1979 Australian Grand Prix


The 1979 Australian Grand Prix was an open-wheel racing car race held at Wanneroo Raceway north of Perth in Western Australia, Australia on 11 March 1979.
The race, which was the first round of the 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship, was open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 . It was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the 44th Australian Grand Prix and was the only Australian Grand Prix to be held at Wanneroo Raceway.

Classification

Results as follows:

Qualifying

PosNoDriverCarEntrantQualGap
184 Alfredo CostanzoLola T430 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Alfredo Costanzo0:52.11—
212 Larry PerkinsElfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Ansett Team Elfin0:52.77+0.66
325 John WalkerLola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8John Walker0:53.00+0.89
415 Terry HookLola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Terry Hook0:53.20+1.09
524 Jon DavisonLola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Ranger Truck Rentals0:54.20+2.09
676 John WrightLola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8John Wright0:54.27+2.16
77 John McCormackMcLaren M23 / Leyland 5.0L V8John McCormack0:54.67+2.56
811 John BoweElfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Ansett Team Elfin0:55.30+3.19
910 Rob ButcherLola T332 / Chevrolet V8Rob Butcher0:55.85+3.74
1071 John SmithRalt RT1 / Ford 1.6L I4John Smith0:56.59+4.48
1138 Ivan TigheChevron B37 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Ivan Tighe0:57.11+5.00
1230 Peter LarnerChevron B39 / Ford 1.6L I4Paul England Racing0:57.30+5.19
1319 Barry SingletonGardos GL1 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Barry Singleton0:58.20+6.09
148 Rod HousegoElfin 622 / Ford 1.6L I4Rod Housego1:00.70+8.59
1516 Bob CreasyBirrana 273 / Ford 1.6L I4Bob Creasy1:01.00+8.89
1640 Geoff NicolElfin 622 / Ford 1.6L I4Geoff Nicol1:01.89+9.78
173 Bill DowneyMinos / Ford 1.6L I4Bill Downey1:03.35+11.24
1817 Bob KingsburyEl Toro / Alfa Romeo 1.6L I4Bob Kingsbury1:05.45+13.34

Race