The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1979 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid, Spain. It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won by Patrick Depailler, driving a Ligier-Ford, with Lotus drivers Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti second and third respectively.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:14,5012Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford1:14,7923Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:14,8234Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:15,0745Jody ScheckterFerrari1:15,1056Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,4567Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,6178Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:15,6789Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:15,78910Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:16,041011René ArnouxRenault1:16,061112Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:16,081213Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:16,231314Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:16,611415James HuntWolf-Ford1:16,881516Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:16,921617Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:17,041718John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:17,111819Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:17,351920Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:17,452021Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:17,572122Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:17,852223Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford1:18,422324Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:18,7924Derek DalyEnsign-Ford1:19,30—Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:20,46—Gianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford1:23,24—
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 75 1:39:11.84 2 9 2 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 75 + 20.94 8 6 3 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 + 27.31 4 4 4 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 75 + 28.68 5 3 5 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 30.39 12 2 6 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 48.43 10 1 7 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 75 + 52.31 3 8 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 75 + 1:14.84 17 9 16 René Arnoux Renault 74 + 1 Lap 11 10 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 16 11 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 19 12 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 24 13 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 72 + 3 Laps 20 14 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 69 + 6 Laps 21 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 63 Water Leak 6 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 58 Engine 23 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 54 Gearbox 13 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 52 Engine 22 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 32 Engine 14 20 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 26 Brakes 15 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 Turbo 9 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 21 Engine 18 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 15 Engine 1 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 15 Injection 7 22 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 36 Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German constructor Kauhsen.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Gilles Villeneuve 20 3 2 Patrick Depailler 20 1 3 Jacques Laffite 18 4 Carlos Reutemann 18 2 5 Jody Scheckter 16Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Ligier-Ford 38 1 2 Ferrari 36 3 Lotus-Ford 30 4 Tyrrell-Ford 11 5 McLaren-Ford 4Source:
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