The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 5

Spanish Grand Prix

1979  ·  Jarama  ·  29 April 1979  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Patrick Depailler Ligier · 01:39:11.84
  2. 2nd Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus · +20.94
  3. 3rd Mario Andretti Team Lotus · +27.31

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  Pole position

02 Lap 15

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

03 Lap 54

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 58

Hector Rebaque

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 63

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham-Alfa Romeo  —  Water leak

06 On the Charge

Jan Lammers

Shadow  —  P24 → P12

07 Victory

Patrick Depailler

Ligier  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Patrick Depailler Ligier 2 75 01:39:11.84 9
2 Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus 8 75 +20.94 6
3 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 75 +27.31 4
4 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 5 75 +28.68 3
5 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 12 75 +30.39 2
6 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 75 +48.43 1
7 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 75 +52.31
8 Jochen Mass Arrows 17 75 +1:14.840
9 René Arnoux Renault 11 74 +1 Lap
10 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 74 +1 Lap
11 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 19 74 +1 Lap
12 Jan Lammers Shadow 24 73 +2 Laps
13 Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 72 +3 Laps
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS 21 69 +6 Laps
15 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6 63 Water leak
16 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 58 Engine
17 Alan Jones Williams 13 54 Gearbox
18 Elio de Angelis Shadow 22 52 Engine
19 Clay Regazzoni Williams 14 32 Engine
20 James Hunt Wolf 15 26 Brakes
21 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 21 Turbo
22 John Watson McLaren 18 21 Engine
23 Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 15 Engine
24 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 7 15 Injection

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