1979 Formula One season

Jody Scheckter won the Drivers' Championship, driving for Ferrari.
Gilles Villeneuve finished runner-up in the Drivers' Championship, 4 points behind Ferrari teammate Scheckter.
Alan Jones (pictured in 1980) finished third in the Drivers' Championship, driving for Williams.
Ferrari won the International Cup for F1 Constructors with its 312T3 and 312T4 (pictured) models.
Williams placed second with its FW06 and FW07 (pictured) models.
Ligier placed third with its JS11 model.

The 1979 Formula One season was the 33rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors which were contested concurrently over a fifteen-round series which commenced on 21 January 1979, and ended on 7 October 1979. The season also included three non-championship Formula One races.

Jody Scheckter won the Drivers' Championship and, with teammate Gilles Villeneuve in second place, Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship. This was the team's fourth Constructors' Championship in five years, and more would follow, but it would be their last Drivers' Championship for the next 21 years. As of 2025, Scheckter remains the first and only driver from an African country to win the World Championship.

This was the final season for 1976 F1 world champion James Hunt.

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