The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

1979  ·  Autódromo José Carlos Pace  ·  4 February 1979  ·  40 laps

  1. 1st Jacques Laffite Ligier · 01:40:09.64
  2. 2nd Patrick Depailler Ligier · +5.28
  3. 3rd Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus · +44.14

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Pole position

02 Lap 2

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Fuel leak

03 Lap 28

René Arnoux

Retirement Renault  —  Spun off

04 Lap 31

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement ATS  —  Steering

05 Lap 33

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Fuel system

06 On the Charge

Jochen Mass

Arrows  —  P19 → P7

07 Victory

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 40 01:40:09.64 9
2 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 40 +5.28 6
3 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 3 40 +44.14 4
4 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 8 40 +1:25.880 3
5 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 39 +1 Lap 2
6 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 6 39 +1 Lap 1
7 Jochen Mass Arrows 19 39 +1 Lap
8 John Watson McLaren 14 39 +1 Lap
9 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 39 +1 Lap
10 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 7 39 +1 Lap
11 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 39 +1 Lap
12 Elio de Angelis Shadow 20 39 +1 Lap
13 Derek Daly Ensign 23 39 +1 Lap
14 Jan Lammers Shadow 21 39 +1 Lap
15 Clay Regazzoni Williams 17 38 +2 Laps
16 Alan Jones Williams 13 33 Fuel system
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 24 31 Steering
18 René Arnoux Renault 11 28 Spun off
19 James Hunt Wolf 10 7 Steering
20 Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 7 Collision
21 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 12 5 Gearbox
22 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 22 5 Accident
23 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 2 Fuel leak
24 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 15 0 Electrical

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