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1979 World Champion

Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Formula 1 World Championship, representing South African, with 3 race wins and 51 points across 15 Grand Prix races. The Constructors' Championship was won by Ferrari.

South African
Jody Scheckter

South African

3
Wins
51
Points
15
Races
Ferrari
Constructor Champion
19781980

Who won each race in the 1979 season?

RdGrand PrixWinner
1Argentine Grand Prix
FrenchJacques Laffite
2Brazilian Grand Prix
FrenchJacques Laffite
3South African Grand Prix
CanadianGilles Villeneuve
4United States Grand Prix West
CanadianGilles Villeneuve
5Spanish Grand Prix
FrenchPatrick Depailler
6Belgian Grand Prix
South AfricanJody Scheckter
7Monaco Grand Prix
South AfricanJody Scheckter
8French Grand Prix
FrenchJean-Pierre Jabouille
9British Grand Prix
SwissClay Regazzoni
10German Grand Prix
AustralianAlan Jones
11Austrian Grand Prix
AustralianAlan Jones
12Dutch Grand Prix
AustralianAlan Jones
13Italian Grand Prix
South AfricanJody Scheckter
14Canadian Grand Prix
AustralianAlan Jones
15United States Grand Prix
CanadianGilles Villeneuve