1979 Grand Prix of Brazil
4 February - Interlagos: 40 laps x 7.874 km. = 314.960 km
Pole Position: J Laffite Ligier 2 min:23.070s
Fastest Lap: 190.551 km/h J Laffite Ligier 2 min:28.760s
Results:
1 J Laffite Ligier 1 h 40m 09.640s
2 P Depailler Ligier 1 h 40m 14.920s
3 C Reutemann Lotus 1 h 40m 53.780s
4 D Pironi Tyrrell 1 h 41m 35.520s
5 G Villeneuve Ferrari 39
6 J Scheckter Ferrari 39
7 J Mass Arrows 39
8 J Watson McLaren 39
9 R Patrese Arrows 39
10 J-P Jabouille Renault 39
11 E Fittipaldi Copersucar 39
12 E de Angelis Shadow 39
13 D Daly Ensign 39
14 J Lammers Shadow 39
15 C Regazzoni Williams 38
Did Not Finish:
A Jones Williams 33 Fuel pressure
H-J Stuck ATS 31 steering wheel
R Arnoux Renault 28 spin
P Tambay McLaren 7 accident
J Hunt Wolf 7 steering rack
N Piquet Brabham 5 accident
N Lauda Brabham 5 gear linkage
M Andretti Lotus 2 misfire/ fuel leak/ fire
Did Not Start:
J-P Jarier Tyrrell electrics
Did Not qualify:
H Rebaque Lotus
A Merzario Merzario
Qualifying Times:
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier/Ford 2'23.07
2 25 P.Depailler Ligier/Ford 2'23.99
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus/Ford 2'24.15
4 1 Mario Andretti Lotus/Ford 2'24.28
5 12 G.Villeneuve Ferrari 2'24.34
6 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2'24.48
7 15 J.P.Jabouille Renault 2'24.85
8 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell/Ford 2'25.16
9 14 E.Fittipaldi Fittipaldi/Ford 2'26.35
10 20 James Hunt Wolf/Ford 2'26.37
11 16 Rene Arnoux Renault 2'26.43
12 5 Niki Lauda Brabham/Alfa Romeo 2'27.57
13 27 Alan Jones Williams/Ford 2'27.67
14 7 John Watson McLaren/Ford 2'27.82
15 4 J.P.Jarier Tyrrell/Ford 2'27.89
16 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows/Ford 2'28.08
17 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams/Ford 2'28.88
18 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren/Ford 2'29.39
19 30 Jochen Mass Arrows/Ford 2'29.42
20 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow/Ford 2'30.29
21 17 Jan Lammers Shadow/Ford 2'31.60
22 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham/Alfa Romeo 2'31.64
23 22 Derek Daly Ensign/Ford 2'31.78
24 9 H.J.Stuck ATS/Ford 2'32.27
Not qualified
25 31 Hector Rebaque Lotus/Ford 2'32.66
26 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario/Ford 2'34.08