Tyrrell, a British constructor, competed in the 1979 Formula 1 season with Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jarier. Derek Daly and Geoff Lees also raced for the team.
Tyrrell finished 5th in the 1979 constructors' championship with 28 points, 4 podiums but no wins – 85 points behind champions Ferrari. Tyrrell's best result was 3rd, by Didier Pironi at the United States Grand Prix.
Final 1979 results after 15 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Share of the team's points (race and sprint).
Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Pironi, Jarier, Daly, Lees: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
13 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
Short answers about Tyrrell in 1979.
Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jarier drove for Tyrrell in the 1979 Formula 1 season. Derek Daly and Geoff Lees also raced for the team.
Tyrrell scored 28 points in 1979 and finished 5th in the constructors' championship, 85 points behind champions Ferrari.
Tyrrell did not win a Grand Prix in 1979; its best result was 3rd.
3 shared GPs
2 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
| Lees |
|---|
| Pts |
|---|
| 1 | DNF | DNF | – | – | 0 | |
| 2 | P4 | DNF | – | |||
| 3 | DNF | P3 | – | |||
| 4 | DSQ | P6 | – | |||
| 5 | P6 | P5 | – | |||
| 6 | P3 | P11 | – | |||
| 7 | DNF | DNF | – | |||
| 8 | DNF | P5 | – | |||
| 9 | P10 | P3 | – | |||
| 10 | P9 | – | – | P7 | ||
| 11 | P7 | – | P8 | |||
| 12 | DNF | DNF | – | |||
| 13 | P10 | P6 | – | |||
| 14 | P5 | DNF | DNF | |||
| 15 | P3 | DNF | DNF |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |