Images at French GP

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4 battles with René Arnoux, Renault RS10.

The podium (L to R): Rene Arnoux (FRA) Renault, third; Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) Renault, winner for the first time and first win for Renault and turbocharged engine; Gilles Villeneuve (CDN) Ferrari, second.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Bernie Ecclestone (GBR) left and Marco Piccinini (ITA)
Formula One World Championship, French Grand Prix, Dijon, France, 1 July 1979

Jean Sage (FRA), Renault F1 Sporting Director, celebrates his teams victory.
French Grand Prix, Rd8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) Renault, winner for the first time and first win for Renault and turbocharged engine, celebrates on the podium.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) Renault RS11 won his first Grand Prix; the first GP win for Renault and the first GP win for a turbocharged engine.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.

Jochen Mass (GER) finished fifteenth in the first race for the distinctive Arrows A2.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.

Frank Williams (GBR) Williams Team Owner.
French Grand Prix, Dijon-Prenois, 1 July 1979.

Keke Rosberg (FIN) replaced the retired James Hunt (GBR) in the Wolf WR7 and finished the race in ninth position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Jody Scheckter (RSA) Ferrari 312T4 finished the race in seventh position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Renault mechanics work on the rear of the Renault RS11 of Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA), who took the first ever GP vicrtory for Renault and the first win for a turbocharged engine.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Jody Scheckter (RSA) Ferrari 312T4 comes into the pits at the end of the 54th lap to change his tyres. He finished the race in seventh position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Jacky Ickx (BEL) Ligier JS11 replaced Patrick Depailler (FRA), who was serious injured in a handgliding accident. Icox retired from the race on lap 46 with a blown engine.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Rene Arnoux (FRA) Renault grabs the attention of the photographers as he takes second position on the grid on home soil and goes onto take his first F1 points with a third place podium finish.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Nelson Piquet (BRA) Brabham BT48 crashed out of the race on lap 53.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Niki Lauda (AUT) Brabham, who spun out of the race on lap 24, has an ad hoc Ferrari sticker pinned to the back of his race overalls.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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John Watson (GBR) McLaren M28 finished the race in eleventh position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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The Lotus team, including Peter Collins (AUS) Lotus Team Manager (Left) study lap times from the pit wall.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Jochen Mass (GER) finished fifteenth in the first race for the distinctive Arrows A2.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Didier Pironi (FRA) Tyrrell 009 makes a pit stop on lap 48 to change tyres. He retired from the race on lap 72 with a broken rear suspension.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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John Watson (GBR) McLaren M28 finished the race in eleventh position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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John Watson (GBR) McLaren finished the race in eleventh position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Jochen Mass (GER) finished fifteenth in the first race for the distinctive Arrows A2.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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Eight placed Jacques Laffite (FRA) Ligier JS11 leads Patrick Tambay (FRA) McLaren M28, who finished in tenth position.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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The stripped down Ferrari 312T4 of second placed Gilles Villeneuve (CDN) Ferrari in the pits.
French Grand Prix, Rd 8, Dijon-Prenois, France, 1 July 1979.
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