Race Result
| GP n. 323 - 29/07/1979 - Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring |
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| Winner: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:24'48.83 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jean Pierre Jabouille / Renault - 1:48.48 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:51.89 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 45 | 1:24'48.83 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 45 | + 2.91 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 45 | + 18.39 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 45 | + 31.20 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 45 | + 1'37.80 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 18 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Geoff Lees |
Tyrrell-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 44 | + 1 lap | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 |  Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 43 | + 2 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 42 | engine | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 34 | tyre | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 30 | suspension | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 29 | engine | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 27 | engine | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ligier-Ford | 24 | tyre | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 22 | handling | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 16 | transmission | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 9 | tyre | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 7 | spun off | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 4 | electrical | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 1 | accident | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 0 | suspension | 23 | 0 |
| Dnq | 22 | Patrick Gaillard |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||