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1979 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 40 laps
Round2 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 315th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth401hr 40m 09.640s9
2 (FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth40+5.280s6
3 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth40+44.140s4
4+4(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40+1m 25.880s3
5 (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari39+1 lap2
6 (ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari39+1 lap1
7+12(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
8+6(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
9+7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
10-3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault39+1 lap 
11-2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
12+8(ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
13+10(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
14+7(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
15+2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault28DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo5DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo5DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier did not start due to electrical issues on the warm-up lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:23.070

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth
2(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth
3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth
4(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
8(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
12(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
13(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
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16(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
17(CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
19(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth
22(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
23(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth
24(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Jacques Laffite18
2(ARG) Carlos Reutemann10
3(FRA) Patrick Depailler9
4(GBR) John Watson4
5(FRA) Didier Pironi3
6(USA) Mario Andretti2
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve2
8(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(ZAF) Jody Scheckter1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ligier-Ford Cosworth27
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth12
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth4
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
5Ferrari3
6Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
3rd for Jacques Laffite
3rd for Ligier
Race 1-2
1st and only for Ligier (15th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
27th for Carlos Reutemann
18th for Patrick Depailler (first for Ligier)
10th for Jacques Laffite (32nd driver to score ten podiums, 4th French driver)
130th for Lotus
9th & 10th for Ligier (15th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
3rd for Jacques Laffite
3rd for Ligier
1-2 start
2nd for Ligier
Fastest laps
4th for Jacques Laffite
4th for Ligier
Front row starts
5th for Jacques Laffite & Patrick Depailler
Pole & win
2nd and last for Jacques Laffite
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Jacques Laffite (last until 1981)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd and last for Jacques Laffite (last French driver to complete a hat-trick until 1982)