1979 Spanish Grand Prix

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	Template:Flagicon Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	1:39:11.84	2	9
2	2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	+ 20.94	8	6
3	1	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	+ 27.31	4	4
4	11	Template:Flagicon Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Template:Michelin	75	+ 28.68	5	3
5	4	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	+ 30.39	12	2
6	3	Template:Flagicon Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	+ 48.43	10	1
7	12	Template:Flagicon Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Template:Michelin	75	+ 52.31	3
8	30	Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	Template:Goodyear	75	+ 1:14.84	17
9	16	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Renault	Template:Michelin	74	+ 1 Lap	11
10	29	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	Template:Goodyear	74	+ 1 Lap	16
11	14	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	Template:Goodyear	74	+ 1 Lap	19
12	17	Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	Template:Goodyear	73	+ 2 Laps	24
13	8	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	Template:Goodyear	72	+ 3 Laps	20
14	9	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	Template:Goodyear	69	+ 6 Laps	21
Ret	5	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Template:Goodyear	63	Water Leak	6
Ret	31	Template:Flagicon Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	Template:Goodyear	58	Engine	23
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Template:Goodyear	54	Gearbox	13
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	Template:Goodyear	52	Engine	22
Ret	28	Template:Flagicon Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	Template:Goodyear	32	Engine	14
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	Template:Goodyear	26	Brakes	15
Ret	15	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Template:Michelin	21	Turbo	9
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Template:Goodyear	21	Engine	18
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	Template:Goodyear	15	Engine	1
Ret	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Template:Goodyear	15	Injection	7
DNQ	22	Template:Flagicon Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	Template:Goodyear
DNQ	24	Template:Flagicon Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	Template:Goodyear
DNQ	36	Template:Flagicon Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford	Template:Goodyear
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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	Template:Flagicon Gilles Villeneuve	20
2	Template:Flagicon Patrick Depailler	20
3	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	18
4	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann	18
5	Template:Flagicon Jody Scheckter	16
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Constructors' Championship standings

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