April 29, 1979 Circuito Permanente del Jarama | Lap distance 3.404 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1979 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 25 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:39'11.84 | 2 | 1'14.79 | 4 | 1'18.39 | (3) | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:39'32.78 | +20.94 | 8 | 1'15.67 | 9 | 1'18.98 | (42) |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 80 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:39'39.15 | +27.31 | 4 | 1'15.07 | 6 | 1'18.89 | (56) |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 75 | 1:39'40.52 | +28.68 | 5 | 1'15.10 | 7 | 1'18.91 | (73) |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:39'42.23 | +30.39 | 12 | 1'16.08 | 8 | 1'18.94 | (39) |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 009 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:40'00.27 | +48.43 | 10 | 1'16.04 | 11 | 1'19.24 | (54) |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T4 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 75 | 1:40'04.15 | +52.31 | 3 | 1'14.82 | 1 | 1'16.44 | (72) | |
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass (GER) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:40'26.68 | +1'14.84 | 17 | 1'17.04 | 13 | 1'19.30 | (68) | |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 74 | 1:39'34.49 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'16.06 | 14 | 1'19.45 | (37) | |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 1:39'43.86 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'16.92 | 12 | 1'19.29 | (64) | |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 1:40'19.73 | +1 lap | 19 | 1'17.35 | 18 | 1'19.87 | (54) | |
| 12 | 17 | Jan Lammers (NED) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 73 | 1:39'18.20 | +2 laps | 24 | 1'18.79 | 19 | 1'20.02 | (68) | |
| 13 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M28 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 72 | 1:40'26.41 | +3 laps | 20 | 1'17.45 | 24 | 1'20.91 | (6) | |
| 14 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | ATS D2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 1:40'25.55 | +6 laps | 21 | 1'17.57 | 22 | 1'20.77 | (40) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| water leak | 5 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 63 | 1:23'48.09 | 6 | 1'15.45 | 5 | 1'18.76 | (50) | ||
| engine | 31 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 58 | 1:18'26.86 | 23 | 1'18.42 | 15 | 1'19.58 | (54) | ||
| gearbox | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 1:14'38.12 | 13 | 1'16.23 | 2 | 1'18.00 | (47) | ||
| engine | 18 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:11'29.18 | 22 | 1'17.85 | 23 | 1'20.82 | (2) | ||
| engine | 28 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 32 | 42'53.80 | 14 | 1'16.61 | 10 | 1'19.11 | (30) | ||
| brakes | 20 | James Hunt (GBR) | Wolf WR7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 26 | 35'44.49 | 15 | 1'16.88 | 21 | 1'20.46 | (17) | ||
| engine | 7 | John Watson (GBR) | McLaren M28B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 29'44.10 | 18 | 1'17.11 | 20 | 1'20.27 | (8) | ||
| turbo | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS10 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 21 | 35'39.16 | 9 | 1'15.78 | 16 | 1'19.62 | (3) | ||
| engine | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS11 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 19'49.75 | 1 | 1'14.50 | 3 | 1'18.38 | (5) | ||
| injection | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT48 | Alfa Romeo 1260 | Goodyear | 15 | 20'11.61 | 7 | 1'15.61 | 17 | 1'19.83 | (9) | ||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'19.30 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A2 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'20.46 | ||||||||
| -- | 36 | Gianfranco Brancatelli (ITA) | Kauhsen WK | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'23.24 | ||||||||
