1979 / ROUND 5

Spanish Grand Prix

WinnerPatrick DepaillerPublished race classification

Official poleJacques LaffiteSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance255.3 km75 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	2	2	75	1:39:11.840	9
2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus	8	8	75	1:39:32.780	6
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus	4	4	75	1:39:39.150	4
4	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	5	5	75	1:39:40.520	3
5	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	12	12	75	1:39:42.230	2
6	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	10	10	75	1:40:00.270	1
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	3	75	1:40:04.150	0
8	Jochen Mass	Arrows	17	17	75	1:40:26.680	0
9	René Arnoux	Renault	11	11	74	+1 lap	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	16	74	+1 lap	0
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	19	19	74	+1 lap	0
12	Jan Lammers	Shadow	24	24	73	+2 laps	0
13	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	20	20	72	+3 laps	0
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	21	21	69	+6 laps	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	6	6	63	Water leak	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	23	23	58	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	13	13	54	Gearbox	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	22	22	52	Engine	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	14	14	32	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	Wolf	15	15	26	Brakes	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	18	18	21	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	9	9	21	Turbo	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1	1	15	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	7	15	Injection	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Jacques Laffite	1:14.500
2	Patrick Depailler	1:14.790
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1:14.820
4	Mario Andretti	1:15.070
5	Jody Scheckter	1:15.100
6	Niki Lauda	1:15.450
7	Nelson Piquet	1:15.610
8	Carlos Reutemann	1:15.670
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:15.780
10	Didier Pironi	1:16.040
11	René Arnoux	1:16.060
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:16.080
13	Alan Jones	1:16.230
14	Clay Regazzoni	1:16.610
15	James Hunt	1:16.880
16	Riccardo Patrese	1:16.920
17	Jochen Mass	1:17.040
18	John Watson	1:17.110
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:17.350
20	Patrick Tambay	1:17.450
21	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:17.570
22	Elio de Angelis	1:17.850
23	Héctor Rebaque	1:18.420
24	Jan Lammers	1:18.790
25	Derek Daly	1:19.300
26	Arturo Merzario	1:20.460
27	Gianfranco Brancatelli	1:23.240

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.