1979 Spanish Grand Prix

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1979 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg
Race details
Date29 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 Ligier-Ford
Time 1:14.50
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:16.44 on lap 72
Podium
First Ligier-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 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.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo
1Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:14,501
2Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford1:14,792
3Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:14,823
4Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:15,074
5Jody ScheckterFerrari1:15,105
6Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,456
7Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,617
8Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:15,678
9Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:15,789
10Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:16,0410
11René ArnouxRenault1:16,0611
12Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:16,0812
13Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:16,2313
14Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:16,6114
15James HuntWolf-Ford1:16,8815
16Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:16,9216
17Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:17,0417
18John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:17,1118
19Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:17,3519
20Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:17,4520
21Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:17,5721
22Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:17,8522
23Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford1:18,4223
24Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:18,7924
DNQDerek DalyEnsign-Ford1:19,30
DNQArturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:20,46
DNQGianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford1:23,24

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
125 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford G 751:39:11.8429
22 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford G 75+ 20.9486
31 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 75+ 27.3144
411 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Ferrari M 75+ 28.6853
54 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford G 75+ 30.39122
63 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 75+ 48.43101
712 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 75+ 52.313
830 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford G 75+ 1:14.8417
916 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault M 74+ 1 Lap11
1029 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap16
1114 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap19
1217 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford G 73+ 2 Laps24
138 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G 72+ 3 Laps20
149 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford G 69+ 6 Laps21
Ret5 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 63Water Leak6
Ret31 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G 58Engine23
Ret27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 54Gearbox13
Ret18 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford G 52Engine22
Ret28 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford G 32Engine14
Ret20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Wolf-Ford G 26Brakes15
Ret15 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 21Turbo9
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford G 21Engine18
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford G 15Engine1
Ret6 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 15Injection7
DNQ22 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly Ensign-Ford G
DNQ24 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G
DNQ36 Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford G
Source: [2] [3]

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1979". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. "1979 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. "1979 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 29 April 1979. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Spain 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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