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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 mi)
Distance	75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 mi)
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

Qualifying

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	—

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	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
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	63	Water Leak	6
Ret	31	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	58	Engine	23
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	54	Gearbox	13
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	52	Engine	22
Ret	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	32	Engine	14
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	26	Brakes	15
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	21	Turbo	9
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	21	Engine	18
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	15	Engine	1
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	15	Injection	7
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	36	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford
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