1979 Grande Prêmio do Brasil
José Carlos Pace · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laffite | 1 | 24 | 5.280 | 40 | 318.4 | Jacques Laffite |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Ford | 40 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | Ford | 40 | +5.280s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | Ford | 40 | +44.140s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Ford | 40 | +85.880s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 19 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 14 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 16 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 10 | 7 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Renault | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 11 | 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 12 | 20 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 13 | 23 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 14 | 21 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | Ford | 39 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 15 | 17 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | Ford | 38 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 13 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | Ford | 33 | — | Fuel system | ||
| — | 24 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 31 | — | Steering | ||
| — | 11 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | Renault | 28 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 18 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | Ford | 7 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 10 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | Ford | 7 | — | Steering | ||
| — | 22 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 5 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 12 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 5 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Ford | 2 | — | Fuel leak | ||
| — | 15 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | Ford | 0 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | — | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Ford | — | Not classified |