# 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.

## Qualifying
### Qualifying classification

| 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 | — |

## Race
### Classification

| 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 | | | | |
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