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^[1]
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

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	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:^[2]^[3]

^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1979". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ "1979 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "1979 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 29 April 1979. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Spain 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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