1979 Australian Grand Prix

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  1979 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Round 1 of 3 of the 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

Date 11 March 1979
Location Wanneroo Park, Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia
Course Permanent racing facility
2.42 km (1.51 mi)
Distance 63 laps, 152.46 km (95.13 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Alfredo Costanzo Lola-Chevrolet
Time 0'52.11
Fastest lap
Driver John Wright
Johnnie Walker		 Lola-Chevrolet
Lola-Chevrolet
Time 0'54.92
Podium
First Johnnie Walker Lola-Chevrolet
Second John Bowe Elfin-Chevrolet
Third Rob Butcher Lola-Chevrolet

The 1979 Australian Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Wanneroo Park on 11 March 1979.

It was the forty fourth Australian Grand Prix and was open to Australian Formula 1 cars (incorporating Formula 5000 and Formula Pacific). The event was also the first round of the 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

Classification

Results as follows:

Pos No Driver Car Laps Time
1 25 Johnnie Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet 63 59m 09.72s
2 11 John Bowe Elfin MR8 Chevrolet 63 59m 22.13s
3 10 Rob Butcher Lola T332 Chevrolet 61
4 71 John Smith Ralt RT1 Ford 61
5 15 Terry Hook Lola T332 Chevrolet 59
6 19 Barry Singleton Gardos GL1 Chevrolet 59
7 38 Ivan Tighe Chevron B37 Chevrolet 49
8 40 Geoff Nicol Elfin 622 Ford 45
Ret 76 John Wright Lola T400 Chevrolet 62 Engine
Ret 17 Bob Kingsbury El Toro Alfa Romeo 39
Ret 7 John McCormack McLaren M23 Leyland 36
Ret 8 Rod Housego Elfin 622 Ford 33
Ret 3 Bill Downey Minos Ford 30
Ret 24 Jon Davison Lola T332 Chevrolet 20
Ret 30 Peter Larner Chevron B39 Chevrolet 8
Ret 12 Larry Perkins Elfin MR8 Chevrolet 0
Ret 84 Alfredo Costanzo Lola T430 Chevrolet 0
DNS Bob Creasy Birrana 273 Ford 0
  • Pole position: Alfredo Costanzo - 0'52.11
  • Fastest lap: John Wright & Johnnie Walker - 0'54.92

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