1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Sun, April 29th, 1979Round 5

Track:	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Official race name:	XXV Gran Premio de España
Round:	5 (of 15)
Race number:	318
Date:	Sun, April 29th, 1979
Time:	14.00
Track length:	3.404 km
Laps:	75
Race distance:	255.300 km
Weather:	Cold and dry

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Gilles Villeneuve	20
2	Patrick Depailler	20
3	Jacques Laffite	18	2
4	Carlos Reutemann	18	2
5	Jody Scheckter	16	4
6	Mario Andretti	12	8
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7	13
8	John Watson	4	16
9	Alan Jones	4	16
10	Didier Pironi	4	16
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	19
12	Niki Lauda	1	19
13	Elio de Angelis	0	20
14	Jochen Mass	0	20
15	Nelson Piquet	0	20
16	James Hunt	0	20
17	Riccardo Patrese	0	20
18	Clay Regazzoni	0	20
19	René Arnoux	0	20
20	Patrick Tambay	0	20
21	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	20
22	Derek Daly	0	20
23	Jan Lammers	0	20
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	0	20

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	38
2	Ferrari	36	2
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	30	8
4	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	11	27
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	34
6	Williams-Ford Cosworth	4	34
7	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1	37
8	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1	37
9	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	38
10	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	0	38
11	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	0	38
12	Renault	0	38
13	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	38
14	ATS-Ford Cosworth	0	38

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:14.50		100.0	164.489
2	25	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:14.79	0.29	100.4	163.851
3	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:14.82	0.32	100.4	163.785
4	1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:15.07	0.57	100.8	163.240
5	11	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	1:15.10	0.60	100.8	163.174
6	5	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:15.45	0.95	101.3	162.417
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:15.61	1.11	101.5	162.074
8	2	Carlos Reutemann	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:15.67	1.17	101.6	161.945
9	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:15.78	1.28	101.7	161.710
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:16.04	1.54	102.1	161.157
11	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:16.06	1.56	102.1	161.115
12	4	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:16.08	1.58	102.1	161.073
13	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:16.23	1.73	102.3	160.756
14	28	Clay Regazzoni	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:16.61	2.11	102.8	159.958
15	20	James Hunt	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:16.88	2.38	103.2	159.396
16	29	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:16.92	2.42	103.2	159.314
17	30	Jochen Mass	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:17.04	2.54	103.4	159.065
18	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:17.11	2.61	103.5	158.921
19	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:17.35	2.85	103.8	158.428
20	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:17.45	2.95	104.0	158.223
21	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:17.57	3.07	104.1	157.979
22	18	Elio de Angelis	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:17.85	3.35	104.5	157.410
23	31	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:18.42	3.92	105.3	156.266
24	17	Jan Lammers	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:18.79	4.29	105.8	155.532
(25)	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:19.30	4.80	106.4	154.532
(26)	24	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:20.46	5.96	108.0	152.304
(27)	36	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Kauhsen-Ford Cosworth	1:23.24	8.74	111.7	147.218
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