Season 1979 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1979-02-04 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 318.400km
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier 1:40:09.640
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
25 Patrick Depailler
Ligier +5.280
2 Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus +44.140
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Alan Jones L33 Hans-Joachim Stuck L31 René Arnoux L28 James Hunt L7 Patrick Tambay L7 Niki Lauda L5 Nelson Piquet L5 Mario Andretti L2 Jean-Pierre Jarier L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
40Lap 318.400km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P16 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Laffite · P1 → P1 1 Laffite LAF 1 Laffite LAF Depailler · P2 → P2 2 Depailler DEP 2 Depailler DEP Reutemann · P3 → P3 3 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Pironi · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Pironi PIR 4 Pironi PIR Villeneuve · P5 → P5 5 Villeneuve VIL 5 Villeneuve VIL Scheckter · P6 → P6 6 Scheckter SCH 6 Scheckter SCH Mass · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Watson · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Watson WAT 8 Watson WAT Patrese · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Jabouille · P7 → P10 · -3 7 Jabouille JAB 10 Jabouille JAB Fittipaldi · P9 → P11 · -2 9 Fittipaldi FIT 11 Fittipaldi FIT de Angelis · P20 → P12 · +8 20 de Angelis DE 12 de Angelis DE Daly · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Daly DAL 13 Daly DAL Lammers · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Lammers LAM 14 Lammers LAM Regazzoni · P17 → P15 · +2 17 Regazzoni REG 15 Regazzoni REG Jones · P13 → retired L33 Jones · retired L33 13 Jones JON R Jones JON Stuck · P24 → retired L31 Stuck · retired L31 24 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Arnoux · P11 → retired L28 Arnoux · retired L28 11 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Hunt · P10 → retired L7 Hunt · retired L7 10 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Tambay · P18 → retired L7 Tambay · retired L7 18 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Lauda · P12 → retired L5 Lauda · retired L5 12 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Piquet · P22 → retired L5 Piquet · retired L5 22 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Andretti · P4 → retired L2 Andretti · retired L2 4 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Jarier · P15 → retired L0 Jarier · retired L0 15 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 40 1:40:09.640 9
2 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 40 +5.280 6
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 40 +44.140 4
4 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 40 +1:25.880 3
5 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 39 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 6 39 +1 Lap 1
7 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 19 39 +1 Lap
8 7 John Watson McLaren 14 39 +1 Lap
9 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 39 +1 Lap
10 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 7 39 +1 Lap
11 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 39 +1 Lap
12 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 39 +1 Lap
13 33 Derek Daly Ensign 23 39 +1 Lap
14 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 39 +1 Lap
15 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 38 +2 Laps
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 13 33 Fuel system
R 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 31 Steering
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 11 28 Spun off
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 10 7 Steering
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 7 Collision
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 5 Gearbox
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22 5 Accident
R 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 2 Fuel leak
R 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 15 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
26 Jacques Laffite
2
25 Patrick Depailler
3
2 Carlos Reutemann
4
1 Mario Andretti
5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
6
11 Jody Scheckter
7
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
8
3 Didier Pironi
9
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
10
20 James Hunt
11
16 René Arnoux
12
5 Niki Lauda
13
27 Alan Jones
14
7 John Watson
15
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
16
29 Riccardo Patrese
17
28 Clay Regazzoni
18
8 Patrick Tambay
19
30 Jochen Mass
20
18 Elio de Angelis
21
17 Jan Lammers
22
6 Nelson Piquet
23
33 Derek Daly
24
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15