Season
1979
Race
5. Spanish Grand Prix
1979 Spanish Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 40.6171, -3.58558
- Altitude
- 609 m
- Race number
- 318
R
29/04/1979 00:00 · Europe/Madrid · 75 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | +1 | 75 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | +6 | 75 | 1:39:32.780 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +1 | 75 | 1:39:39.150 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | +1 | 75 | 1:39:40.520 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | +7 | 75 | 1:39:42.230 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +4 | 75 | 1:40:00.270 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | -4 | 75 | 1:40:04.150 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | +9 | 75 | 1:40:26.680 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | +2 | 74 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +6 | 74 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | +8 | 74 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | +12 | 73 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | +7 | 72 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | +7 | 69 | — | 0 | +6 Laps | — | |
| 15 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | -9 | 63 | — | 0 | Water leak | — | |
| 16 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | +7 | 58 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | -4 | 54 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | +4 | 52 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | -5 | 32 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | -5 | 26 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | -12 | 21 | — | 0 | Turbo | — | |
| 22 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | -4 | 21 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 23 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | -22 | 15 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | -17 | 15 | — | 0 | Injection | — |