1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
🇧🇷 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil Round 2 of 15
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 1 | 40 | 1:40:09.64 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 25 | 2 | 40 | +5.280s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 2 | 3 | 40 | +44.140s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 8 | 40 | +1:25.880 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 5 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 11 | 6 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 30 | 19 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | John Watson | McLaren | 7 | 14 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 29 | 16 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 7 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 9 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 18 | 20 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 22 | 23 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 17 | 21 | 39 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 28 | 17 | 38 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 13 | 33 | +7 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 9 | 24 | 31 | +9 Laps | Steering | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 11 | 28 | +12 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | James Hunt | Wolf | 20 | 10 | 7 | +33 Laps | Steering | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 18 | 7 | +33 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | 12 | 5 | +35 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 22 | 5 | +35 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 4 | 2 | +38 Laps | Fuel leak | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 15 | 0 | +40 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.