1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 1979 December 2015 F1 Spain 1977 Spanish Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg XXV Gran Premio de EspañaMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1979 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/jarama790429.jpg The Programme Covers Project 28 October 2017 29 April 1979 5 15 Jarama, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.115 3.404 75 158.625 255.3 Dry Jacques Laffite France Ligier-Ford 1:14.50 Gilles Villeneuve Canada Ferrari 1:16.44 72 Patrick Depailler France Ligier-Ford Carlos Reutemann Argentina Lotus-Ford Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford ESP 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.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford1:14,5012Patrick DepaillerLigier-Ford1:14,7923Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:14,8234Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford1:15,0745Jody ScheckterFerrari1:15,1056Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,4567Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo1:15,6178Carlos ReutemannLotus-Ford1:15,6789Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault1:15,78910Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford1:16,041011René ArnouxRenault1:16,061112Jean-Pierre JarierTyrrell-Ford1:16,081213Alan JonesWilliams-Ford1:16,231314Clay RegazzoniWilliams-Ford1:16,611415James HuntWolf-Ford1:16,881516Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford1:16,921617Jochen MassArrows-Ford1:17,041718John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:17,111819Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:17,351920Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford1:17,452021Hans-Joachim StuckATS-Ford1:17,572122Elio de AngelisShadow-Ford1:17,852223Héctor RebaqueLotus-Ford1:18,422324Jan LammersShadow-Ford1:18,7924DNQ Did not qualifyDerek DalyEnsign-Ford1:19,30—DNQ Did not qualifyArturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford1:20,46—DNQ Did not qualifyGianfranco BrancatelliKauhsen-Ford1:23,24— Race Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 France Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford Goodyear 75 1:39:11.84 2 9 2 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford Goodyear 75 + 20.94 8 6 3 1 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 75 + 27.31 4 4 4 11 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Ferrari Michelin 75 + 28.68 5 3 5 4 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 75 + 30.39 12 2 6 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 75 + 48.43 10 1 7 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 75 + 52.31 3 8 30 FRG Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford Goodyear 75 + 1:14.84 17 9 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 74 + 1 Lap 11 10 29 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 74 + 1 Lap 16 11 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 74 + 1 Lap 19 12 17 Netherlands Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford Goodyear 73 + 2 Laps 24 13 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford Goodyear 72 + 3 Laps 20 14 9 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford Goodyear 69 + 6 Laps 21 Ret Retired 5 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 63 Water Leak 6 Ret Retired 31 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford Goodyear 58 Engine 23 Ret Retired 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 54 Gearbox 13 Ret Retired 18 Italy Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford Goodyear 52 Engine 22 Ret Retired 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford Goodyear 32 Engine 14 Ret Retired 20 UK James Hunt Wolf-Ford Goodyear 26 Brakes 15 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 21 Turbo 9 Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 21 Engine 18 Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford Goodyear 15 Engine 1 Ret Retired 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 15 Injection 7 DNQ Did not qualify 22 Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 24 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 36 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen-Ford Goodyear Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1979/398/ 1979 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140209083348/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1979/398/ 9 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1979-spanish-grand-prix/ 1979 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 29 April 1979 6 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German constructor Kauhsen. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 CAN Gilles Villeneuve 20 10px 3 2 FRA Patrick Depailler 20 10px 1 3 FRA Jacques Laffite 18 10px 4 ARG Carlos Reutemann 18 10px 2 5 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1979/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1979 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 FRA Ligier-Ford 38 10px 1 2 ITA Ferrari 36 10px 3 UK Lotus-Ford 30 10px 4 UK Tyrrell-Ford 11 10px 5 UK McLaren-Ford 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Spanish Grand Prix 1979 1979 United States Grand Prix West 1979 Belgian Grand Prix 1978 Spanish Grand Prix 1980 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Category:1979 in Spanish motorsport Spanish Grand Prix