February 4, 1979 Autódromo José Carlos Pace | Lap distance 7.874 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 9.000000.640 | 1 | 3.000000.070 | 1 | 8.000000.760 | (23) | |
| 2 | 6 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 4.000000.920 | +5.000000.280 | 2 | 3.000000.990 | 2 | 9.000000.400 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 3.000000.780 | +4.000000.140 | 3 | 4.000000.150 | 7 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 5.000000.520 | +5.000000.880 | 8 | 5.000000.160 | 8 | 0.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 39 | +1 lap | 5 | 4.000000.340 | 6 | 0.00 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 39 | +1 lap | 6 | 4.000000.480 | 5 | 0.00 | ||
| 7 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 19 | 9.000000.420 | 12 | 3.000000.030 | |||
| 8 | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 14 | 7.000000.820 | 11 | 2.000000.950 | |||
| 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 16 | 8.000000.080 | 14 | 3.000000.640 | |||
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 39 | +1 lap | 7 | 4.000000.850 | 3 | 9.000000.970 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 9 | 6.000000.350 | 4 | 0.00 | |||
| 12 | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 20 | 0.00 | 17 | 4.000000.340 | |||
| 13 | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 23 | 1.000000.780 | 18 | 4.000000.680 | |||
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | +1 lap | 21 | 1.000000.600 | 19 | 4.000000.780 | |||
| 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 38 | +2 laps | 17 | 8.000000.880 | 15 | 3.000000.740 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| fuel system | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 33 | 13 | 7.000000.670 | 13 | 3.000000.190 | ||||
| steering | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 31 | 24 | 2.000000.270 | 21 | 5.000000.530 | ||||
| spun off | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 28 | 11 | 6.000000.430 | 20 | 5.000000.320 | ||||
| steering | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 10 | 6.000000.370 | 10 | 2.000000.370 | ||||
| collision | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 18 | 9.000000.390 | 16 | 4.000000.050 | ||||
| gearbox | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 5 | 12 | 7.000000.570 | 22 | 6.000000.080 | ||||
| accident | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 5 | 22 | 1.000000.640 | 9 | 2.000000.190 | ||||
| fuel leak | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2 | 4 | 4.000000.280 | 23 | 6.000000.820 | ||||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| electrical | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 7.000000.890 | |||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.660 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4.000000.080 | ||||||||
