Spanish Grand Prix
Round 5 · 29 April 1979 ·Jarama, Madrid, Spain
Reutemann
Team Lotus
2
Depailler
Ligier
1
Andretti
Team Lotus
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler |  French | Ligier | 75 | 1:39:11.84 | 9 |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann |  Argentine | Team Lotus | 75 | +20.94 | 6 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti |  American | Team Lotus | 75 | +27.31 | 4 |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter |  South African | Ferrari | 75 | +28.68 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | French | Tyrrell | 75 | +30.39 | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | French | Tyrrell | 75 | +48.43 | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve |  Canadian | Ferrari | 75 | +52.31 | 0 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass |  German | Arrows | 75 | +1:14.84 | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | French | Renault | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Arrows | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi |  Brazilian | Fittipaldi | 74 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jan Lammers |  Dutch | Shadow | 73 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | French | McLaren | 72 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | German | ATS | 69 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| R | Niki Lauda |  Austrian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 63 | Water leak | 0 |
| R | Hector Rebaque |  Mexican | Team Lotus | 58 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Williams | 54 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Elio de Angelis | Italian | Shadow | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Clay Regazzoni |  Swiss | Williams | 32 | Engine | 0 |
| R | James Hunt |  British | Wolf | 26 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | French | Renault | 21 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | John Watson | British | McLaren | 21 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jacques Laffite | French | Ligier | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 15 | Injection | 0 |
| F | Derek Daly |  Irish | Ensign | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Arturo Merzario | Italian | Merzario | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Italian | Kauhsen | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify