Round 5 of 15 · Madrid · 29 April 1979, Sunday
Spanish Grand Prix
Key highlights
Laffite
pole position
75
laps
14
finishers out of 24
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:39:11.84 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | +20.94 | 6 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +27.31 | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | +28.68 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | +30.39 | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +48.43 | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +52.31 | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | +1:14.84 | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | +1 Lap | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1 Lap | |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | +2 Laps | |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +3 Laps | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | +6 Laps | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Water leak | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | Engine | |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | Gearbox | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | Engine | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | Engine | |
| DNF | James Hunt | Wolf | Brakes | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Turbo | |
| DNF | John Watson | McLaren | Engine | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Engine | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Injection | |
| DNQ | Derek Daly | Ensign | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen | Did not qualify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify