)
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 3 1639 +38 1677 France Jacques Laffite (P5)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 1731 +11 1743 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P18)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 1702 -38 1664 France Patrick Depailler (P3)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 6 1471 +31 1502 France Didier Pironi (P7)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 1456 -31 1425 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P6)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 8 1433 +55 1487 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P15)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 1790 +9 1799 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P16)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 1723 +39 1762 United States Mario Andretti (P13)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 13 1799 -39 1760 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P11)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 15 1738 -55 1684 Germany Jochen Mass (P8)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 16 1476 -9 1467 Australia Alan Jones (P9)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18 1465 -11 1453 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
France René Arnoux Renault 19 1363 +51 1414 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P20)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 1607 -51 1556 France René Arnoux (P19)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 Finished 1575 N/A 1575 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 2 Finished 1496 N/A 1496 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 Finished 1441 N/A 1441 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Ligier 5 Engine 1509 N/A 1509 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 6 +7 Laps 1537 N/A 1537 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 Transmission 1542 N/A 1542 Austria Niki Lauda (P14)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 8 +8 Laps 1502 N/A 1502 France René Arnoux (P18)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 9 Gearbox 1657 N/A 1657 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 Transmission 1510 N/A 1510 Jody Scheckter (P1)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 11 Steering 1604 N/A 1604 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P2)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 Suspension 1360 N/A 1360 France Didier Pironi (P15)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 13 Wheel N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 14 Accident 1686 N/A 1686 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 15 Accident 1434 N/A 1434 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 16 Suspension 1680 N/A 1680 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Renault 18 Accident 1465 N/A 1465 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
United Kingdom James Hunt Wolf 19 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 20 Suspension 1503 N/A 1503 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)

Round 8 - French Grand Prix

Date: 1979-07-01

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 1556 +20 1575 France René Arnoux (P2)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 1414 -20 1395 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P1)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1660 +31 1691 Jody Scheckter (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 1453 +54 1507 Austria Niki Lauda (P6)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 1646 -31 1615 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 1743 -54 1689 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 7 1799 +8 1807 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P9)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 1664 +28 1693 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P14)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 9 1467 -8 1459 Australia Alan Jones (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 10 1502 +25 1527 France Didier Pironi (P11)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 11 1425 -25 1400 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P10)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 12 1760 +3 1762 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P23)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 1762 +3 1765 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P23)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 14 1625 -28 1597 France Jacques Laffite (P8)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 15 1705 +11 1716 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 1684 +16 1699 Germany Jochen Mass (P22)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 1426 -11 1415 United Kingdom John Watson (P15)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1483 +35 1518 Italy Elio de Angelis (P24)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 22 1487 -16 1472 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P19)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 1349 -3 1347 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P13)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 1517 -35 1482 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 Finished 1502 +29 1531 France René Arnoux (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 Finished 1510 +38 1548 Jody Scheckter (P7)
France René Arnoux Renault 3 Finished 1465 -29 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P1)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 Finished 1604 +22 1626 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 5 Finished 1360 N/A 1360 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 Finished 1496 -22 1474 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 7 +1 Lap 1575 -38 1537 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 +1 Lap 1657 N/A 1657 Belgium Jacky Ickx (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 10 +2 Laps 1591 +33 1624 United Kingdom John Watson (P11)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 11 +2 Laps 1603 -33 1570 France Patrick Tambay (P10)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 12 +2 Laps 1451 +16 1466 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P13)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 +3 Laps 1441 -16 1426 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P12)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 +3 Laps 1503 +35 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (P15)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 15 +5 Laps 1537 -35 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P14)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 16 +5 Laps 1516 N/A 1516 Netherlands Jan Lammers (PDNF)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 17 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 18 +7 Laps 1484 N/A 1484 Italy Elio de Angelis (P16)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 Suspension 1434 N/A 1434 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P5)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 21 Accident 1542 +45 1587 Austria Niki Lauda (P24)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 22 Brakes 1680 N/A 1680 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P12)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 23 Engine 1607 N/A 1607 France Jacques Laffite (P8)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 24 Spun off 1686 -45 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P21)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 25 Withdrew N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 9 - British Grand Prix

Date: 1979-07-14

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 1807 +8 1815 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P4)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 2 1575 +17 1592 France René Arnoux (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 3 1507 +47 1555 Austria Niki Lauda (P6)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 4 1459 -8 1451 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
France René Arnoux Renault 5 1395 -17 1378 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P2)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 1689 -47 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P3)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 7 1716 +10 1726 France Patrick Tambay (P18)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 1749 +3 1751 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P26)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 1779 -17 1761 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 1693 +23 1716 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P17)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 11 1615 +39 1654 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P13)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 12 1482 +35 1517 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 1691 -39 1652 Jody Scheckter (P11)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 15 1400 +43 1443 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P16)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 1527 -43 1484 France Didier Pironi (P15)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 1597 -23 1573 France Jacques Laffite (P10)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 1415 -10 1405 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 1699 +14 1713 Germany Jochen Mass (P20)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 20 1472 -14 1458 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P19)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1518 -35 1483 Italy Elio de Angelis (P12)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Gaillard Ensign 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 26 1344 -3 1341 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 1 Finished 1474 N/A 1474 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 Finished 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 3 +1 Lap 1360 +39 1398 France Didier Pironi (P10)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 4 +1 Lap 1570 N/A 1570 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 +1 Lap 1537 N/A 1537 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 6 +1 Lap 1607 N/A 1607 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 7 Out of fuel 1624 N/A 1624 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 +2 Laps 1426 +18 1444 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P9)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 9 +2 Laps 1466 -18 1448 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 +2 Laps 1434 -39 1396 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P3)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 11 +3 Laps 1484 +35 1519 Italy Elio de Angelis (P12)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 12 +3 Laps 1516 -35 1481 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P11)
France Patrick Gaillard Ensign 13 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 14 Fuel system 1548 N/A 1548 Jody Scheckter (P5)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 15 Gearbox 1538 N/A 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 Engine 1657 N/A 1657 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P6)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 17 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 18 Water pump 1626 N/A 1626 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P1)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 19 Gearbox 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 Turbo 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (P2)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22 Brakes 1641 N/A 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P24)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 23 Wheel 1680 N/A 1680 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 24 Spun off 1587 N/A 1587 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)

Round 10 - German Grand Prix

Date: 1979-07-29

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 1592 +14 1606 France René Arnoux (P10)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1815 +7 1822 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P6)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 1716 +20 1736 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P14)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 1555 +40 1594 Austria Niki Lauda (P7)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 1654 +32 1686 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P9)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 1451 -7 1444 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 1641 -40 1602 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 1443 +37 1481 United Kingdom Geoff Lees (P16)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 1652 -32 1620 Jody Scheckter (P5)
France René Arnoux Renault 10 1378 -14 1364 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P1)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 1764 +3 1766 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P24)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 12 1726 +9 1734 France Patrick Tambay (P15)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 1769 +2 1771 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P24)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 14 1573 -20 1554 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 15 1405 -9 1397 United Kingdom John Watson (P12)
United Kingdom Geoff Lees Tyrrell 16 1500 -37 1463 France Didier Pironi (P8)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 18 1458 +52 1510 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P19)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 1713 -52 1661 Germany Jochen Mass (P18)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 20 1483 +35 1518 Italy Elio de Angelis (P21)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 21 1517 -35 1482 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P20)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 24 1338 -3 1336 United States Mario Andretti (P11)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1626 +19 1645 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P2)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 2 Finished 1474 -19 1455 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished 1657 N/A 1657 Belgium Jacky Ickx (PDNF)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 4 Finished 1537 +33 1570 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 5 Finished 1570 N/A 1570 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 6 +1 Lap 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
United Kingdom Geoff Lees Tyrrell 7 +1 Lap 1500 +23 1523 France Didier Pironi (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 +1 Lap 1548 -33 1515 Jody Scheckter (P4)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 9 +1 Lap 1396 -23 1373 United Kingdom Geoff Lees (P7)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 10 +1 Lap 1519 +29 1548 Italy Elio de Angelis (P11)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 11 +2 Laps 1481 -29 1452 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P10)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 Tyre 1538 N/A 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (P6)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 Suspension 1624 N/A 1624 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 15 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 16 Engine 1641 N/A 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 Tyre 1607 N/A 1607 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 Handling 1448 N/A 1448 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 19 Transmission 1680 N/A 1680 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 20 Tyre 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P21)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 Spun off 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 Electrical N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 23 Accident 1444 N/A 1444 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 11 - Austrian Grand Prix

Date: 1979-08-12

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1364 +51 1415 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1822 +7 1828 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 1606 -51 1555 France René Arnoux (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 1602 +31 1633 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P7)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1620 +38 1658 Jody Scheckter (P9)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 1444 -7 1438 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 1594 -31 1563 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 1736 +17 1752 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P21)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 9 1686 -38 1648 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 1481 +38 1519 Derek Daly (P11)
Derek Daly Tyrrell 11 1550 -38 1512 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 1661 +19 1680 Germany Jochen Mass (P20)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1397 +56 1453 United Kingdom John Watson (P16)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 15 1783 +29 1812 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P17)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 16 1734 -56 1678 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 17 1755 -29 1725 United States Mario Andretti (P15)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 20 1510 -19 1491 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P13)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 21 1554 -17 1537 France Jacques Laffite (P8)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 1482 +35 1517 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P23)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 23 1518 -35 1483 Italy Elio de Angelis (P22)
France Patrick Gaillard Ensign 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1645 +16 1661 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P5)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 Finished 1515 +37 1552 Jody Scheckter (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished 1657 N/A 1657 Belgium Jacky Ickx (PDNF)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 4 Finished 1570 -37 1533 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 5 Finished 1455 -16 1439 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
France René Arnoux Renault 6 +1 Lap 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 +1 Lap 1373 +46 1419 Derek Daly (P8)
Derek Daly Tyrrell 8 +1 Lap 1533 -46 1487 France Didier Pironi (P7)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 9 +1 Lap 1570 +37 1607 France Patrick Tambay (P10)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 10 +1 Lap 1624 -37 1587 United Kingdom John Watson (P9)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 Engine 1641 N/A 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
France Patrick Gaillard Ensign 12 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 Suspension 1538 N/A 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 14 Engine 1452 N/A 1452 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P22)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 Engine 1607 N/A 1607 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 18 Handling 1444 N/A 1444 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 19 Gearbox 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (P6)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 20 Electrical N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 Brakes N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 22 Accident 1548 N/A 1548 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 23 Engine 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 24 Clutch 1680 N/A 1680 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)

Round 12 - Dutch Grand Prix

Date: 1979-08-26

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France René Arnoux Renault 1 1415 +44 1459 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 1828 +6 1834 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P3)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 3 1438 -6 1432 Australia Alan Jones (P2)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 4 1555 -44 1511 France René Arnoux (P1)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 1648 +33 1681 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P6)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 1658 -33 1625 Jody Scheckter (P5)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 1752 +14 1767 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P20)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 1633 +26 1659 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P11)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 1519 +29 1548 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P16)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 1563 -26 1537 Austria Niki Lauda (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 12 1678 +14 1692 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 1725 +3 1728 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P24)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1453 -14 1439 United Kingdom John Watson (P12)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 1484 -29 1455 France Didier Pironi (P10)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 1812 +2 1814 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P24)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 18 1491 +48 1539 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P19)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 1680 -48 1632 Germany Jochen Mass (P18)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 20 1537 -14 1523 France Jacques Laffite (P7)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 1517 +29 1546 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P23)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 23 1483 -29 1454 Italy Elio de Angelis (P22)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 24 1333 -2 1332 United States Mario Andretti (P17)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1661 +14 1675 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P24)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2 Finished 1533 N/A 1533 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished 1657 +27 1685 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 +1 Lap 1587 N/A 1587 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 5 +1 Lap 1607 -27 1580 France Jacques Laffite (P3)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 6 +2 Laps 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 7 +2 Laps 1448 N/A 1448 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 Suspension 1419 N/A 1419 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P14)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 Tyre 1552 N/A 1552 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 10 Transmission 1452 N/A 1452 Netherlands Jan Lammers (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 11 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 Clutch 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 13 Engine 1607 N/A 1607 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 14 Spun off 1398 N/A 1398 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 15 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 16 Gearbox 1548 N/A 1548 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 Suspension 1680 N/A 1680 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P7)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 Brakes 1538 N/A 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (P6)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 20 Withdrew 1641 N/A 1641 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 Electrical N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 22 Suspension 1444 N/A 1444 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P7)
France René Arnoux Renault 23 Suspension 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 24 Accident 1439 -14 1425 Australia Alan Jones (P1)

Round 13 - Italian Grand Prix

Date: 1979-09-09

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 1511 +27 1538 France René Arnoux (P2)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 1459 -27 1432 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P1)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 3 1681 +27 1708 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 1834 +6 1840 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P6)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1625 -27 1598 Jody Scheckter (P3)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 6 1432 -6 1426 Australia Alan Jones (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 1767 +13 1779 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P11)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 8 1537 +43 1580 Austria Niki Lauda (P9)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 1659 -43 1616 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P8)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 1794 +28 1822 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P13)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 11 1523 -13 1510 France Jacques Laffite (P7)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 1548 +24 1571 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P16)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 13 1748 -28 1720 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1439 +52 1491 United Kingdom John Watson (P19)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 16 1455 -24 1431 France Didier Pironi (P12)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 17 1632 +24 1656 Germany Jochen Mass (P21)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 1493 +57 1550 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P22)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 19 1692 -52 1640 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 21 1539 -24 1515 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P17)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 22 1861 -57 1804 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P18)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 1 Finished 1533 +34 1567 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 Finished 1552 -34 1518 Jody Scheckter (P1)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 3 Finished 1425 +52 1477 Australia Alan Jones (P9)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 4 Finished 1641 +27 1668 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P24)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 5 Finished 1680 +13 1693 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 6 Finished 1398 +34 1432 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 7 Finished 1444 -13 1431 United States Mario Andretti (P5)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 +1 Lap 1675 -52 1623 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P3)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 +1 Lap 1419 -34 1385 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P6)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 11 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 12 +1 Lap 1666 +18 1684 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P19)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 +3 Laps 1538 N/A 1538 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 14 Engine 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 Engine 1685 N/A 1685 Belgium Jacky Ickx (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 17 Engine 1580 N/A 1580 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 18 Clutch N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 19 Spun off 1499 -18 1481 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P12)
France René Arnoux Renault 20 Engine 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 21 Accident 1607 N/A 1607 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 22 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 United Kingdom John Watson (P21)
Germany Jochen Mass Arrows 23 Suspension 1502 N/A 1502 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P13)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 24 Accident 1587 -27 1560 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)

Round 14 - Canadian Grand Prix

Date: 1979-09-30

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 1840 +5 1845 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 1598 +42 1640 Jody Scheckter (P9)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 3 1426 -5 1421 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 4 1580 +12 1593 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P17)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 1779 +11 1790 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P16)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 1571 +10 1581 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P13)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 7 1538 +23 1561 France René Arnoux (P8)
France René Arnoux Renault 8 1432 -23 1409 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P7)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 9 1708 -42 1666 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 1822 +23 1845 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P11)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 11 1720 -23 1698 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 13 1431 -10 1421 France Didier Pironi (P6)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 16 1510 -11 1499 France Jacques Laffite (P5)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 17 1640 +19 1659 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 17 1500 -12 1488 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P4)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 1491 -19 1472 United Kingdom John Watson (P17)
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 21 1454 +40 1494 Italy Elio de Angelis (P23)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Rebaque 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 23 1546 -40 1506 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P21)
Derek Daly Tyrrell 24 1512 -13 1499 France Didier Pironi (P6)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Ford N/A 1616 -22 1594 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P17)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 Finished 1623 +19 1643 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P3)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 Finished 1518 +36 1555 Jody Scheckter (P4)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 3 Finished 1477 -19 1457 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 4 +1 Lap 1567 -36 1530 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 5 +1 Lap 1385 N/A 1385 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 +2 Laps 1607 N/A 1607 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 7 +4 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 8 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow 9 +5 Laps 1548 N/A 1548 Italy Elio de Angelis (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 Out of fuel 1693 N/A 1693 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 11 Gearbox 1560 N/A 1560 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P7)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Alfa Romeo 12 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 13 Gearbox 1580 N/A 1580 France Jacques Laffite (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 14 Engine 1432 N/A 1432 France Didier Pironi (P5)
Derek Daly Tyrrell 15 Engine 1487 N/A 1487 France Didier Pironi (P5)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Rebaque 16 Chassis N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 17 Brakes 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (P22)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 18 Ignition 1452 N/A 1452 Netherlands Jan Lammers (P9)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 19 Suspension 1431 N/A 1431 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 20 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 21 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
France René Arnoux Renault 22 Accident 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 23 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 24 Engine 1685 N/A 1685 Belgium Jacky Ickx (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Ford 30 Withdrew 1668 N/A 1668 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P7)

Round 15 - United States Grand Prix

Date: 1979-10-07

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Australia Alan Jones Williams 1 1845 +5 1850 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P5)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 2 1609 +23 1632 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1640 +34 1674 Jody Scheckter (P16)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 1790 +10 1801 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P24)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 5 1421 -5 1416 Australia Alan Jones (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 6 1698 +45 1742 United States Mario Andretti (P17)
France René Arnoux Renault 7 1409 +45 1454 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (P8)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 8 1561 -45 1516 France René Arnoux (P7)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 9 1509 -23 1486 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P2)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 1594 +11 1605 Derek Daly (P15)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 11 1441 -9 1432 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 13 1659 +16 1675 France Patrick Tambay (P22)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly Tyrrell 15 1479 -11 1468 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 16 1666 -34 1632 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 1845 -45 1800 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P6)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 22 1472 -16 1456 United Kingdom John Watson (P13)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 24 1499 -10 1489 France Jacques Laffite (P4)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1555 N/A 1555 Jody Scheckter (PDNF)
France René Arnoux Renault 2 Finished 1436 N/A 1436 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 3 Finished 1385 +21 1405 Derek Daly (P9)
Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson McLaren 6 +1 Lap 1607 N/A 1607 France Patrick Tambay (PDNF)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford 8 Transmission 1560 N/A 1560 Argentina Ricardo Zunino (P15)
Derek Daly Tyrrell 9 Spun off 1487 -21 1467 France Didier Pironi (P3)
Jody Scheckter Ferrari 10 Tyre 1530 N/A 1530 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 11 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 12 Wheel 1643 N/A 1643 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P14)
Switzerland Marc Surer Ensign 13 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams 14 Accident 1457 N/A 1457 Australia Alan Jones (PDNF)
Argentina Ricardo Zunino Brabham-Ford 15 Spun off 1500 N/A 1500 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 16 Engine 1531 N/A 1531 France René Arnoux (P2)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 17 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 Engine 1587 N/A 1587 United Kingdom John Watson (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 19 Accident 1432 -17 1415 France Didier Pironi (P3)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 20 Gearbox 1693 N/A 1693 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P21)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 21 Spun off 1431 N/A 1431 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 22 Spun off 1685 +23 1707 Belgium Jacky Ickx (P23)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ligier 23 Spun off 1580 -23 1557 France Jacques Laffite (P22)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 24 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A