Race results
Race startSeptember 9, 1979 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:22:00.22 | 50 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +0.460 | 50 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | +4.780 | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +54.400 | 50 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +59.700 | 50 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | +1:01.550 | 50 | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | +1:24.140 | 50 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 49 | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | +1 Lap | 49 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 49 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | +1 Lap | 49 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 49 | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +3 Laps | 47 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Engine) | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Engine) | 41 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | DNF (Engine) | 41 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | DNF (Engine) | 40 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | DNF (Clutch) | 33 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | DNF (Spun off) | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | DNF (Engine) | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 13 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | DNF (Suspension) | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Accident) | 1 | 8 | 0 |