1979 Spanish Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 5th of 15 races of the 1979 automobile world championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXV Gran Premio de España | |
| Date: | April 29, 1979 | |
| Place: | San Sebastian de los Reyes | |
| Course: | Circuito Permanente del Jarama | |
| Length: | 255.3 km in 75 laps of 3.404 km
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| Weather: | dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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| Time: | 1: 14.50 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 16.44 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Patrick Depailler
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Ligier
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| Second: |
 Carlos Reutemann
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 lotus
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| Third: |
 Mario Andretti
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lotus
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The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix took place on April 29 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid and was the fifth race of the 1979 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
Before the teams traveled to Spain for the fifth World Championship round of the year, Gilles Villeneuve , who had victoriously finished the previous Grand Prix in Long Beach, won the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch , which is not part of the World Championship .
Lotus brought a copy of the new Type 80 to the race track for the first time , which was piloted by reigning world champion Mario Andretti , while his teammate Carlos Reutemann continued to drive the Type 79 . A similar situation arose at Renault , where the first copy of the new RS10 was assigned to the regular driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux only had the RS01 from the previous year . Only the Williams team used two copies of the new FW07 for the two works drivers Clay Regazzoni and Alan Jones this weekend .
The German Willi Kauhsen Racing Team appeared for the first time. The Italian Formula 1 debutant Gianfranco Brancatelli was hired as the driver for the in-house development Kauhsen WK .
training
For the third time in the 1979 season, the two Ligier drivers Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler occupied the front row after training. Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve shared the second row with Mario Andretti in the new Lotus. It was followed by Jody Scheckter in front of the two Brabham drivers Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann.
run
Depailler immediately took the lead in front of his team-mate Laffite and did not give it up until the end of the race. Behind the two Ligier drivers, the well-started Reutemann lined up ahead of Villeneuve.
When attempting to overtake Depailler, Laffite over-revved his engine on lap 16 due to a shift error and retired. This put Reutemann in second place ahead of Scheckter, who was overtaken by Lauda on lap 60. However, as this was canceled four laps later due to an engine failure, Scheckter came back briefly on the podium. In the 67th round, however, he was finally ousted from this position by Andretti. The Tyrrell drivers Jean-Pierre Jarier and Didier Pironi also finished the race in the points.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 14.50 | 164.489 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Patrick Depailler
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 14.79 | 163.851 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 14.82 | 163.785 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 15.07 | 163.240 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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1: 15.10 | 163.174 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 15.45 | 162.417 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 15.61 | 162.074 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Lotus Ford
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1: 15.67 | 161.945 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 15.78 | 161.710 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 16.04 | 161.157 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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1: 16.06 | 161.115 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 16.08 | 161.073 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 16.23 | 160.756 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Williams-Ford
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1: 16.61 | 159.958 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
James Hunt
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Wolf-Ford
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1: 16.88 | 159.396 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 16.92 | 159.314 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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1: 17.04 | 159.065 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 17.11 | 158.921 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 17.35 | 158.428 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 17.45 | 158.223 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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ATS Ford
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1: 17.57 | 157.979 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Elio de Angelis
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Shadow Ford
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1: 17.85 | 157.410 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
 Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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1: 18.42 | 156.266 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
 Jan Lammers
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Shadow Ford
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1: 18.79 | 155.532 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
 Derek Daly
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 19.30 | 154.532 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford
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1: 20.46 | 152.304 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Gianfranco Brancatelli
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Kauhsen-Ford
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1: 23.24 | 147.218 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Patrick Depailler
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Ligier-Ford
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75 | 0 | 1: 39: 11.84 | 2 | 1: 18.39 | |
| 2 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Lotus Ford
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75 | 0 | + 20.94 | 8th | 1: 18.98 | |
| 3 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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75 | 0 | + 27.31 | 4th | 1: 18.89 | |
| 4th |
Jody Scheckter
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Ferrari
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75 | 0 | + 28.68 | 5 | 1: 18.91 | |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Tyrrell-Ford
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75 | 0 | + 30.39 | 12 | 1: 18.94 | |
| 6th |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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75 | 0 | + 48.43 | 10 | 1: 19.24 | |
| 7th |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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75 | 1 | + 52.31 | 3 | 1: 16.44 | |
| 8th |
Jochen Mass
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Arrows Ford
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75 | 0 | +1: 14.84 | 17th | 1: 19.30 | |
| 9 |
René Arnoux
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Renault
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 19.45 | |
| 10 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 19.29 | |
| 11 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 19th | 1: 19.87 | |
| 12 |
Jan Lammers
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Shadow Ford
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73 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 24 | 1: 20.02 | |
| 13 |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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72 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 20th | 1: 20.91 | |
| 14th |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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ATS Ford
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69 | 1 | + 6 rounds | 21st | 1: 20.77 | |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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63 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 18.76 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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58 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 19.58 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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54 | 1 | DNF | 13 | 1: 18.00 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Elio de Angelis
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Shadow Ford
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52 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 20.82 | Driving error |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Williams-Ford
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32 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 19.11 | Engine failure |
| - |
James Hunt
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Wolf-Ford
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26th | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 20.46 | Brake defect |
| - |
John Watson
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McLaren-Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 20.27 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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21st | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 19.62 | defective exhaust system |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Ford
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15th | 0 | DNF | 1 | 1: 18.38 | Engine failure |
| - |
Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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15th | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 19.83 | defective throttle cable |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
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