Non-championship race in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date
15 April 1979 (1979-04-15)
Location
Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, Fawkham, Kent, England
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.206 km (2.6136 miles)
Distance
40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 miles)
Weather
Warm, dry
Pole position
Driver
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Time
1:17.52
Fastest lap
Driver
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Time
1:17.46
Podium
First
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
Second
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Third
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Motor car race
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