Brazilian Grand Prix
Jacques Laffite (Ligier) won the 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace.
Circuit Autódromo José Carlos Pace
LocationSão Paulo, Brazil
Date4 February 1979
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 40 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 40 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | 40 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | 40 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | 39 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 6 | 39 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 19 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 7 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 9 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 23 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 39 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | 38 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | 33 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | 31 | Steering | 0 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | 28 | Spun off | 0 |
| 19 | James Hunt | Wolf | 10 | 7 | Steering | 0 |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 18 | 7 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | 5 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 22 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 2 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 15 | 0 | Electrical | 0 |