1979 Spanish Grand Prix

1979 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date	29 April 1979
Official name	XXV Gran Premio de España
Location	Jarama, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance	75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford
Time	1:14.50
Fastest lap
Driver	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
Time	1:16.44 on lap 72
Podium
First	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford
Second	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford
Third	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

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.	Driver	Constructor	Time	No
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	1:14,50	1
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	1:14,79	2
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:14,82	3
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	1:15,07	4
5	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:15,10	5
6	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:15,45	6
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:15,61	7
8	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	1:15,67	8
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:15,78	9
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:16,04	10
11	René Arnoux	Renault	1:16,06	11
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	1:16,08	12
13	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1:16,23	13
14	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	1:16,61	14
15	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	1:16,88	15
16	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	1:16,92	16
17	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	1:17,04	17
18	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:17,11	18
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:17,35	19
20	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	1:17,45	20
21	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	1:17,57	21
22	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	1:17,85	22
23	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	1:18,42	23
24	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	1:18,79	24
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	1:19,30	—
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	1:20,46	—
DNQ	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford	1:23,24	—

Race

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	G	75	1:39:11.84	2	9
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	G	75	+ 20.94	8	6
3	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	G	75	+ 27.31	4	4
4	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	M	75	+ 28.68	5	3
5	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	G	75	+ 30.39	12	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	G	75	+ 48.43	10	1
7	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	M	75	+ 52.31	3
8	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	G	75	+ 1:14.84	17
9	16	René Arnoux	Renault	M	74	+ 1 Lap	11
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	G	74	+ 1 Lap	16
11	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	G	74	+ 1 Lap	19
12	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	G	73	+ 2 Laps	24
13	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	G	72	+ 3 Laps	20
14	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	G	69	+ 6 Laps	21
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	63	Water Leak	6
Ret	31	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	G	58	Engine	23
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	G	54	Gearbox	13
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	G	52	Engine	22
Ret	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	G	32	Engine	14
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	G	26	Brakes	15
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	M	21	Turbo	9
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	G	21	Engine	18
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	G	15	Engine	1
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	G	15	Injection	7
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	G
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	G
DNQ	36	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford	G
Source:

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
2	Patrick Depailler	20
3	Jacques Laffite	18
4	Carlos Reutemann	18
5	Jody Scheckter	16
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ligier-Ford	38
2	Ferrari	36
3	Lotus-Ford	30
4	Tyrrell-Ford	11
5	McLaren-Ford	4
Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.