Dijon-Prenois · 1 July 1979
Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the 1979 French Grand Prix for Renault from 1st on the grid, 14.59s ahead of Gilles Villeneuve. Hector Rebaque gained the most places, from 23rd on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renault Jabouille 9 + Arnoux 4 | Jabouille 9 + Arnoux 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Villeneuve 6 + Scheckter 0 | Villeneuve 6 + Scheckter 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Williams Jones 3 + Regazzoni 1 | Jones 3 + Regazzoni 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Jarier 2 + Pironi 0 | Jarier 2 + Pironi 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ligier Laffite 0 + Ickx 0 | Laffite 0 + Ickx 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Wolf Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Watson 0 | Tambay 0 + Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Lotus Rebaque 0 + Reutemann 0 + Andretti 0 | Rebaque 0 + Reutemann 0 + Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | Patrese 0 + Mass 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Shadow de Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | de Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 0 | Giacomelli 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | 1:35:20.420 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +14.590s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | +14.830s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +36.610s | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:04.510 | 80 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | +1:05.510 | 80 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 9 | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 11 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 12 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +5 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 16 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | +5 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 17 | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +5 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 18 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | +7 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 71 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Engine | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Brakes | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacky Ickx Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Spun off | 23 | — | — | |
| DNS | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — |