Spanish Grand Prix
1979 · Round 5 · Madrid, Spain · Apr 29, 1979Race summary
Victory went to Depailler (from 2nd on the grid), with a 20.9s margin. Lammers made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 12th (up 12 places). Villeneuve had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 7th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 75 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | 75 | +20.940 | 6 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 75 | +27.310 | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 75 | +28.680 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | 75 | +30.390 | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | 75 | +48.430 | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 75 | +52.310 | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | 75 | +1:14.840 | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | 73 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | 72 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 69 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| – | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 63 | Water leak | 0 |
| – | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 58 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | 54 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | 32 | Engine | 0 |
| – | James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | 26 | Brakes | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | 21 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 21 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | 15 | Injection | 0 |