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1979 / SCHECKTER

A scrolling recap of 1979 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Jody Scheckter closed the year on 51 points, a 4-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1979
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
Jody Scheckter	0	1	7	13	16	24	30	30	32	35	38	44	51	51	51
Gilles Villeneuve	0	2	11	20	20	20	20	26	26	26	32	32	38	44	47
Alan Jones	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	7	7	16	25	34	34	40	40
Jacques Laffite	9	18	18	18	18	24	24	24	24	28	32	36	36	36	36
Clay Regazzoni	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	16	22	24	24	27	29	29
Carlos Reutemann	6	10	12	12	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Patrick Depailler	3	9	9	11	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
René Arnoux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	10	11	11	11	11	17
John Watson	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	8	11	13	13	13	13	14	15
Didier Pironi	0	3	3	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	14

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 113 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1979
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	113
P2	WILLIAMS–FORD	75
P3	LIGIER–FORD	61
P4	LOTUS–FORD	39
P5	TYRRELL–FORD	28
P6	RENAULT	26
P7	MCLAREN–FORD	15
P8	BRABHAM–ALFA ROMEO	7
P9	ARROWS–FORD	5
P10	SHADOW–FORD	3
P11	ATS–FORD	2
P12	FITTIPALDI–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1979
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
Jody Scheckter	—	P8	P5	P3	P5	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Gilles Villeneuve	—	P6	P3	P1	P1	P3	P3	P2	P2	P3	P2	P4	P2	P2	P2
Alan Jones	—	—	—	P8	P8	P10	P11	P12	P13	P7	P4	P3	P4	P3	P3
Jacques Laffite	P1	P1	P1	P2	P3	P1	P2	P3	P3	P2	P3	P2	P3	P4	P4
Clay Regazzoni	—	—	—	—	—	—	P10	P11	P6	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5
Patrick Depailler	P4	P3	P4	P5	P2	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6
Carlos Reutemann	P2	P2	P2	P4	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P7	P7	P67	P7	P7
René Arnoux	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P10	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P8
John Watson	P3	P4	P7	P8	P8	P9	P7	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P10	P10	P9
Didier Pironi	—	P5	P9	P10	P10	P7	P7	P9	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P12	P10
Jean-Pierre Jarier	—	—	P7	P7	P7	P8	P9	P8	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P11
Mario Andretti	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P8	P10	P10	P10	P9	P9	P12
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P7	P11	P12	P12	P12	P12	P13	P13
Niki Lauda	—	—	P10	P11	P11	P12	P13	P15	P15	P16	P16	P18	P14	P14	P14
Elio de Angelis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

13 drivers stood on a podium.

7 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 ARGENTIN

1 LAFFITE

2 REUTEMANN

3 WATSON

R02 BRAZIL

1 LAFFITE

2 DEPAILLER

3 REUTEMANN

R03 SOUTH AF

1 VILLENEUVE

2 SCHECKTER

3 JARIER

R04 UNITED S

1 VILLENEUVE

2 SCHECKTER

3 JONES

R05 SPAIN

1 DEPAILLER

2 REUTEMANN

3 ANDRETTI

R06 BELGIUM

1 SCHECKTER

2 LAFFITE

3 PIRONI

R07 MONACO

1 SCHECKTER

2 REGAZZONI

3 REUTEMANN

R08 FRANCE

1 JABOUILLE

2 VILLENEUVE

3 ARNOUX

R09 GREAT BR

1 REGAZZONI

2 ARNOUX

3 JARIER

R10 GERMANY

1 JONES

2 REGAZZONI

3 LAFFITE

R11 AUSTRIA

1 JONES

2 VILLENEUVE

3 LAFFITE

R12 NETHERLA

1 JONES

2 SCHECKTER

3 LAFFITE

R13 ITALY

1 SCHECKTER

2 VILLENEUVE

3 REGAZZONI

R14 CANADA

1 JONES

2 VILLENEUVE

3 REGAZZONI

R15 UNITED S

1 VILLENEUVE

2 ARNOUX

3 PIRONI

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1979
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Gran Premio de Argentina 1979	Gran Premio de Argentina 1979	LAFFITE	REUTEMANN	WATSON
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1979	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1979	LAFFITE	DEPAILLER	REUTEMANN
R03 · Simba Grand Prix of South Africa 1979	Simba Grand Prix of South Africa 1979	VILLENEUVE	SCHECKTER	JARIER
R04 · 1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix	1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix	VILLENEUVE	SCHECKTER	JONES
R05 · Gran Premio de España 1979	Gran Premio de España 1979	DEPAILLER	REUTEMANN	ANDRETTI
R06 · 1979 Belgian Grand Prix	1979 Belgian Grand Prix	SCHECKTER	LAFFITE	PIRONI
R07 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1979	Grand Prix de Monaco 1979	SCHECKTER	REGAZZONI	REUTEMANN
R08 · Grand Prix de France 1979	Grand Prix de France 1979	JABOUILLE	VILLENEUVE	ARNOUX
R09 · 1979 Marlboro British Grand Prix	1979 Marlboro British Grand Prix	REGAZZONI	ARNOUX	JARIER
R10 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1979	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1979	JONES	REGAZZONI	LAFFITE
R11 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1979	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1979	JONES	VILLENEUVE	LAFFITE
R12 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1979	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1979	JONES	SCHECKTER	LAFFITE
R13 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1979	Gran Premio d'Italia 1979	SCHECKTER	VILLENEUVE	REGAZZONI
R14 · Grand Prix du Canada 1979	Grand Prix du Canada 1979	JONES	VILLENEUVE	REGAZZONI
R15 · 1979 Toyota United States Grand Prix	1979 Toyota United States Grand Prix	VILLENEUVE	ARNOUX	PIRONI

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

15

DRIVERS

21

WINNERS

7

PODIUM·DRIVERS

13

POINTS·SHARED

347

CHAMPION

Jody Scheckter

51 PTS · 3 WINS

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