1979 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 4 February 1979. It was the second race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 15 in the 1979 Formula One season
Race details
Date 4 February 1979
Location Autódromo de Interlagos
São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 7.87385a km (4.893 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 314.954b km (195.703 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ligier-Ford
Time 2:23.07
Fastest lap
Driver Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford
Time 2:28.76 on lap 23
Podium
First Ligier-Ford
Second Ligier-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos. Driver Constructor Time No
1 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 2:23,07 1
2 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 2:23,99 2
3 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 2:24,15 3
4 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 2:24,28 4
5 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2:24,34 5
6 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 2:24,48 6
7 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 2:24,85 7
8 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 2:25,16 8
9 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 2:26,35 9
10 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 2:26,37 10
11 René Arnoux Renault 2:26,43 11
12 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 2:27,57 12
13 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 2:27,67 13
14 John Watson McLaren-Ford 2:27,82 14
15 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 2:27,89 15
16 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 2:28,08 16
17 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 2:28,88 17
18 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 2:29,39 18
19 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 2:29,42 19
20 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 2:30,29 20
21 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 2:31,60 21
22 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 2:31,64 22
23 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 2:31,78 23
24 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 2:32,27 24
DNQ Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 2:32,66
DNQ Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 2:34,08

Race

Race report

The Ligier team dominated the race weekend with their superior ground-effect JS11. Frenchman Jacques Laffite dominated the race weekend and made the most of his superbly set-up Ligier by taking pole position, smashing Jean-Pierre Jarier's 1975 pole time by 7 seconds, setting fastest lap and leading every lap of the race up to the finish. Laffite's teammate Patrick Depailler started and finished 2nd. Laffite and the Ligier team completed their domination of the South American fortnight, Laffite also dominantly won in Argentina.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 40 1:40:09.64 1 9
2 25 Patrick Depailler Ligier-Ford 40 + 5.28 2 6
3 2 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 40 + 44.14 3 4
4 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 40 + 1:25.88 8 3
5 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 39 + 1 Lap 5 2
6 11 Jody Scheckter Ferrari 39 + 1 Lap 6 1
7 30 Jochen Mass Arrows-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 19
8 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 14
9 29 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 16
10 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 39 + 1 Lap 7
11 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 9
12 18 Elio de Angelis Shadow-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 20
13 22 Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 23
14 17 Jan Lammers Shadow-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 21
15 28 Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 38 + 2 Laps 17
Ret 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 33 Fuel System 13
Ret 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 31 Steering 24
Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault 28 Spun Off 11
Ret 20 James Hunt Wolf-Ford 7 Steering 10
Ret 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 7 Collision 18
Ret 5 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 5 Gearbox 12
Ret 6 Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo 5 Accident 22
Ret 1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 2 Fuel Leak 4
Ret 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 0 Electrical 15
DNQ 31 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford
DNQ 24 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
Source:[1]

Lap leaders

Jacques Laffite – 40 laps (1–40).

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

  • ^a Although the circuit length was quoted in MotorSport magazine as 7.873 km,[3] the fastest lap's time/speed quoted[3] are consistent with the 7.87385 km length, same as quoted in 1980 race report.[4]
  • ^b Although the race distance was quoted in MotorSport magazine as 314.92 km,[3] the winner's time/speed quoted[3] are consistent with the 314.954 km distance, same as quoted in 1980 race report.[4]

References

  1. "1979 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. "Brazil 1979 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "Brazilian Grand Prix". MotorSport. March 1979. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  4. "Brazilian Grand Prix". MotorSport. March 1980. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
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