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]
Entry List[ 2] Team Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Formula 1 Melchester Racing Desiré Wilson Tyrrell 008 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 All Gordon Smiley 1-4 Neil Bettridge 8-13 Gordon Smiley McLaren M23 5-7 Neil Bettridge Arrows A1 14-15 Madom F1 Team Emilio de Villota Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 All Mopar Ultramar Racing Team Guy Edwards Fittipaldi F5A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 All Bernard de Dryver All Graham Eden Racing 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 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 Marlboro 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 with Hi-Line 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Results and standings [ edit ] Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 9 6 4 3 2 1 2 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap