Results · 1979
Brazilian Grand Prix
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Gap | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Jacques Laffite  |
Ligier | 40 | 1:40:09.640 | 9 |
| 2 | 25 Patrick Depailler |
Ligier | 40 | +5.280s | 6 |
| 3 | 2 Carlos Reutemann  |
Team Lotus | 40 | +44.140s | 4 |
| 4 | 3 Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell | 40 | +1:25.880s | 3 |
| 5 | 12 Gilles Villeneuve  |
Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | 11 Jody Scheckter  |
Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | 30 Jochen Mass  |
Arrows | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | 7 John Watson  |
McLaren | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | 29 Riccardo Patrese  |
Arrows | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | 14 Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 12 | 18 Elio de Angelis |
Shadow | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | 22 Derek Daly  |
Ensign | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | 17 Jan Lammers  |
Shadow | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 15 | 28 Clay Regazzoni  |
Williams | 38 | +2 laps | |
| — | 27 Alan Jones  |
Williams | 33 | DNF | |
| — | 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck |
ATS | 31 | DNF | |
| — | 16 René Arnoux |
Renault | 28 | DNF | |
| — | 20 James Hunt |
Wolf | 7 | DNF | |
| — | 8 Patrick Tambay |
McLaren | 7 | DNF | |
| — | 5 Niki Lauda  |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | DNF | |
| — | 6 Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | DNF | |
| — | 1 Mario Andretti  |
Team Lotus | 2 | DNF | |
| — | 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell | DNF |