1979 Spanish Grand Prix

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The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 29 April 1979 at Jarama.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	75	1:39:11.84	2	9
2	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford	75	+20.94 secs	8	6
3	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	75	+27.31 secs	4	4
4	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	75	+28.68 secs	5	3
5	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford	75	+30.39 secs	12	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	75	+48.43 secs	10	1
7	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	75	+52.31 secs	3
8	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford	75	+1:14.84	17
9	16	René Arnoux	Renault	74	+1 Lap	11
10	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	74	+1 Lap	16
11	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	74	+1 Lap	19
12	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford	73	+2 Laps	24
13	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	72	+3 Laps	20
14	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford	69	+6 Laps	21
Ret	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	63	Water Leak	6
Ret	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	58	Engine	23
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	54	Gearbox	13
Ret	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford	52	Engine	22
Ret	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford	32	Engine	14
Ret	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford	26	Brakes	15
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	21	Turbo	9
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	21	Engine	18
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford	15	Engine	1
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	15	Injection	7
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	36	Gianfrance Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jacques Laffite - 1:14.50
• Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve - 1:16.44
• Lap Leaders: Patrick Depailler 75 laps (1-75).

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