1979 Spanish Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 5 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Date 29 April 1979
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 Ligier-Ford
Time 1:14.50
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:16.44 on lap 72
Podium
First Ligier-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford

The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1979 at Jarama.

Classification

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

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Canada Gilles Villeneuve 20
2 France Patrick Depailler 20
3 France Jacques Laffite 18
4 Argentina Carlos Reutemann 18
5 South Africa Jody Scheckter 16

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 France Ligier-Ford 38
2 Italy Ferrari 36
3 United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 30
4 United Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 11
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 4

References

  1. "1979 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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