Spanish Grand Prix 1979
29 April 1979
Jarama, Spain
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
- Laps
- 75
- Previous winners
- 1981Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
- 1978Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus
- 1977Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus
- 1976James HuntMcLaren
- 1974Niki LaudaFerrari
Starting Grid
- 1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 2
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
No time set
- 3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 4
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
No time set
- 6
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 7
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 8
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
No time set
- 9
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 11
René Arnoux
Renault
No time set
- 12
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
No time set
- 13
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 14
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
No time set
- 15
James Hunt
Wolf
No time set
- 16
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 17
Jochen Mass
Arrows
No time set
- 18
John Watson
McLaren
No time set
- 19
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 20
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 21
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
No time set
- 22
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
No time set
- 23
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- 24
Jan Lammers
Shadow
No time set
- PIT
Derek Daly
Ensign
No time set
- PIT
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- PIT
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Kauhsen
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | +1 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | 75 laps | 1:39:11.84 | 9pts |
| 2 | +6 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | 75 laps | +20.94 | 6pts |
| 3 | +1 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 75 laps | +27.31 | 4pts |
| 4 | +1 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | 75 laps | +28.68 | 3pts |
| 5 | +7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | 75 laps | +30.39 | 2pts |
| 6 | +4 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 75 laps | +48.43 | 1pts |
| 7 | -4 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 75 laps | +52.31 | |
| 8 | +9 | Jochen Mass Arrows | 75 laps | +1:14.84 | |
| 9 | +2 | René Arnoux Renault | 74 laps | ||
| 10 | +6 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 74 laps | ||
| 11 | +8 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 74 laps | ||
| 12 | +12 | Jan Lammers Shadow | 73 laps | ||
| 13 | +7 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 72 laps | ||
| 14 | +7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | 69 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 63 laps | ||
| R | - | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 58 laps | ||
| R | - | Alan Jones Williams | 54 laps | ||
| R | - | Elio de Angelis Shadow | 52 laps | ||
| R | - | Clay Regazzoni Williams | 32 laps | ||
| R | - | James Hunt Wolf | 26 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 21 laps | ||
| R | - | John Watson McLaren | 21 laps | ||
| R | - | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 15 laps | ||
| R | - | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 15 laps | ||
| F | - | Derek Daly Ensign | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Gianfranco Brancatelli Kauhsen | 0 laps |