Spanish Grand Prix 1979

Jarama
Madrid
29 April 1979
75 laps
255.3 km
3.404 km a lap

Pole positionJacques LaffiteLigier · 1:14.500
Fastest lapGilles Villeneuve1:16.440 · lap 72
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Patrick Depailler	25	Ligier · Ford	2	75	1:39:11.840	9
2	Carlos Reutemann	2	Lotus · Ford	8	75	+20.940	6
3	Mario Andretti	1	Lotus · Ford	4	75	+27.310	4
4	Jody Scheckter	11	Ferrari	5	75	+28.680	3
5	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	Tyrrell · Ford	12	75	+30.390	2
6	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	10	75	+48.430	1
7	Gilles Villeneuvefastest lap	12	Ferrari	3	75	+52.310
8	Jochen Mass	30	Arrows · Ford	17	75	+1:14.840
9	René Arnoux	16	Renault	11	74	+1 lap
10	Riccardo Patrese	29	Arrows · Ford	16	74	+1 lap
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	19	74	+1 lap
12	Jan Lammers	17	Shadow · Ford	24	73	+2 laps
13	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	20	72	+3 laps
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	9	ATS · Ford	21	69	+6 laps
DNF	Niki Lauda	5	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	6	63	Water leak
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	31	Lotus · Ford	23	58	Engine
DNF	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	13	54	Gearbox
DNF	Elio de Angelis	18	Shadow · Ford	22	52	Engine
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	28	Williams · Ford	14	32	Engine
DNF	James Hunt	20	Wolf · Ford	15	26	Brakes
DNF	John Watson	7	McLaren · Ford	18	21	Engine
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	9	21	Turbo
DNF	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Ford	1	15	Engine
DNF	Nelson Piquet	6	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	7	15	Injection
DNQ	Derek Daly	22	Ensign · Ford	–
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	24	Merzario · Ford	–
DNQ	Gianfranco Brancatelli	36	Kauhsen · Ford	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:14.500
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	1:14.790	+0.290
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:14.820	+0.320
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:15.070	+0.570
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:15.100	+0.600
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:15.450	+0.950
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:15.610	+1.110
8	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	1:15.670	+1.170
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:15.780	+1.280
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:16.040	+1.540
11	René Arnoux	Renault	1:16.060	+1.560
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	1:16.080	+1.580
13	Alan Jones	Williams	1:16.230	+1.730
14	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1:16.610	+2.110
15	James Hunt	Wolf	1:16.880	+2.380
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:16.920	+2.420
17	Jochen Mass	Arrows	1:17.040	+2.540
18	John Watson	McLaren	1:17.110	+2.610
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:17.350	+2.850
20	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:17.450	+2.950
21	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	1:17.570	+3.070
22	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	1:17.850	+3.350
23	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:18.420	+3.920
24	Jan Lammers	Shadow	1:18.790	+4.290
25	Derek Daly	Ensign	1:19.300	+4.800
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:20.460	+5.960
27	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen	1:23.240	+8.740

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Gilles Villeneuve	72	1:16.440

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 5
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Gilles Villeneuve	20
2	Patrick Depailler	20	▲3
3	Jacques Laffite	18	▼1
4	Carlos Reutemann	18
5	Jody Scheckter	16	▼2
6	Mario Andretti	12
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7
8	Alan Jones	4
8	John Watson	4
10	Didier Pironi	4

Constructors' championship after round 5
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Ligier	38	▲1
2	Ferrari	36	▼1
3	Lotus	30
4	Tyrrell	11
5	McLaren	4
5	Williams	4
7	Brabham	1
7	Fittipaldi	1