Følgende konstruktører og førere konkurrerte i Formel 1-verdensmesterskapet i 1979. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" |- ! Team ! Konstruktør ! Chassis ! Motor ! Dekk ! Bil ! Førere ! Runder |- |rowspan="2"| Martini Racing Team Lotus !rowspan="2"| Lotus-Ford |rowspan="2"| 7980 |rowspan="2"| Ford Cosworth DFV 3,0 V8 |rowspan="2" align="center" | | 1 | Mario Andretti | Alle |- | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Alle |- |rowspan="5"| Team Tyrrell Candy Team Tyrrell !rowspan="5"| Tyrrell-Ford |rowspan="5"| 009 |rowspan="5"| Ford Cosworth DFV 3,0 V8 |rowspan="5" align="center" | | 3 | Didier Pironi | Alle |- |rowspan="3"| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1-9, 12-15 |- | Geoff Lees | 10 |- | Derek Daly | 11 |- | 33 | Derek Daly | 14-15 |- |rowspan=4| Parmalat Racing Team !rowspan=2| Brabham-Alfa Romeo |rowspan=2| BT46BT48 |rowspan=2| Alfa Romeo 115-12 3,0 F12Alfa Romeo 1260 3,0 V12 |rowspan=4 align="center" | | 5 | Niki Lauda | 1-13 |- | 6 | Nelson Piquet | 1-13 |- !rowspan=2| Brabham-Ford |rowspan=2| BT49 |rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3,0 V8 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | 14-15 |- | 6 | Nelson Piquet | 14-15 |- |rowspan="2"| Marlboro Team McLaren !rowspan="2"| McLaren-Ford |rowspan="2"| M26M28M28BM28CM29 |rowspan="2"| Ford Cosworth DFV 3,0 V8 |rowspan="2" align="center" | | 7 | John Watson | Alle |- | 8 | Patrick Tambay | Alle |- | ATS Racing Team ! ATS-Ford | D2D3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3,0 V8 | align="center" | | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Alle |- |rowspan="2"| Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC !rowspan="2"| Ferrari |rowspan="2"| 312T3312T4312T4B |rowspan="2"| Ferrari 015 3,0 F12 |rowspan="2" align="center" | | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Alle |- | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Alle |- |rowspan="2"| Fittipaldi Automotive !rowspan="2"| Fittipaldi-Ford'alle'' løpene nå ble regnet med i sammendraget.