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Brazilian Grand Prix · 1979 · 4 Feb 1979 00:00

Points system: 1975 - 1979 Race Points

Session results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Points	Status
1	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	40	9	Finished
2	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	2	40	6	Finished
3	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	3	40	4	Finished
4	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	8	40	3	Finished
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	5	39	2	+1 Lap
6	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	6	39	1	+1 Lap
7	Jochen Mass	Arrows	19	39	0	+1 Lap
8	John Watson	McLaren	14	39	0	+1 Lap
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	39	0	+1 Lap
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	7	39	0	+1 Lap
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	9	39	0	+1 Lap
12	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	20	39	0	+1 Lap
13	Derek Daly	Ensign	23	39	0	+1 Lap
14	Jan Lammers	Shadow	21	39	0	+1 Lap
15	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	17	38	0	+2 Laps
16	Alan Jones	Williams	13	33	0	Fuel system
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	24	31	0	Steering
18	René Arnoux	Renault	11	28	0	Spun off
19	James Hunt	Wolf	10	7	0	Steering
20	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	18	7	0	Collision
21	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	12	5	0	Gearbox
22	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	22	5	0	Accident
23	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	4	2	0	Fuel leak
24	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	15	0	0	Electrical