Round 5 · 29 April 1979
1979 Spanish Grand Prix: results
Patrick Depailler (Ligier) won the 1979 Spanish Grand Prix, round 5 of the championship, held on 29 April 1979 at Jarama (Spain), starting from position 2. Carlos Reutemann (Team Lotus) and Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) completed the podium. Pole position went to Jacques Laffite.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | +20.940 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +27.310 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | +28.680 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | +30.390 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +48.430 s | 1 | Finished |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | +52.310 s | — | Finished |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | +74.840 s | — | Finished |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 15 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | — | — | Water leak |
| 16 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | — | — | Engine |
| 17 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | — | — | Engine |
| 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | — | — | Brakes |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | — | — | Turbo |
| 22 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | — | — | Engine |
| 23 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | — | — | Engine |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | — | — | Injection |