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1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJarama, 75 laps
Round5 of 15
Race numbers

The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 318th World Championship race
  • 14th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Jarama
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(FRA) Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford Cosworth751hr 39m 11.840s9
2+6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford Cosworth75+20.940s6
3+1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth75+27.310s4
4+1(ZAF) Jody ScheckterFerrari75+28.680s3
5+7(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+30.390s2
6+4(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+48.430s1
7-4(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari75+52.310s 
8+9(DEU) Jochen MassArrows-Ford Cosworth75+1m 14.840s 
9+2(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault74+1 lap 
10+6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
11+8(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
12+12(NLD) Jan LammersShadow-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
13+7(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth72+3 laps 
14+7(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford Cosworth69+6 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo63DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntWolf-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault21DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo15DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:14.500

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Gianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve20
2(FRA) Patrick Depailler20
3(FRA) Jacques Laffite18
4(ARG) Carlos Reutemann18
5(ZAF) Jody Scheckter16
6(USA) Mario Andretti12
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier7
8(GBR) John Watson4
=(AUS) Alan Jones4
10(FRA) Didier Pironi4
11(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi1
=(AUT) Niki Lauda1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ligier-Ford Cosworth38
2Ferrari36
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth30
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth4
=Williams-Ford Cosworth4
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1
=Brabham-Alfa Romeo1

Stats & milestones

Wins
2nd and last for Patrick Depailler (only win for Ligier)
4th for Ligier
Podiums
28th for Carlos Reutemann
19th and last for Patrick Depailler
18th for Mario Andretti (last for Lotus, last podium until 1982)
131st & 132nd for Lotus
11th for Ligier
Poles
4th for Jacques Laffite
4th for Ligier
1-2 start
3rd for Ligier
Fastest laps
4th for Gilles Villeneuve
86th for Ferrari
Front row starts
6th for Jacques Laffite & Patrick Depailler