1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix

The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979.

The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the 1980 season onwards, as part of plans to share the Italian Grand Prix with Monza in alternate years. The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was indeed held at Imola, but the race returned permanently to Monza in 1981, with Imola instead given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix, which was held until 2006.

Sixteen cars entered the race; the eventual winner was Niki Lauda, driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo. Carlos Reutemann was second in a Lotus-Ford, while Jody Scheckter, who had won the Drivers' Championship at Monza the previous week, was third in his Ferrari. This was the last F1 race in which Brabham used Alfa Romeo engines, and Lauda's last race with the team before he temporarily quit the sport during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks later.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	12	Template:Flagicon Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:32.910	—
2	11	Template:Flagicon Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:33.240	+0.330
3	2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Cosworth	1:33.937	+1.027
4	5	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:34.808	+1.898
5	29	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Cosworth	1:35.265	+2.355
6	36	Template:Flagicon Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	1:35.375	+2.465
7	20	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	1:35.649	+2.739
8	4	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Cosworth	1:35.926	+3.016
9	14	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi-Cosworth	1:37.285	+4.375
10	39	Template:Flagicon Giacomo Agostini	Williams-Cosworth	1:38.554	+5.644
11	35	Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:39.082	+6.172
12	40	Template:Flagicon Gimax	Williams-Cosworth	1:40.066	+7.156
13	24	Template:Flagicon Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Cosworth	1:41.863	+8.953
14	18	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Cosworth	1:58.623	+25.713
15	8	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Cosworth	-	-
16	19	Template:Flagicon Beppe Gabbiani	Shadow-Cosworth	-	-
Source:

Race

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	40	1:03:55.89	4
2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Cosworth	40	+ 8.09	3
3	Template:Flagicon Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	40	+ 26.22	2
4	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Cosworth	40	+ 39.76	5
5	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Cosworth	40	+ 47.40	8
6	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Cosworth	40	+ 1:08.33	7
7	Template:Flagicon Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	40	+ 1:14.38	1
8	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Cosworth	39	+ 1 Lap	15
9	Template:Flagicon Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo	39	+ 1 Lap	6
10	Template:Flagicon Giacomo Agostini	Williams-Cosworth	39	+ 1 Lap	10
11	Template:Flagicon Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Cosworth	38	+ 2 Laps	13
Ret	Template:Flagicon Gimax	Williams-Cosworth	32	Clutch	12
Ret	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	Fittipaldi-Cosworth	26	Gearbox	9
Ret	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Cosworth	17	Spun off	14
Ret	Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	4	Engine	11
DNS	Template:Flagicon Beppe Gabbiani	Shadow-Cosworth	0	Engine	16