Silverstone Circuit · 14 July 1979
Clay Regazzoni won the 1979 British Grand Prix for Williams from 4th on the grid, 24.28s ahead of René Arnoux. Hector Rebaque gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Regazzoni 9 + Jones 0 | Regazzoni 9 + Jones 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Renault Arnoux 6 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 6 + Jabouille 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tyrrell Jarier 4 + Pironi 0 | Jarier 4 + Pironi 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | McLaren Watson 3 + Tambay 0 | Watson 3 + Tambay 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ferrari Scheckter 2 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 2 + Villeneuve 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ligier Ickx 1 + Laffite 0 | Ickx 1 + Laffite 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Team Lotus Reutemann 0 + Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 | Reutemann 0 + Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Shadow Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ensign Gaillard 0 | Gaillard 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Wolf Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | Lauda 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | 1:26:11.170 | 68 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | +24.280s | 68 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jacky Ickx Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 67 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Out of fuel | 66 | — | — | |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 9 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 10 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | +3 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | +3 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| 13 | Patrick Gaillard Ensign | Ensign | +3 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| 14 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Fuel system | 63 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Gearbox | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | DNF Fuel system | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Water pump | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | DNF Gearbox | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Engine | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Turbo | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Brakes | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Wheel | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Spun off | 1 | — | — |