Season 1979 · Round 5

Spanish Grand Prix

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1979-04-29 · Jarama · Spain · Spanish Grand Prix · 75Lap · 255.300km
25 Patrick Depailler
Ligier 1:39:11.840
2 Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus +20.940
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 · P16 2-3
1 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus +27.310
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Niki Lauda L63 Hector Rebaque L58 Alan Jones L54 Elio de Angelis L52 Clay Regazzoni L32 James Hunt L26 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L21 John Watson L21 Jacques Laffite L15 Nelson Piquet L15
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Closest finish · all-time P15
Circuit Info
Jarama Madrid, Spain
75Lap 255.300km 9 races held (1968–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Mika Häkkinen -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Mika Häkkinen -1
P13 Niki Lauda 1 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Starts
P19 Riccardo Patrese 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P25 Jacky Ickx 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P30 Mario Andretti 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Depailler · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Depailler DEP 1 Depailler DEP Reutemann · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Andretti · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Andretti AND 3 Andretti AND Scheckter · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Jarier · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Jarier JAR 5 Jarier JAR Pironi · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Pironi PIR 6 Pironi PIR Villeneuve · P3 → P7 · -4 3 Villeneuve VIL 7 Villeneuve VIL Mass · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Mass MAS 8 Mass MAS Arnoux · P11 → P9 · +2 11 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Patrese · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Patrese PAT 10 Patrese PAT Fittipaldi · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Fittipaldi FIT 11 Fittipaldi FIT Lammers · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Lammers LAM 12 Lammers LAM Tambay · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Tambay TAM 13 Tambay TAM Stuck · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Stuck STU 14 Stuck STU Lauda · P6 → retired L63 Lauda · retired L63 6 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Rebaque · P23 → retired L58 Rebaque · retired L58 23 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Jones · P13 → retired L54 Jones · retired L54 13 Jones JON R Jones JON de Angelis · P22 → retired L52 de Angelis · retired L52 22 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Regazzoni · P14 → retired L32 Regazzoni · retired L32 14 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Hunt · P15 → retired L26 Hunt · retired L26 15 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jabouille · P9 → retired L21 Jabouille · retired L21 9 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Watson · P18 → retired L21 Watson · retired L21 18 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Laffite · P1 → retired L15 Laffite · retired L15 1 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Piquet · P7 → retired L15 Piquet · retired L15 7 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 75 1:39:11.840 9
2 2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 75 +20.940 6
3 1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 75 +27.310 4
4 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 75 +28.680 3
5 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 75 +30.390 2
6 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 75 +48.430 1
7 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 75 +52.310
8 30 Jochen Mass Arrows 17 75 +1:14.840
9 16 René Arnoux Renault 11 74 +1 Lap
10 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 74 +1 Lap
11 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 74 +1 Lap
12 17 Jan Lammers Shadow 24 73 +2 Laps
13 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 72 +3 Laps
14 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 69 +6 Laps
R 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 63 Water leak
R 31 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 58 Engine
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 13 54 Gearbox
R 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 52 Engine
R 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams 14 32 Engine
R 20 James Hunt Wolf 15 26 Brakes
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 21 Turbo
R 7 John Watson McLaren 18 21 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 15 Engine
R 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 15 Injection
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
26 Jacques Laffite
2
25 Patrick Depailler
3
12 Gilles Villeneuve
4
1 Mario Andretti
5
11 Jody Scheckter
6
5 Niki Lauda
7
6 Nelson Piquet
8
2 Carlos Reutemann
9
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
10
3 Didier Pironi
11
16 René Arnoux
12
4 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
27 Alan Jones
14
28 Clay Regazzoni
15
20 James Hunt
16
29 Riccardo Patrese
17
30 Jochen Mass
18
7 John Watson
19
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
20
8 Patrick Tambay
21
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
22
18 Elio de Angelis
23
31 Hector Rebaque
24
17 Jan Lammers
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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