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| Race 2 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season | ||
| Date | February 4, 1979 | |
| Location | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Course | Permanent race track 7.873 km (4.73 mi) |
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| Distance | 40 laps, 314.92 km (189.2 mi) | |
| Weather | Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford |
| Time | 2:23.07 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford |
| Time | 2:28.76 on lap 23 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford |
| Second | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford |
| Third | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus-Ford |
The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 4 February 1979 at Interlagos.
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The Ligier team dominated the race weekend with their superior ground-effect JS11. Frenchman Jacques Laffite dominated the race weekend and made the most of his superbly set-up Ligier by taking pole position, smashing Jean-Pierre Jarier's 1975 pole time by 7 seconds, setting fastest lap and leading every lap of the race up to the finish. Laffite's teammate Patrick Depailler started and finished 2nd. Laffite and the Ligier team completed their domination of the South American fortnight, Laffite also dominantly won in Argentina.
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| Previous race: 1979 Argentine Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1979 season |
Next race: 1979 South African Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Brazilian Grand Prix | Next race: 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix |
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