1979 Spanish Grand Prix
F1
CountrySpain
Grand prixSpanish
Official nameXXV Gran Premio de España[1]
Date29 April
Year1979
Race no5
Season no15
LocationJarama, Spain
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course2.115 mi
Course3.404 km
Distance laps75
Distance158.625 mi
Distance255.3 km
WeatherDry
Pole driverJacques Laffite
Pole countryFrance
Pole teamLigier-Ford
Pole time1:14.50
Fast driverGilles Villeneuve
Fast countryCanada
Fast teamFerrari
Fast time1:16.44
Fast lap72
First driverPatrick Depailler
First countryFrance
First teamLigier-Ford
Second driverCarlos Reutemann
Second countryArgentina
Second teamLotus-Ford
Third driverMario Andretti
Third countryUSA
Third teamLotus-Ford

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.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
125Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford751:39:11.8429
22Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford75+ 20.9486
31Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford75+ 27.3144
411Jody ScheckterFerrari75+ 28.6853
54Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford75+ 30.39122
63Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford75+ 48.43101
712Gilles VilleneuveFerrari75+ 52.313
830Jochen MassArrows-Ford75+ 1:14.8417
916René ArnouxRenault74+ 1 Lap11
1029Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford74+ 1 Lap16
1114Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford74+ 1 Lap19
1217Jan LammersShadow-Ford73+ 2 Laps24
138Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford72+ 3 Laps20
149Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford69+ 6 Laps21
Ret5Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo63Water Leak6
Ret31Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford58Engine23
Ret27Alan JonesWilliams-Ford54Gearbox13
Ret18Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford52Engine22
Ret28Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford32Engine14
Ret20James HuntWolf-Ford26Brakes15
Ret15Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault21Turbo9
Ret7John WatsonMcLaren-Ford21Engine18
Ret26Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford15Engine1
Ret6Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo15Injection7
DNQ22Derek DalyEnsign-Ford
DNQ24Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford
DNQ36Gianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford
Source:[2][3]

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German constructor Kauhsen.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1Gilles Villeneuve20
32Patrick Depailler20
13Jacques Laffite18
4Carlos Reutemann18
25Jody Scheckter16
Source:[4]
Constructors' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
11Ligier-Ford38
12Ferrari36
3Lotus-Ford30
4Tyrrell-Ford11
5McLaren-Ford4
Source:[4]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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