1979 European Formula 3 Championship
18th March - GP Campidoglio Vallelunga, Round 1
102.4 km (3.2 km x 32 laps)
1 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 40m08.3
2 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 40m09.0
3 Mauro Baldi Ralt-Toyota RT1 40m27.5
4 Carlo Rossi Ralt-Toyota RT1 40m28.2
5 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 40m28.5
6 Roberto Campominosi Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT1 40m51.0
7 Guido Pardini Dallara-Toyota WD1 40m52.1
8 Fernando Cazzaniga March-Toyota 783 40m58.1
9 Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 41m00.9
10 Vinicio Salmi March-Toyota 783 41m02.0
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost & Piercarlo Ghinzani, 1m14.60
Pole Position: Michele Alboreto, 1m14.41
16th April - Preis von Knittelfeld, Zeltweg, Round 2
142.608 km (5.942 km x 12 laps x 2 Heats)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 45m39.7
2 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 45m46.6
3 Michael Bleekemolen Ralt-Toyota RT1 46m04.3
4 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 46m09.6
5 Michele Alboreto March-Toyota 793 46m09.9
6 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 46m10.6
7 Oscar Pedersoli March-Toyota 783 46m17.7
8 Bruno Eichmann March-Toyota 783 46m18.3
9 Freddy Schnarwiler March-Toyota 793 46m32.3
10 Walter Lechner Ralt-Toyota RT1 46m33.3
Fastest Lap: Helmut Henzler, 1m52.3
Pole Position: Helmut Henzler, 1m53.0
22nd April - Grote Prijs van Zolder, Round 3
102.288 km (4.262 km x 24 laps)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 38m33.18
2 Michele Alboreto March-Toyota 793 38m51.50
3 Hans-Georg Bürger Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m01.63
4 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 39m03.18
5 Thierry Boutsen Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m04.06
6 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m13.56
7 Georg Bellof Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m25.13
8 Bruno Eichmann March-Toyota 783 39m26.65
9 Freddy Schnarwiler March-Toyota 793 39m28.35
10 Walter Lechner Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m36.46
Fastest Lap: Michele Alboreto, 1m35.38
Pole Position: Arie Luyendijk, 1m35.09
1st May 1979 - Trophee Jean Bernigaud, Magny Cours, Round 4
96.1875 km (3.8475 km x 25 laps)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 37m22.60
2 Arie Luyendijk Argo-Toyota JM3 37m45.00
3 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 37m45.37
4 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 37m51.30
5 Michael Bleekemolen Ralt-Toyota RT1 37m56.07
6 Oscar Pedersoli March-Toyota 783 37m59.24
7 Thierry Boutsen Ralt-Toyota RT1 38m00.47
8 Guido Dacco March-Toyota 773 38m13.51
9 Mauro Baldi March-Toyota 793 38m20.95
10 Philippe Streiff Martini-Renault MK27 38m25.37
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, 1m25.42
Pole Position: Michele Alboreto, 1m24.58
4th June 1979 - Zandvoort, Round 6
143.684 km (4.226 km x 17 laps x 2 Heats)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 51m17.92
2 Mauro Baldi March-Toyota 793 51m35.53
3 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 51m39.98
4 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 51m47.07
5 Thierry Boutsen March-Toyota 793 51m47.92
6 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 51m54.49
7 Daniele Albertin Ralt-Toyota RT1 52m02.23
8 Walter Lechner March-Toyota 783 52m05.01
9 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 52m06.75
10 Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 52m07.95
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, 1m29.44
Pole Position: Slim Borgudd, 1m29.55
17th June 1979 - Gran Premio di Pergusa, Enna-Pergusa, Round 7
99.0 km (4.95 km x 20 laps)
1 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 34m53.5
2 Piero Necchi March-Toyota 793 34m59.0
3 Michael Bleekemolen March-Toyota 793 35m02.1
4 Michele Alboreto March-Toyota 793 35m16.7
5 Mauro Baldi March-Toyota 793 35m19.2
6 Roberto Campominosi Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT1 35m31.5
7 Guido Pardini Dallara-Toyota WD1 35m35.2
8 Guido Dacco March-Toyota 773 35m40.9
9 Augusto Avanzini March-Toyota 793 35m51.9
10 Bruno Corradi Ralt-Toyota RT1 35m52.8
Fastest Lap: Michael Bleekemolen, 1m39.70
Pole Position: Michael Bleekemolen, 1m38.69
24th June 1979 - GP Lotteria di Monza, Round 8
98.6 km (5.8 km x 17 laps)
1 Mike Thackwell March-Toyota 793 32m13.33
2 Mauro Baldi March-Toyota 793 32m14.43
3 Michele Alboreto March-Toyota 793 32m16.63
4 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-Alfa Romeo 793 32m18.71
5 Carlo Rossi Ralt-Toyota RT1 32m20.34
6 Daniele Albertin Ralt-Toyota RT1 32m31.11
7 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 32m39.80
8 Enzo Coloni March-Toyota 783 32m41.36
9 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 32m48.03
10 Piero Necchi March-Toyota 793 32m49.03
Fastest Lap: Mike Thackwell, 1m52.50
Pole Position: Piercarlo Ghinzani, 1m52.12
5th August 1979 - Newsrace Knutstorp, Round 9
101.2 km (2.2 km x 46 laps)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 47m05.29
2 Anders Olofsson Ralt-Toyota RT1 47m08.89
3 Michael Bleekemolen March-Toyota 793 47m47.03
4 Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 47m51.34
5 Jan Ridell Ralt-Toyota RT1 - 1 lap
6 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 - 1 lap
7 Philippe Streiff Martini-Toyota MK27 - 1 lap
8 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 - 1 lap
9 Arie Luyendijk Argo-Toyota JM3 - 1 lap
10 Mats Paninder Martini-Renault MK27 - 1 lap
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, 1m00.72
Pole Position: Alain Prost, 1m00.06
12th August 1979 - Kinnekulle, Round 10
144.16 km (2.12 km x 34 laps x 2 Heats)
1 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 59m04.3
2 Michael Bleekemolen March-Toyota 793 59m31.0
3 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 59m35.0
4 Philippe Streiff Martini-Toyota MK27 59m35.3
5 Serge Saulnier Martini-Toyota MK21 59m39.0
6 Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 59m49.8
7 Bengt Trägardh Ralt-Toyota RT1 1h00m17.1
8 Mats Paninder Martini-Renault MK27 - 1 lap
9 Thomas Kaiser Ralt-Toyota RT1 - 2 laps
10 Thierry Boutsen March-Toyota 793 - 2 laps
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost
Pole Position: Alain Prost, 53.12s
9th September 1979 - Trofeo Marques de Cubas, Jarama, Round 11
102.12 km (3.404 km x 30 laps)
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 44m07.93
2 Serge Saulnier Martini-Toyota MK21 44m30.23
3 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 44m44.15
4 Philippe Streiff Martini-Toyota MK27 44m53.18
5 Daniele Albertin Ralt-Toyota RT1 45m03.02
6 Jorge Caton Ralt-Toyota RT1 45m11.11
7 Arie Luyendijk Argo-Toyota JM3 45m16.60
8 Michael Bleekemolen March-Toyota 793 - 1 lap
9 Thierry Boutsen March-Toyota 793 - 1 lap
10 Jürg Lienhard March-Toyota 793 - 1 lap
Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, 1m27.47
Pole Position: Alain Prost, 1m26.58
7th October 1979 - Hessenpreis Kassel-Calden, Round 12
105.84 km (2.646 km x 40 laps)
1 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 38m57.8
2 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 38m58.5
3 Daniele Albertin Ralt-Toyota RT1 39m17.4
4 Jo Gartner Martini-Renault MK27 39m21.8
5 Jürg Lienhard March-Toyota 793 39m32.5
6 Ernst Maring Maco-Toyota 379 39m32.8
7 Franz Konrad Chevron-Toyota B43 - 1 lap
8 Walter Lechner March-Toyota 783 - 1 lap
9 Michael Bleekemolen March-Toyota 793 - 1 lap
10 Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 - 1 lap
Fastest Lap: Helmut Henzler & Slim Borgudd, 57.30s
Pole Position: Slim Borgudd, 57.37s
Championship Standings
1 Alain Prost Martini-Renault MK27 67 pts
2 Michael Bleekemolen Ralt-Toyota RT1/March-Toyota 793 28
3 Slim Borgudd Ralt-Toyota RT1 23
4 Mauro Baldi Ralt-Toyota RT1/March-Toyota 793 22
5 Richard Dallest Martini-Toyota MK27 21
6 Michele Alboreto March-Toyota 793 19
7 Michael Korten March-Toyota 793 14
8 Brett Riley March-Triumph 783 9
Mike Thackwell March-Toyota 793 9
Daniele Albertin Ralt-Toyota RT1 9
11 Serge Saulnier Martini-Toyota MK21 8
12 Carlo Rossi Ralt-Toyota RT1 7
13 Arie Luyendijk Argo-Toyota JM3 6
Chico Serra March-Toyota 793 6
Anders Olofsson Ralt-Toyota RT1 6
Philippe Streiff Martini-Toyota MK27 6
Thierry Boutsen Ralt-Toyota RT1/March-Toyota 793 6
18 Roberto Campominosi Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT1 5
19 Hans-Georg Bürger Ralt-Toyota RT1 4
Helmut Henzler March-Volkswagen 793 4
21 Michael Roe Chevron-Toyota B47 3
Jo Gartner Martini-Renault MK27 3
Oscar Pedersoli March-Toyota 783 3
Guido Pardini Dallara-Toyota WD1 3
25 Roberto Guerrero Argo-Toyota JM3 2
Jan Ridell Ralt-Toyota RT1 2
Jürg Lienhard March-Toyota 793 2
28 Guido Dacco March-Toyota 773 1
Jorge Caton Ralt-Toyota RT1 1
Ernst Maring Maco-Toyota 379 1