Pit Lane F1
1979 Season - Round 5 - 1979-04-29
Patrick Depailler won the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix for Ligier, with Carlos Reutemann (Team Lotus) second and Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Jan Lammers (Shadow) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P12 at the flag — a 12-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 10 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix, completing round 5 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | Water leak | 0 |
| 16 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | Brakes | 0 |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | Turbo | 0 |
| 22 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | Injection | 0 |
