Round 5 · 29 April 1979
Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama · Madrid, Spain
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
26 drivers
After Round 4
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
20
pts
2
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
18
pts
3
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
13
pts
4
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
12
pts
5
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
11
pts
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
8
pts
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
5
pts
8
John Watson
McLaren
4
pts
9
Alan Jones
Williams
4
pts
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
3
pts
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
1
pts
12
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
James Hunt
Wolf
0
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Renault
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
26 drivers
After Round 5
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
20
+0
2
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
↑3
20
+9
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
18
+0
4
Carlos Reutemann
Team Lotus
—
18
+6
5
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
↓2
16
+3
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6
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
12
+4
7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
—
7
+2
8
John Watson
McLaren
—
4
+0
9
Alan Jones
Williams
—
4
+0
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
—
4
+1
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
1
+0
12
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
1
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Jochen Mass
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
James Hunt
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jan Lammers
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | +20.940 | 6 |
| 3 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +27.310 | 4 |
| 4 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | +28.680 | 3 |
| 5 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | +30.390 | 2 |
| 6 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +48.430 | 1 |
| 7 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | +52.310 | 0 |
| 8 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | +1:14.840 | 0 |
| 9 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | 2L | 0 |
| 13 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | 3L | 0 |
| 14 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 6L | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | — | 0 |