Velika nagrada Francije 1979 je bila osma dirka Svetovnega prvenstva Formule 1 v sezoni 1979. Odvijala se je 1. julija 1979.

Dirka

! 1 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 80 | 1:35:20,42 | 1 | 9 |- ! 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 80 | + 14,59 s | 3 | 6 |- ! 3 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 80 | + 14,83 s | 2 | 4 |- ! 4 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 80 | + 36,61 s | 7 | 3 |- ! 5 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 80 | + 1:04,51 | 10 | 2 |- ! 6 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 80 | + 1:05,51 | 9 | 1 |- ! 7 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 79 | +1 krog | 5

! 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 79 | +1 krog | 8

! 9 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf-Ford | 79 | +1 krog | 16

! 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 78 | +2 kroga | 20

! 11 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 78 | +2 kroga | 15

! 12 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus-Ford | 78 | +2 kroga | 23

! 13 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford | 77 | +3 krogi | 13

! 14 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 77 | +3 krogi | 19

! 15 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 75 | +5 krogov | 22

! 16 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | 75 | +5 krogov | 24

! 17 | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 75 | +5 krogov | 17

! 18 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow-Ford | 73 | +7 krogov | 21

! Ods | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 71 | Vzmetenje | 11

! Ods | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 53 | Motor | 18

! Ods | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 52 | Trčenje | 4

! Ods | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 51 | Zavore | 12

! Ods | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier-Ford | 45 | Motor | 14

! Ods | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | Zavrten | 6

! DNS | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS-Ford | | Pnevmatika

! DNQ | 22 | Patrick Gaillard | Ensign-Ford

! DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford

Opombe Najboljši štartni položaj: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 1:07.19 Najhitrejši krog: René Arnoux - 1:09.16 Vodilni: Gilles Villeneuve (1-46), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (47-80).

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