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1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
Sun, February 4th, 1979
Round 2
Track:
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Official race name:
VIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Round:
2
(of 15)
Race number:
315
Date:
Sun, February 4th, 1979
Time:
14.00
Track length:
7.874 km
Laps:
40
Race distance:
314.960 km
Weather:
Sunny, very hot and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
40
1:40:09.64
188.673
1
9
2
25
Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
40
+ 5.28 secs
188.507
2
6
3
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
40
+ 44.14 secs
187.297
3
4
4
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
40
+ 1m 25.88 secs
186.015
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 Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
19
8
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
14
9
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
16
10
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
39
+ 1 Lap
7
11
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
9
12
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
20
13
22
Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
23
14
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
39
+ 1 Lap
21
15
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
38
+ 2 Laps
17
Ret
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
33
Fuel system
13
Ret
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
31
Steering
24
Ret
16
René Arnoux
Renault
28
Spun off
11
Ret
20
James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
7
Steering
10
Ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
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 Cosworth
2
Fuel leak
4
DNS
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Electrical
15
DNQ
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
2:28.76 -
Jacques Laffite
(Lap 23)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:23.99
1
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:23.07
R
o
w
2
4
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2:24.28
3
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2:24.15
R
o
w
3
6
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
2:24.48
5
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
2:24.34
R
o
w
4
8
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2:25.16
7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
2:24.85
R
o
w
5
10
James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
2:26.37
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
2:26.35
R
o
w
6
12
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
2:27.57
11
René Arnoux
Renault
2:26.43
R
o
w
7
14
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2:27.82
13
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
2:27.67
R
o
w
8
16
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
2:28.08
15
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2:27.89
R
o
w
9
18
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2:29.39
17
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
2:28.88
R
o
w
10
20
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2:30.29
19
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
2:29.42
R
o
w
11
22
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
2:31.64
21
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2:31.60
R
o
w
12
24
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
2:32.27
23
Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
2:31.78
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:23.07
100.0
198.130
2
25
Patrick Depailler
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
2:23.99
0.92
100.6
196.864
3
2
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2:24.15
1.08
100.8
196.645
4
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2:24.28
1.21
100.8
196.468
5
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
2:24.34
1.27
100.9
196.386
6
11
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
2:24.48
1.41
101.0
196.196
7
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
2:24.85
1.78
101.2
195.695
8
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2:25.16
2.09
101.5
195.277
9
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
2:26.35
3.28
102.3
193.689
10
20
James Hunt
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
2:26.37
3.30
102.3
193.663
11
16
René Arnoux
Renault
2:26.43
3.36
102.3
193.583
12
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
2:27.57
4.50
103.1
192.088
13
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
2:27.67
4.60
103.2
191.958
14
7
John Watson
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2:27.82
4.75
103.3
191.763
15
4
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2:27.89
4.82
103.4
191.672
16
29
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
2:28.08
5.01
103.5
191.426
17
28
Clay Regazzoni
Williams-Ford Cosworth
2:28.88
5.81
104.1
190.398
18
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
2:29.39
6.32
104.4
189.748
19
30
Jochen Mass
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
2:29.42
6.35
104.4
189.710
20
18
Elio de Angelis
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2:30.29
7.22
105.0
188.611
21
17
Jan Lammers
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2:31.60
8.53
106.0
186.982
22
6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
2:31.64
8.57
106.0
186.932
23
22
Derek Daly
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
2:31.78
8.71
106.1
186.760
24
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS-Ford Cosworth
2:32.27
9.20
106.4
186.159
(25)
31
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2:32.66
9.59
106.7
185.683
(26)
24
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
2:34.08
11.01
107.7
183.972
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jacques Laffite
18
2
Carlos Reutemann
10
8
3
Patrick Depailler
9
9
4
John Watson
4
14
5
Didier Pironi
3
15
6
Mario Andretti
2
16
7
Gilles Villeneuve
2
16
8
Emerson Fittipaldi
1
17
9
Jody Scheckter
1
17
10
Jochen Mass
0
18
11
Elio de Angelis
0
18
12
Alan Jones
0
18
13
Riccardo Patrese
0
18
14
Clay Regazzoni
0
18
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
0
18
16
Derek Daly
0
18
17
Jan Lammers
0
18
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Ligier-Ford Cosworth
27
2
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
12
15
3
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
4
23
4
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3
24
5
Ferrari
3
24
6
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1
26
7
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
0
27
8
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
0
27
9
Williams-Ford Cosworth
0
27
10
Renault
0
27
11
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
0
27
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