1979 Brazilian Grand Prix

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The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 4 February 1979 at Interlagos.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	40	1:40:09.64	1	9
2	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	40	+5.28 secs	2	6
3	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	40	+44.14 secs	3	4
4	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	40	+1:25.88	8	3
5	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	39	+1 Lap	5	2
6	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	39	+1 Lap	6	1
7	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	39	+1 Lap	19
8	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	39	+1 Lap	14
9	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	39	+1 Lap	16
10	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	39	+1 Lap	7
11	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	39	+1 Lap	9
12	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	39	+1 Lap	20
13	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	39	+1 Lap	23
14	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	39	+1 Lap	21
15	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	38	+2 Laps	17
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	33	Fuel System	13
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	31	Steering	24
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	28	Spun Off	11
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	7	Steering	10
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	7	Collision	18
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	5	Gearbox	12
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	5	Accident	22
Ret	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	2	Fuel Leak	4
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Electrical	15
DNQ	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jacques Laffite – 2:23.07
• Fastest Lap: Jacques Laffite - 2:28.76
• Lap Leaders: Jacques Laffite 40 laps (1-40).

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