Race Result
| GP n. 324 - 12/08/1979 - Grand Prix of Austria Osterreichring |
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| Winner: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:27'38.01 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Rene Arnoux / Renault - 1:34.07 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Rene Arnoux / Renault - 1:35.77 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 54 | 1:27'38.01 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 54 | + 36.05 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 54 | + 46.77 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 54 | + 47.21 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 54 | + 48.92 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 53 | + 1 lap | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 |  Derek Daly |
Tyrrell-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 45 | engine | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Patrick Gaillard |
Ensign-Ford | 42 | suspension | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 34 | suspension | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 34 | engine | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 32 | engine | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 28 | engine | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ligier-Ford | 26 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 22 | handling | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 16 | gear box | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 15 | brakes | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 15 | electrical | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 3 | accident | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 | Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 1 | engine | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | clutch | 15 | 0 |
| Dnq | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||