Hockenheimring · 29 July 1979
Alan Jones won the 1979 German Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 2.91s ahead of Clay Regazzoni. Jochen Mass gained the most places, from 18th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Jones 9 + Regazzoni 6 | Jones 9 + Regazzoni 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Ligier Laffite 4 + Ickx 0 | Laffite 4 + Ickx 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Scheckter 3 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 3 + Villeneuve 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | McLaren Watson 2 + Tambay 0 | Watson 2 + Tambay 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arrows Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | Mass 1 + Patrese 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Lees 0 + Pironi 0 | Lees 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Shadow Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | Lammers 0 + de Angelis 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Wolf Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Team Lotus Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 + Reutemann 0 | Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Renault Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | 1:24:48.830 | 45 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | +2.910s | 45 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +18.390s | 45 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +31.200s | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1:37.800 | 45 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 44 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Geoff Lees Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 9 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 11 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | +2 Laps | 43 | — | — | |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Engine | 42 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Tyre | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Suspension | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | DNF Engine | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Engine | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacky Ickx Ligier | Ligier | DNF Tyre | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Handling | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Transmission | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Tyre | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Spun off | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Electrical | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DNF Suspension | 0 | — | — |