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| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
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| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1979. | |||
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| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
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| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 60 |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 44 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 43 |
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| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 36 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 32 |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 25 |
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| 7 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 22 |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 14 |
| - | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 14 |
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| - | John Watson | McLaren | 14 |
| 11 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 |
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| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 |
| 14 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 |
| 15 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 3 |
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| - | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 3 |
| - | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 |
| 18 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 2 |
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| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1 |
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