Season
1979
Race
2. Brazilian Grand Prix
1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -23.7036, -46.6997
- Altitude
- 785 m
- Race number
- 315
R
04/02/1979 00:00 · America/Sao_Paulo · 40 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | = | 40 | 1:40:09.640 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | = | 40 | 1:40:14.920 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | = | 40 | 1:40:53.780 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | +4 | 40 | 1:41:35.520 | 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 | +12 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | +6 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +7 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 7 | -3 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 9 | -2 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | +8 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 13 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 23 | +10 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | +7 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | +2 | 38 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | -3 | 33 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | +7 | 31 | — | 0 | Steering | — | |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | -7 | 28 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 19 | James Hunt | Wolf | 10 | -9 | 7 | — | 0 | Steering | — | |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 18 | -2 | 7 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 21 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | -9 | 5 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 22 | = | 5 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | -19 | 2 | — | 0 | Fuel leak | — | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 15 | -9 | 0 | — | 0 | Electrical | — |